4th Ear of Mar Duncan of Mar 
Duncan was born in 1153 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 Duncan's father was Morgund mac Gylocher 2nd Earl of Mar and his mother was Countess of Mar Agnes. His paternal grandparents were Earl Gillocher of Mar and <Unknown>. He had six brothers and a sister, named Malcolm, James, Donald, David, John, Gilchrist and Alestra. He died at the age of 91 on February 7th, 1244. He was buried in Aberdeen Cathedral, Scotland.2 1 General Notes
Donnchadh, Earl of Mar
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Donnchadh of Mar, (Anglicized as Duncan), is the fifth known Mormaer of Mar, 1203-1244.
Donnchadh was the son of Morggán and Agnes. Donnchadh benefited from the introduction of feudal primogeniture as a custom, as it enabled him and his kin to exclude the descendants of Gille Críst, whose contemporary leader was Thomas de Lundin, from the succession. Perhaps in gratitude, he named his oldest son William after King Willian I, the probable source of the innovation in Mar's inheritance custom. He married Orabillis of Nessius, by whom he fathered William, and died in 1244.
Bibliography
Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922), p. 493, n. 1
Oram, Richard D., "The Earls and Earldom of Mar, c1150-1300," Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200-1500, (Dublin/Portland, 2003), pp. 46-66
Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 55-6
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0985 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1020 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
<Unknown>
- b.1050 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.30 Mar 1083
- b.1060 in Warenne, Normandy, France
- b.1082 in Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.0968 in Normandy
- b.0998 in France d.1059
- b.0970 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.1004 in Vascoeuil, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1059
- b.0985 in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.1115 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.30 Mar 1183
<Unknown>- b.1089 in Scotland
- b.1153 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.07 Feb 1244
- b.1120 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Details of Duncan's family with Orabillis of Nessius
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I18010&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I21131
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I21131
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