ID: I28036
Name: 2nd Earl of Strathearn Ferquhard Strathearn
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1130 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
Death: 1171 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
Note:
Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn
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Mormaer Ferchar (fl. 1138) is the second earliest known Mormaer of Strathearn, but as with other Mormaerdoms, this is simply a source problem and in no way means the he actually was the second.

Ferchar, like his predecessor Máel Ísu I, is largely absent from the witness lists of Scottish royal charters, indicating a lack of involvement with the Franco-Gaelic Kings of the Scots. However, after the defeat of the Scottish army at the Battle of the Standard, his father Máel Ísu was required to give a son as a hostage; it is possible, but of course not certain, that this son was Ferchar.

It is clear that Ferchar was regarded as the most important native Scottish noble of his time, especially during the minority of Donnchad II, Mormaer of Fife. Ferchar is most famous perhaps for leading the so-called Revolt of the Earls, a protest against King Máel Coluim IV's expedition to Toulouse in the entourage of his overlord Henry II of England. King Máel Coluim seems to have believed the revolt to have some justification, as there is no evidence that any retribution was taken against either Ferchar or any of the other six Mormaers involved.

Ferchar married a woman named Ethne. He had three sons, Gille Brigte, Máel Ísu and Christian. The first of these succeeded him to the Mormaerdom




Father: 1st Earl of Strathearn Malise Strathearn b: ABT 1100 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland

Marriage 1 Ethne b: ABT 1132
Children
Has Children 3rd Earl of Strathearn Sir Gilbert Strathearn b: ABT 1150 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
Has No Children Maol Íosa Strathearn b: ABT 1152 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
Has No Children Christian Strathearn b: ABT 1154 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland