9691 Individuals in our Database | | | | EARL OF MAR Morggán MacGylocher Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 1115 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Death Date | 1182 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Father | Gille Chlerig of Mar | Born: 1082 Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | Died: 1131 | Mother | Orabile Chelerig | Born: 1090 | Died: 1115 | | Morggán MacGylocher Notes: | Morggán, Earl of Mar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morggán of Mar, is the first Mormaer or Earl of Mar to appear in history as "more than a characterless name in a witness-list.".[1] His father was Gille Chlerig. He is often known as Morgrund or Morgan. It is possible that Morggán participated in the so-called Revolt of the Earls, a protest by some of the native Scottish nobility at King Máel Coluim IVs trip to France as a vassal of King Henry II of England. It is also possible that he became estranged from the French-speaking king William I, as Morggáns name appears in no royal acts of the latter kings reign. He married Agnes, a patroness of churches. Agnes was probably related to the de Warenne family - the family who married Ada de Warenne to Henry of Scotland and mother of Kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion. Morggán and Agnes had at least one son, Donnchad, who eventually succeeded to become a Mormaer of Mar. Morggán had another two sons, Máel Coluim and James, but they may have been illegitimate - i.e. the product of an uncanonical marriage acceptable in the Celtic system, but not in the Franco-Roman system then gaining favour in Scotland. His daughter Alesta of Mar was married to Alan Fitzwalter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland and was mother to Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland.
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Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | Gille Chlerig of Mar b.1082 Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1131 | Earl of Mar Ruadri of Mar b.1017 Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
See Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024-persons | - | Orabile Chelerig b.1090 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d.1115 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 persons | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 Persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | | | |