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    The title Earl of Moray, or Mormaer of Moray, was originally held by the rulers of the Province of Moray, which existed from the 10th century with varying...
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  • against the princes or mormaers of Moray, Sutherland, Ross, and Argyll, and that, in fine, Malcolm and Karl were mormaers of one of these four provinces...
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  • sources as mormaers, in others as Kings of Moray, and in others as Kings of Alba. The ruling kin-group of Moray, sometimes called the House of Moray, attained...
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  • (died 1032) was the King or Mormaer of Moray, a semi-autonomous kingdom centred on Inverness that stretched across the north of Scotland. Unlike his two...
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  • mac Ruaidrí (died 1020), son of Ruaidrí mac Donald, was the minor "king", locally called "Mormaer", of Moray, in the north of modern-day Scotland, from some...
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  • (chieftain). Mormaers were equivalent to English earls or Continental counts, and the term is often translated into English as 'earl'. Mormaer (pl. mormaír)...
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  • Lulach (redirect from Lulach I of Scotland)
    Coemgáin, Mormaer of Moray, and thus the stepson of Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích). Through his mother, he was also the great-grandson of either Kenneth...
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    a mormaer of Moray. He was responsible – in a bizarre posthumous incident – for the death of Earl Sigurd the Mighty of Orkney. Little is known of Máel...
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    nearest and most dangerous rivals, the kings or "mormaers" of Moray. Malcolm pursued a strategy of marrying his daughters into these regional dynasties...
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    Moray (/ˈmʌri/ listen) Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh or Moireabh) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of...
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  • William fitz Duncan (category Mormaers of Moray)
    was Mormaer of Moray. As this source had no reason to deceive, it is highly likely that William was made the ruler of Moray after the defeat of King...
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  • Óengus of Moray (Oenghus mac inghine Lulaich, ri Moréb) was the last king of Moray of the native line, ruling Moray in what is now northeastern Scotland...
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  • (died 1085) was the ruler of Moray, and the son of Lulach, King of Scotland. He is called on his death notice in the Annals of Ulster, "Máel Snechtai m...
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    influence so far north at the time, beyond the lands of the powerful Mormaers of Moray, is questionable. The Norse saga which mentions Donnchad does not...
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  • the throne, the Moray leaders usually had their effectively independent state of Moray, where a succession of kings (kinglets) or mormaers ruled. The succession...
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    instance is perhaps the revolt of Óengus of Moray, the Mormaer of Moray, the crushing of which led to the colonisation of Moray by foreign burgesses, and Franco-Flemish...
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    the destruction of Óengus, Mormaer of Moray. David's victory allowed expansion of control over more distant regions theoretically part of his Kingdom. After...
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  • Máel Coluim mac Máil Brigti was King or Mormaer of Moray (1020–1029), and, as his name suggests, the son of a Máel Brigte. As with his predecessor Findláech...
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  • registration county of Scotland Mormaer of Moray, a former lordship of High Medieval Scotland destroyed in 1130 Earl of Moray USS Moray (SS-300), a United States...
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    Marischal MacAlpin's Treason Mormaer of Moray Scotland in the High Middle Ages "The pharaoh's daughter who was the mother of all Scots - The Scotsman"....
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    Gruoch (redirect from Gruoch of Scots)
    daughter of Boite mac Cináeda; her mother's name is not known. Before 1032 Gruoch was married to Gille Coemgáin mac Maíl Brigti, Mormaer of Moray, with whom...
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  • and queens of Scotland, since the unification under the House of Alpin in 834, to the personal union with England in 1603 under James VI of Scotland. It...
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    Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570) was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland. At times...
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  • him. Later genealogies of the Mormaers of Moray trace their descent from the Cenél Loairn through one Ruadrí, a presumed brother of Eógan's father. Eógan's...
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    against the princes or mormaers of Moray, Sutherland, Ross, and Argyll, and that, in fine, Malcolm and Karl were mormaers of one of these four provinces...
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    in about 1168. Malcolm MacHeth, Earl of Ross may well have been related to the early rulers or Mormaers of Moray. According to Angus Mackay, sometime...
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  • Fyne). Ainbcellach's son Muiredach was later king of the Cenél Loairn. The later Mormaers of Moray traced their descent to Ainbcellach and the Cenél Loairn...
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    Mormaer of Strathearn is a title of Scottish nobility, referring to the region of Strathearn in southern Perthshire. Of unknown origin, the mormaers are...
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  • a quo Cenél Comgaill Loarn mac Eirc, a quo Cenél Loairn House of Moray Mormaers of Moray Óengus Mór mac Eirc, a quo Cenél nÓengusa Cairpre Músc, a quo...
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    town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement...
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