Earl of Menteith
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The Mormaer or Earl of Menteith was originally the ruler of the province of Menteith
in the Middle Ages
. The first mormaer is usually regarded as Gille Críst
, simply because he is the earliest on record. The title was held in a continuous line from Gille Crist until Muireadhach IV (aka Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany), although the male line was broken on two occasions. A truncated version of the earldom was given two years later to Malise Graham, in compensation for loss of the Earldom of Atholl
.
The Stuart-Menteth Baronetcy, of Closeburn in the County of Dumfries and Mansfield in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 August 1838 for Charles Stuart-Menteth. The Stuart-Menteth family traces its descent from Walter Comyn (third son of Walter Comyn
, Justiciar of Scotia
), who in 1258 married Isabella, Countess of Menteith
(or Menteth).}
Menteith
Menteith or Monteith , a district of south Perthshire, Scotland, roughly comprises the territory between the Teith and the Forth. The region is named for the river Teith, but the exact sense is unclear, early forms including Meneted, Maneteth and Meneteth.First recorded as the Mormaerdom of...
in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. The first mormaer is usually regarded as Gille Críst
Gille Críst, Earl of Menteith
Gille Críst is the first known Mormaer of Menteith, but almost certainly not actually the first. He is named in a charter of King Máel Coluim IV, dated to 1164, regarding the restoration of Scone Priory, which had recently been destroyed by fire...
, simply because he is the earliest on record. The title was held in a continuous line from Gille Crist until Muireadhach IV (aka Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany), although the male line was broken on two occasions. A truncated version of the earldom was given two years later to Malise Graham, in compensation for loss of the Earldom of Atholl
Earl of Atholl
The Mormaer of Earl of Atholl refers to a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl , now in northern Perthshire. Atholl is a special Mormaerdom, because a King of Atholl is reported from the Pictish period. The only other two Pictish kingdoms to be known from...
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First line of mormaers/earls
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- Gille Críst, Earl of MenteithGille Críst, Earl of MenteithGille Críst is the first known Mormaer of Menteith, but almost certainly not actually the first. He is named in a charter of King Máel Coluim IV, dated to 1164, regarding the restoration of Scone Priory, which had recently been destroyed by fire...
(d. 1189) first recorded mormaer/earl - Muireadhach I, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach I, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach I is the second known Mormaer of Menteith. He succeeded his father Gille Críst by the time of his appearance in a charter of William the Lion confirming the church at Moulin to Dunfermline Abbey. The charter is undated, but must have been written between 1189 and 1198...
(d. 1213) - Muireadhach II, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach II, Earl of MenteithMuireadach II of Menteith , ruled 1213-1234, is the third known Mormaer of Menteith. Muireadach gained the Mormaerdom by challenging the rights of the current Mormaer, his elder brother, also called Muireadhach, hence Muireadhch Mór...
(d. 1234) - Isabella, Countess of MenteithIsabella, Countess of MenteithIsabella, Countess of Menteith was the eldest daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith. When the old mormaer died without legitimate male heir in 1233, the province passed to Isabella....
- m. Walter Comyn, Lord of BadenochWalter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of MenteithWalter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of Menteith was the son of William Comyn, Justiciar of Scotia and Mormaer or Earl of Buchan by right of his second wife....
assumed the peerage in her right.
- m. Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
- Mary I, Countess of MenteithMary I, Countess of MenteithMaire inghean Mhuireadhaich or Mary, daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith, was Countess of Menteith, successor to her sister Isabella . She inherited the title from her father, and married Walter Bailloch, son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland...
- m.Walter "Bailloch" StewartWalter BaillochWalter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart , was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith...
- m.Walter "Bailloch" Stewart
- Alexander, Earl of MenteithAlexander, Earl of MenteithAlexander of Menteith , son of Mary I, Countess of Menteith and Walter Bailloch Stewart, her husband, was a Mormaer or Earl of Menteith for most of the 1290s. He is first noted with his brother John de Menteith in a compact between Bruce and the Stewarts on 20 September 1286, at Turnberry, Carrick...
- Alan, Earl of MenteithAlan, Earl of Menteith-Life:Menteith was the son of Alexander, Earl of Menteith, and is first on record as a hostage in England, to ensure the good behaviour of his father in 1296. He and his brother Peter Menteith, accompanied the English King as esquires, on his expedition to Flanders in 1297.He supported King Robert...
- Muireadhach III, Earl of MenteithMuireadhach III, Earl of Menteith-Life:He was the third son of Alexander, Earl of Menteith. Like his father and brothers, his "surname" was "Menteith" rather than Stewart, even though he could claim agnatic descent from the Stewarts...
(d. 1332) - Mary Menteith, Countess of Menteith
- m. Sir John GrahamJohn Graham, Earl of MenteithJohn Graham, Earl of Menteith became Earl of Menteith by courtesy of his wife, Mary Menteith, Countess of Menteith in her own right, daughter of Alan Menteith, 7th Earl of Menteith.He accompanied David II in his invasion of England in 1346...
assumed the peerage in her right.
- m. Sir John Graham
- Margaret, Countess of Menteith
- m. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
- Muireadhach IV Stewart, Earl of Menteith, executed in 1425 and the peerages forfeited.
Second line, from 1427
- Malise Graham, 1st Earl of MenteithMalise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith-Biography:He is the first of his name to have borne the title of Earl of Menteith in his own right. He was the only son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine. Patrick was the second son of Sir Patrick Graham, ancestor of the Earls and Dukes of Montrose...
- Alexander Graham, 2nd Earl of Menteith
- William Graham, 3rd Earl of MenteithWilliam Graham, 3rd Earl of MenteithWilliam Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith was the third Earl of Menteith.-Biography:He was the son of Alexander Graham, 2nd Earl of Menteith and Margaret Buchanan. He was the great grandson of Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith...
- John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith
- William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith
- John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith
- William Graham, 7th Earl of MenteithWilliam Graham, 7th Earl of MenteithWilliam Graham , 7th Earl of Menteith, 1st Earl of Airth, was a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:Appointed a member of the Privy Council of Scotland in 1626, he was Lord President of the Court of Session from 1628, an office he held in conjunction with that of Lord Justice General...
- William Graham, 8th Earl of Menteith, extinct or dormant after his death on 12 September 1694
See also
- Stuart-Menteth BaronetsStuart-Menteth BaronetsThe Stuart-Menteth Baronetcy, of Closeburn in the County of Dumfries and Mansfield in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 August 1838 for Charles Stuart-Menteth...
The Stuart-Menteth Baronetcy, of Closeburn in the County of Dumfries and Mansfield in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 August 1838 for Charles Stuart-Menteth. The Stuart-Menteth family traces its descent from Walter Comyn (third son of Walter Comyn
William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan
William Comyn was one of four sons of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was born in Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is buried in Deer Abbey...
, Justiciar of Scotia
Justiciar of Scotia
The Justiciar of Scotia was the most senior legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Scotland. Scotia in this context refers to Scotland to the north of the River Forth and River Clyde....
), who in 1258 married Isabella, Countess of Menteith
Isabella, Countess of Menteith
Isabella, Countess of Menteith was the eldest daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith. When the old mormaer died without legitimate male heir in 1233, the province passed to Isabella....
(or Menteth).}