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The Mormaer
Mormaer
The title of Mormaer designates a regional or provincial ruler in the medieval Kingdom of the Scots. In theory, although not always in practice, a Mormaer was second only to the King of Scots, and the senior of a toisech.-Origin:...
or Earl of Mar is a title that has been created seven times, all in the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
. The first creation of the earldom was originally the provincial ruler of the province of Mar
Marr
Marr is one of six committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bordering Atholl, Badenoch, Gowrie, The Mearns, Banff and Buchan. It has a population of 34,038...
in north-eastern Scotland. First attested in the year 1014, the "family seat" eventually became Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles of 13th century date to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar....
, although other sites like Doune of Invernochty
Doune of Invernochty
The Doune of Invernochty is an earthwork castle in Scotland. The name is a corruption of Dùn Inbhir Nochdaidh which means, in Gaelic, the "Fort of Invernochty ."...
were initially just as important.
The title evolved into a peerage title, and was made particularly famous by John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar who was an important Jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
military leader during the 1715 Jacobite rising
Jacobite rising
The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Great Britain and Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by...
.
Owing to a nineteenth-century dispute, there are currently two Earls of Mar, however the Earldom of Kellie shared the title of Mar due to a mistake and misunderstanding between the rights to the title, James Thorne Erskine, 15th Earl of Mar and 17th Earl of Kellie
James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar
James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie, DL is a British peer and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords....
and Margaret Alison of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar. The Earl of Mar and Kellie is the hereditary Clan Chief
Scottish clan chief
The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. In early times, and possibly even today, clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the Scottish clan. From its perceived founder a clan takes its name. The clan chief is the representative of this founder, and...
of Clan Erskine
Clan Erskine
-Origins of the Name:The surname Erskine is derived from the name of Erskine, an area to the south of the River Clyde and ten miles to the west of Glasgow...
; the Countess of Mar is the hereditary Clan Chief
Scottish clan chief
The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. In early times, and possibly even today, clan members believed themselves to descend from a common ancestor, the founder of the Scottish clan. From its perceived founder a clan takes its name. The clan chief is the representative of this founder, and...
of Clan Mar
Clan Mar
Clan Mar is a Scottish clan from the Grampian Highlands, sometimes referred to as the Tribe of Mar. The chiefs of the clan held the position of Mormaer of Mar from the 1130s to the early 15th century as the original Earls of Mar...
.The Earldom of Mar is thought to be the oldest peerage in Great Britain, and even Europe.
Early mormaers or earls
The first Mormaer of Mar is usually regarded as RuadríRuadrí, Earl of Mar
Ruadrí of Mar is the first known Mormaer of Mar from the 12th century, although that the mormaerdom was much older. For instance, there was a Mormaer of Mar at the Battle of Clontarf, 1014....
(fl.
Floruit
Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1131), mentioned in the Book of Deer
Book of Deer
The Book of Deer is a 10th-century Latin Gospel Book from Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with early 12th-century additions in Latin, Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It is most famous for containing the earliest surviving Gaelic literature from Scotland...
. Some modern sources give earlier mormaers, i.e. Muirchertach (Latinized as Martachus) and Gartnait (sometimes Gratnach), mentioned respectively in charters of the reigns of king Máel Coluim III
Malcolm III of Scotland
Máel Coluim mac Donnchada , was King of Scots...
(relating to the Céli Dé
Culdee
Céli Dé or Culdees were originally members of ascetic Christian monastic and eremitical communities of Ireland, Scotland and England in the Middle Ages. The term is used of St. John the Apostle, of a missioner from abroad recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters at the year 806, and of Óengus...
establishment of Loch Leven
Loch Leven
Loch Leven is a fresh water loch in Perth and Kinross council area, central Scotland.Roughly triangular, the loch is about 6 km at its longest. The burgh of Kinross lies at its western end. Loch Leven Castle lies on an island a short way offshore...
) and king Alexander I
Alexander I of Scotland
Alexander I , also called Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim and nicknamed "The Fierce", was King of the Scots from 1107 to his death.-Life:...
(relating to the monastic establishment of Scone
Scone, Scotland
Scone is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The medieval village of Scone, which grew up around the monastery and royal residence, was abandoned in the early 19th century when the residents were removed and a new palace was built on the site by the Earl of Mansfield...
), though in these cases certain identification with a particular province is difficult. The accounts of the Battle of Clontarf
Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máel Mórda mac Murchada: composed mainly of his own men, Viking mercenaries from Dublin and the Orkney Islands led by his cousin Sigtrygg, as well as the one rebellious...
in some of the Irish annals
Irish annals
A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century.Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days...
name "Domnall son of Eimen son of Cainnech", Mormaer of Mar in Alba", as among those killed alongside Brian Boru
Brian Boru
Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig, , , was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill. Building on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain, Brian first made himself King of Munster, then subjugated...
.
The principal seats of the Mormaerdom were Migvie and Doune of Invernochty
Doune of Invernochty
The Doune of Invernochty is an earthwork castle in Scotland. The name is a corruption of Dùn Inbhir Nochdaidh which means, in Gaelic, the "Fort of Invernochty ."...
. The Mormaerdom seems initially to have rotated between two kin-groups, that represented by Morggán
Morggán, Earl of Mar
Morggán of Mar, is the first Mormaer of Mar to appear in history as "more than a characterless name in a witness-list."1. His father was Gille Chlerig...
, and that represented by Gille Críst
Gille Críst, Earl of Mar
Gille Críst of Mar is the fourth known Mormaer of Mar, 1183–1203.His relationship to the previous Mormaer, Morggán, is not totally clear; but Gille Críst was not the son of Morggán, and so his succession could probably be explained by operations of Gaelic succession, but as we know almost nothing...
. The Mormaerdom was split upon the accession of Donnchadh
Donnchadh, Earl of Mar
Donnchadh of Mar 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...
, a descendant of Morggán. Donnchadh got the title of Mormaer and the wealthier and militarily more useful upland parts of Mar
Marr
Marr is one of six committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bordering Atholl, Badenoch, Gowrie, The Mearns, Banff and Buchan. It has a population of 34,038...
, and Thomas Durward, a descendant of Gille Críst through the female line, got the coastal, low-lying arable land. The line of Mormaers ended when Mormaer Thomas
Thomas, Earl of Mar
Thomas of Mar was a 14th century Mormaer of Mar . He was a son of Domhnall II of Mar.Thomas became Earl of Mar whilst still a child living in the Kingdom of England, and it took several years for Thomas to return to the Kingdom of Scotland and take charge of his inheritance...
died childless in 1374.
15th century
While the eleventh (by some counts) holder of the title, Isabel Douglas, Countess of MarIsabel Douglas, Countess of Mar
Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar was Countess of Mar.Isabel was the sister of the famous James 2nd Earl of Douglas and Earl of Mar, who died leading the Scots to victory at the Battle of Otterburn. He died without any legitimate children and his sister Isabel inherited most of his property,...
, was alone at the Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles of 13th century date to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar....
, Alexander Stewart
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
-Biography:He was an illegitimate son of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan and probably Mairead inghean Eachann.Alexander held the Earldom of Mar and the Lordship of the Garioch in right of his first wife Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar . Alexander's marriage to Isabella followed his capture of...
entered it and forced her to sign a charter on August 12, 1404 yielding the earldom to him and his heirs. She revoked the charter later that year, but on marrying him, she gave him the earldom for life with remainder to her heirs. The King confirmed her last action the next year.
In 1426, Stewart resigned the title so that he could be granted a new one by the King, the new title being more "legitimate". The King did so, but specified that the earldom and associated lands would revert to the Crown upon the death of the Earl. In 1435, the Earl died, and Robert, Lord Erskine claimed the title, but the King claimed its lands under the specifications of reversion made in the patent. The issue remained unresolved until 1457, when James II
James II of Scotland
James II reigned as King of Scots from 1437 to his death.He was the son of James I, King of Scots, and Joan Beaufort...
obtained a court order declaring the lands as crown possessions. Thereafter, he bestowed the title on his son John
John Stewart, Earl of Mar (d. 1479)
John Stewart, Earl of Mar and Garioch was the youngest son of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders.James II bestowed the titles of Earl of Mar and Earl of Garioch on his son sometime between 1458 and 1459. In 1479, John was accused of treason and imprisoned at Craigmillar Castle...
, who died without heirs in 1479. It was next granted to James' other son, Alexander, Duke of Albany
Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany
Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany was the second son of King James II of Scotland, and his Queen consort Mary of Gueldres, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gelderland.-Biography:...
, but the title was then declared forfeit because of Alexander's alliances with the English. James III
James III of Scotland
James III was King of Scots from 1460 to 1488. James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance with the Kingdom of England, and a disastrous relationship with nearly all his extended family.His reputation as the...
created his son John Earl of Mar in 1486, upon whose death in 1503 the title became extinct again.
16th–18th centuries
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray , a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V, was Regent of Scotland for his nephew, the infant King James VI of Scotland, from 1567 until his assassination in 1570...
, son of James V
James V of Scotland
James V was King of Scots from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss...
, but he, too, could not produce a qualified heir. Moray rebelled in 1565 (see Chaseabout Raid
Chaseabout Raid
The Chaseabout Raid was a rebellion by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray against his half sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, on 26 August 1565, over her marriage to Lord Darnley.-Background:...
) in protest at the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Henry Stewart or Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany , styled Lord Darnley before 1565, was king consort of Scotland and murdered at Kirk o'Field...
. Consequently, Queen Mary made (or restored) the earldom of Mar for John, Lord Erskine, heir to the Lord Erskine, heir of the ancient Earls through a cousin of Isabel, who quarreled with James II about the Earldom. John, the sixth Earl counting from 1565, was attainted for rebellion in 1716 (he was also created Duke of Mar
Duke of Mar
The Jacobite title of Duke of Mar was conferred on John Erskine, 6th/23rd Earl of Mar by the Jacobite pretender James III and VIII. He was created Duke of Mar, Marquess Erskine or Marquess of Stirling, Earl of Kildrummie, Viscount of Garioch and Lord Alloa, Ferriton and Forrest in the notional...
in the Jacobite peerage
Jacobite peerage
After the deposition by the English parliament in February 1689 of King James II and VII from the thrones of England and Ireland , he and his successors continued to create peers and baronets, which they believed was their right...
), and the Earldom remained forfeit for over a century.
19th century
In 1824, the Earldom was finally restored by Act of Parliament (5 Geo. IV c. 59) to John Francis Erskine, the heir of the attained Earl. His grandson, the ninth Earl, successfully claimed inheritance the earldom of Kellie and associated titles in 1835.At the death of the ninth Earl of Mar and eleventh Earl of Kellie in 1866, the Earldom of Kellie
Earl of Kellie
The title Earl of Kellie or Kelly is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Sir Thomas Erskine, who was Captain of the Guard and Groom of the Stool for James VI...
and the family's estates passed to Walter Erskine, the cousin of the late Earl, and his heir male. Meanwhile, it was assumed that the Earldom of Mar passed to John Francis Goodeve, the late Earl's nephew, and his heir general. Goodeve changed his name to Goodeve Erskine; his claim was agreed upon by all. He even participated in the election of representative peers for the Peerage of Scotland. However, the Earl of Kellie submitted a petition to the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
asking that the Earldom of Mar be declared his, dying before it could be considered. His son, the thirteenth Earl of Kellie, renewed the petition, and the Lords referred it to their Committee on Privileges. The petition made a number of claims:
- The original Earldom of Mar was a territorial title rather than a title of peerage and was therefore "indivisible." (In other words, the territory could not be separated from the title.)
- Alexander Stewart obtained a new Royal charter for the Earldom, rather than receiving it in right of his wife Isabel.
- After the death of Alexander Stewart, his lands were passed to the Sovereign in accordance with the charter, and thereafter were disposed of by the Crown.
- As the territorial Earldom was "indivisible", upon the termination of the territory, the earldom must have ended also.
- Therefore, since the territorial Earldom had already become non-existent, the 1565 grant was not a revival of that title. Rather, it was a totally new creation, this time in the form of a peerage title.
- Since the instrument of the 1565 grant cannot be found, the presumption ought to be that the Earldom passes to heirs-male, and not to heirs-general. Thus, the Earl of Kellie is entitled to the Earldom of Mar as he is the late Earl of Mar's heir male, while John Goodeve Erskine was an heir-general.
Goodeve Erskine had different ideas, however. He portrayed the Crown's takeover of the territorial Earldom not as pursuant to a charter, but rather as an act of tyranny. He argued:
- James I, in a tyrannical act, seized the lands of Alexander Stewart, when these should have passed to Robert, Lord Erskine.
- The "true" Earls never agreed to terminate their claim to the Earldom.
- The 1565 grant was a restitution of the old territorial Earldom rather than a new creation.
- Because the title is a restoration of a territorial Earldom, and because the territorial Earldom could pass to heirs-general, John Goodeve Erskine was the rightful heir, being the late Earl of Mar's heir-general.
The House of Lords Committee on Privileges ruled in 1875, to the dissatisfaction of many, that the Earldom of Mar was newly created in 1565, passed only to heirs-male, and therefore belonged to the Earl of Kellie, and not to Goodeve Erskine. The Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor
The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
, Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne, declared it to be "final, right or wrong, and not to be questioned".
However, there was a sentiment that the Lords had decided wrongly. A bill was brought to Parliament, to allow Goodeve Erskine to assume the title, and was passed without dissent. The Earldom of Mar Restitution Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict.) declared that because of the doubts relating to the 1565 creation, it would be assumed that there are two Earldoms of Mar. The Earldom created in 1565 would be held by the Earl of Kellie. The ancient Earldom, however, was declared to be still in existence, and was given to John Goodeve Erskine. For the purposes of precedence
Precedence
Precedence may refer to:* Message precedence of military communications traffic* Order of precedence, the ceremonial hierarchy within a nation or state* Order of operations, in mathematics and computer programming...
, it is assumed that the Earldom held by Goodeve Erskine's heirs was created in 1404.
Mormaers of Mar / early Earls
- Cainnech (?)
- Eimen (?)
- Domnall (d. 1014 (ClontarfBattle of ClontarfThe Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máel Mórda mac Murchada: composed mainly of his own men, Viking mercenaries from Dublin and the Orkney Islands led by his cousin Sigtrygg, as well as the one rebellious...
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- Muirchertach (?) (fl. 1115)
- Ruadrí, Earl of MarRuadrí, Earl of MarRuadrí of Mar is the first known Mormaer of Mar from the 12th century, although that the mormaerdom was much older. For instance, there was a Mormaer of Mar at the Battle of Clontarf, 1014....
(fl. 1130s) - Gille Chlerig, Earl of MarGille Chlerig, Earl of MarGille Chlerig,1 also Gillocheri 2 or Gillocher, Gillocher or Gylocher is a Gaelic name attested only in a Latin source, a 13th century forgery designed to advance the cause of Scottish independence. The name is highly corrupted, and therefore the name and meaning is unclear...
(fl. 1140s) - Morggán, Earl of MarMorggán, Earl of MarMorggán of Mar, is the first Mormaer of Mar to appear in history as "more than a characterless name in a witness-list."1. His father was Gille Chlerig...
(d. before 1183) - Gille Críst, Earl of MarGille Críst, Earl of MarGille Críst of Mar is the fourth known Mormaer of Mar, 1183–1203.His relationship to the previous Mormaer, Morggán, is not totally clear; but Gille Críst was not the son of Morggán, and so his succession could probably be explained by operations of Gaelic succession, but as we know almost nothing...
(d. c. 1203) - Donnchadh, Earl of MarDonnchadh, Earl of MarDonnchadh of Mar 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...
(d. c. 1244) - Uilleam, Earl of MarUilleam, Earl of MarUilleam of Mar - Uilleam mac Dhonnchaidh - was perhaps the greatest of the Mar mormaers, ruling Mar from 1244 to 1276....
(d. c. 1276) - Domhnall I, Earl of MarDomhnall I, Earl of MarDomhnall I Earl of Mar - Domhnall mac Uilleim - was the seventh known Mormaer of Mar, ruling from 1276 until his death somewhere between 1297 and 1302....
(d. c. 1301) - Gartnait, Earl of MarGartnait, Earl of MarGartnait of Mar - Gartnait mac Domhnaill - was the eighth known Mormaer of Mar, ruling from somewhere around 1301, perhaps as early as 1297, until his death in 1305...
(d. c. 1305) - Domhnall II, Earl of MarDomhnall II, Earl of MarDomhnall II of Mar was Regent of Scotland for just over a week during the minority of David II....
(d. 1332) - Thomas, Earl of MarThomas, Earl of MarThomas of Mar was a 14th century Mormaer of Mar . He was a son of Domhnall II of Mar.Thomas became Earl of Mar whilst still a child living in the Kingdom of England, and it took several years for Thomas to return to the Kingdom of Scotland and take charge of his inheritance...
(d. 1374)- Margaret, Countess of MarMargaret, Countess of MarMargaret of Mar was Countess of Mar, an ancient Earldom in Scotland, in her own right.She was a daughter of Domhnall II of Mar and after the death of her childless brother Thomas became Countess of Mar...
(d. c. 1391)
- Margaret, Countess of Mar
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas and Mar suo jure uxoris Earl of Mar (1327–1384)
- James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar (1358-k.1388 Battle of OtterburnBattle of OtterburnThe Battle of Otterburn took place on the 5 August 1388, as part of the continuing border skirmishes between the Scottish and English.The best remaining record of the battle is from Jean Froissart's Chronicles in which he claims to have interviewed veterans from both sides of the battle...
)- Isabel Douglas, Countess of MarIsabel Douglas, Countess of MarIsabel Douglas, Countess of Mar was Countess of Mar.Isabel was the sister of the famous James 2nd Earl of Douglas and Earl of Mar, who died leading the Scots to victory at the Battle of Otterburn. He died without any legitimate children and his sister Isabel inherited most of his property,...
(c. 1360–1408)
- Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar
Earls of Mar, first creation
- Current subsidiary title: Lord Garioch (created 1320)
- Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, de jure 13th Earl of Mar (died 1453)
- Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine, de jure 14th Earl of MarThomas Erskine, 2nd Lord ErskineThomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine , de jure 14th Earl of Mar, was a Scottish peer.Erskine was the son of Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, and Elizabeth, daughter of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford. He married Janet Douglas. They had several children. One daughter, Helen, married Humphrey...
(died 1494) - Alexander Erskine, 3rd Lord Erskine, de jure 15th Earl of Mar (died 1510)
- Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine, de jure 16th Earl of Mar (died 1513)
- John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine, de jure 17th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 5th Lord ErskineJohn Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine was a Scottish nobleman who was de jure but not de facto Earl of Mar.He succeeded to the title of 16th Earl of Mar de jure, [S., c. 1115], on 9 September 1513. On 3 August 1522, Mar was appointed keeper of the ten year old King James V of Scotland and Stirling Castle...
(died 1552) - John Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine, de jure later de facto 18th Earl of Mar, de jure 1st Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 17th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar , regent of Scotland, was a son of John, 5th Lord Erskine, who was guardian of King James V, and afterwards of Mary, Queen of Scots....
(died 1572) (restored to Earldom of Mar, later deemed also to have been created Earl of Mar) - John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar, de jure 2nd Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 18th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar was a Scottish politician, the only son of John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar. Together with King James VI of Scotland he was educated by George Buchanan...
(c. 1558–1634) - John Erskine, 20th Earl of Mar, de jure 3rd Earl of Mar (c. 1585–1654)
- John Erskine, 21st Earl of Mar, de jure 4th Earl of Mar (died 1668)
- Charles Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar, de jure 5th Earl of MarCharles Erskine, 21st Earl of MarCharles Erskine, 21st Earl of Mar was a Scottish nobleman.On 2 April 1674 he married Mary Maule, daughter of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure. Their son John Erskine became 22nd Earl of Mar....
(1650–1689) - John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar, de jure 6th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 22nd Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 22nd and de jure 6th Earl of Mar, KT , Scottish Jacobite, was the eldest son of the 21st Earl of Mar , from whom he inherited estates that were heavily loaded with debt. By modern reckoning he was 22nd Earl of Mar of the first creation and de jure 6th Earl of Mar of the seventh...
(1675–1732) (attainted 1716) - John Francis Erskine, 24th Earl of Mar, de jure 7th Earl of Mar (1741–1825) (restored 1824)
- John Thomas Erskine, 25th Earl of Mar, de jure 8th Earl of Mar (1772–1828)
- John Francis Miller Erskine, 26th Earl of Mar, 11th Earl of Kellie, de jure 9th Earl of Mar (1795–1866) (succeeded to Earldom of Kellie 1829, confirmed 1835)
- John Francis Erskine Goodeve-Erskine, de jure later de facto 27th Earl of Mar (1836–1930) (confirmed 1885)
- John Francis Hamilton Sinclair Cunliffe Brooks Forbes Goodeve-Erskine, 28th Earl of Mar (1868–1932)
- Lionel Walter Erskine-Young, 29th Earl of Mar (1891–1965)
- James Clifton of Mar, 30th Earl of Mar (1914–1975)
- Margaret Alison of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar (born 1940)
The heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...
is Susan Helen of Mar, Mistress of Mar
Susan of Mar, Mistress of Mar
Susan Helen of Mar, Mistress of Mar is the only child and heir presumptive of Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar. She married Bruce Alexander Wyllie on 10 June 1989 and has two daughters:* Isabel Alice of Mar...
(b. 1963). In the line of succession to the Earldom of Mar, she is followed by her eldest daughter, Isabel Alice of Mar (b. 1991).
Earls of Mar and Garioch, third creation (1459)
- John Stewart, 1st Earl of Mar and GariochJohn Stewart, Earl of Mar (d. 1479)John Stewart, Earl of Mar and Garioch was the youngest son of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders.James II bestowed the titles of Earl of Mar and Earl of Garioch on his son sometime between 1458 and 1459. In 1479, John was accused of treason and imprisoned at Craigmillar Castle...
(d. 1479)- Lands granted to James III's favorite, Robert CochraneRobert CochraneRobert Cochrane was an architect or mason who lived in the reign of King James III of Scotland. There exists a good deal of controversy about him, and some broader issues about the reign of James III...
, in 1480 (d. 1482).
- Lands granted to James III's favorite, Robert Cochrane
Earls of Mar and Garioch, fourth creation (1483)
- Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of AlbanyAlexander Stewart, 1st Duke of AlbanyAlexander Stewart, Duke of Albany was the second son of King James II of Scotland, and his Queen consort Mary of Gueldres, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gelderland.-Biography:...
(c. 1454–1485) (forfeit 1483)
Earls of Mar and Garioch, fifth creation (1486)
- John Stewart, 1st Earl of Mar and Garioch (d. 1503)
Earls of Mar, seventh creation (1565) (as so deemed by the House of Lords in 1875)
- John Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine, de jure later de facto 17th Earl of Mar, de jure 1st Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 17th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar , regent of Scotland, was a son of John, 5th Lord Erskine, who was guardian of King James V, and afterwards of Mary, Queen of Scots....
(died 1572) (restored to Earldom of Mar, later deemed also to have been created Earl of Mar) - John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar, de jure 2nd Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 18th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar was a Scottish politician, the only son of John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar. Together with King James VI of Scotland he was educated by George Buchanan...
(c. 1558–1634) - John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar, de jure 3rd Earl of Mar (c. 1585–1654)
- John Erskine, 20th Earl of Mar, de jure 4th Earl of Mar (d. 1668)
- Charles Erskine, 21st Earl of Mar,de jure 5th Earl of MarCharles Erskine, 21st Earl of MarCharles Erskine, 21st Earl of Mar was a Scottish nobleman.On 2 April 1674 he married Mary Maule, daughter of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure. Their son John Erskine became 22nd Earl of Mar....
(1650–1689) - John Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar, de jure 6th Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 22nd Earl of MarJohn Erskine, 22nd and de jure 6th Earl of Mar, KT , Scottish Jacobite, was the eldest son of the 21st Earl of Mar , from whom he inherited estates that were heavily loaded with debt. By modern reckoning he was 22nd Earl of Mar of the first creation and de jure 6th Earl of Mar of the seventh...
(1675–1732) (attainted 1716) - John Francis Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar, de jure 7th Earl of Mar (1741–1825) (restored 1824)
- John Thomas Erskine, 24th Earl of Mar, de jure 8th Earl of Mar (1772–1828)
- John Francis Miller Erskine, 25th Earl of Mar, 11th Earl of Kellie, de jure 9th Earl of Mar (1795–1866) (succeeded to Earldom of Kellie 1829, confirmed 1835)
- Walter Coningsby Erskine, 12th Earl of Kellie, de jure 10th Earl of Mar (1810–1872)
- Walter Henry Erskine, 13th Earl of Kellie, de jure later de facto 11th Earl of MarWalter Erskine, 11th Earl of MarWalter Henry Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar and 13th Earl of Kellie was a Scottish peer.Mar was the son of Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Kellie and Elise Youngson. On 14 October 1853, he married Mary Anne Forbes , daughter of William Forbes...
(1839–1888) (recognised 1875) - Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie (1865–1955)
- John Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord ErskineJohn Erskine, Lord ErskineJohn Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord Erskine GCSI, GCIE was a British soldier, Conservative Party politician and administrator who served as Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare and Brighton...
(1895–1953)
- John Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord Erskine
- John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar and 15th Earl of Kellie (1921–1993)
- James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of KellieJames Erskine, 14th Earl of MarJames Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar and 16th Earl of Kellie, DL is a British peer and Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords....
(b. 1949)
The heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
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is the present holder's brother, the Honourable Alexander David Erskine (b. 1952)
In popular culture
The Earl of Mar's DaughterThe Earl of Mar's Daughter
-Synopsis:The Earl of Mar's daughter saw a lovely bird, and promised it a golden cage if it would come to her. It did, and that night transformed into a prince in her bedroom. His mother had transformed him to that form. They lived together; she bore seven sons, but the prince carried them safe...
is a ballad documented by Francis James Child
Francis James Child
Francis James Child was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of folk songs known as the Child Ballads. Child was Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard University, where he produced influential editions of English poetry...
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The Genesis
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song "Eleventh Earl of Mar" on their album Wind & Wuthering
Wind & Wuthering
"It's Yourself" is the B-side to "Your Own Special Way", released February 1977-Related EP:All tracks from the Single Spot the Pigeon 20 May 1977-2007 SACD/CD/DVD Release:...
(1977) depicts the failure of the unsuccessful Jacobite campaign and the innocence of the Earl's young son.
Mar is one of the provinces in the game Britannia
Britannia (board game)
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