Donnchadh, 4th Earl of Mar

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Donnchadh, 4th Earl of Mar ( Anglicized also Duncan , * before 1183, † before 7. February 1244 ) was a Scottish nobleman .

Life

He was a younger son of Morggán, 2nd Earl of Mar († 1182/83). His name appears for the first time in a document from the year 1207, in which he appears together with his brother James as a signature witness for the eldest brother Malcolm. He is also listed as Duncan, son of Morgund , in a royal deed of donation from Alexander II from 1222 .

How he achieved the title of Earl of Mar is still unclear. His predecessor Gille Críst, 3rd Earl of Mar is last recorded in 1221. Donnchadh is first named as Earl in a document from the king dated August 29, 1228, in which he recognized him as the owner of certain lands. A contestation of the title in 1230 by Thomas de Lundin , a descendant of Gille Críst via the female line, was unsuccessful.

Like his predecessors, Donnchadh was a generous patron of various abbeys and parishes. The Monymusk priory, which had already been donated by Gille Críst, received the churches of Braemar and Kindrocht for the souls of father and mother . The church of Logy Mar, construction of which began under his predecessor, was designated as his burial church and given to the bishopric of Aberdeen. In 1242 he signed a contract with the Abbey of St. Adrews, in which the monks left all ecclesiastical lands in Tarland and Migvie to him against the payment of a second tithe .

Donnchadh was married with at least one son, William , heir as 5th Earl. A document named between 1213 and 1328 "John, son of the Earl of Mar" ( Johanne filio comitis de Mar ) is probably another son of Donnchadh.

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predecessor Office successor
Gille Críst Earl of Mar
around 1228 – around 1244 		Uilleam
personal data
SURNAME Donnchadh, 4th Earl of Mar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duncan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH before 1283
DATE OF DEATH before February 1244