Lord of Badenoch

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Lochindorb Castle near Lochindorb in Badenoch, one of the most important castles built by the Lords of Badenoch.

Lord of Badenoch was a Scottish feudal ruling title and is or was as Lord Gordon of Badenoch or Lord Badenoch a peer title in the Peerage of Scotland .

The ruling title refers to the historic Badenoch district in the county of Inverness-shire , which is now part of the Badenoch and Strathspey district in the Highland Council Area .

Awards

The title was initially used as a feudal title, presumably under King Alexander III. after the suppression of the uprising of the Meic Uilleam created and provided with parts of their lands. William Comyn of the Cumming clan , who played a key role in the crackdown, was probably enfeoffed around 1229 and passed the title on to his son Walter Comyn . After he died in 1258 without an heir, the title passed to his nephew John (I) Comyn , the son of his brother Richard Comyn . After the death of John (III) Comyn in 1306, the title initially remained vacant, as his son John Comyn made no claim to it. After he fell at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and left no heirs, the title became extinct.

In the same year the title was re-created as a feudal lordship title for Thomas Randolph , who was also elevated to Earl of Moray . The title expired on the death of John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray , in 1346.

In 1370 at the latest, the title was given to Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan , known as "Wolf of Badenoch", as a feudal rulership title. He was also awarded the title of Earl of Buchan in 1382 . He inherited the title of Lord of Badenoch to his illegitimate son, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar 12 . After his death in 1435 the title expired and the lands reverted to the crown.

In 1451 Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly , was enfeoffed with the lands as Lord of Badenoch. His descendant George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly , was given the title of Lord Gordon of Badenoch as Lordship of Parliament on April 17, 1599 , as a subordinate title of the title of Marquess of Huntly, which was also conferred on him . In 1684, the 4th Marquess of Huntly was also elevated to Duke of Gordon with the subordinate title of Lord Badenoch . These two titles expired with the death of the 5th Duke on May 28, 1836. The titles Marquess of Huntly and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, however, fell to a different line of the family and exist to this day. The current title holder is Granville Gordon as 13th Marquess and 13th Lord.

List of title holders

Feudal Lords of Badenoch (around 1229)

Feudal Lords of Badenoch (1314)

Feudal Lords of Badenoch (around 1370)

Feudal Lords of Badenoch (1451)

Lords Gordon of Badenoch (1599)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne (* 1973).

Lords Badenoch (1684)

literature

  • Bernard Burke: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, London 1866, p. 43, 530, 545 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • William Betham: The baronetage of England. The History of the English baronets, and such baronets of Scotland, as are of English families; with genealogical tables, and engravings of their coats of arms . Burrell and Bransby, London 1805, p. 547 f . (English, books.google.com ).
  • James Balfour Paul : Comyn, Lord of Badenoch. In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . Volume 1: Abercorn – Balmerino. David Douglas, Edinburgh 1904, pp. 503-510 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Badenoch . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 3 : Austria - Bisectrix . London 1910, p. 188 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
  2. ^ "Paul, 1909" mentions the title for the first time in "John I. Comyn". "Betham, 1805" assumes a much earlier award, at the latest by the middle of the 12th century.
  3. ↑ Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 2, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 2011.