Máel Coluim, Earl of Ross

Máel Coluim mac Áeda , also Malcolm MacEth or Malcolm MacHeth (* around 1110 - 23 October 1168 ), Earl of Ross , was a Scottish nobleman .

Life

Its exact origin is unknown, but there are only two possibilities. Either he was an illegitimate son of Alexander I ; or the son of Áed (also Beth), 1st Earl of Fife.

Little is known about his life. Máel Coluim had married a sister of Somerled, Lord of Argyll , around 1130 . With her he had several sons; as well as a daughter Hvorflaed (also Hvafleda, Gormflaeth or Gormlath), who married Harald Maddadsson, Jarl of Orkney , around 1160 .

Because of a rebellion against David I , he and his son David were imprisoned at Roxburgh Castle until his brother-in-law Somerled, Lord of Argyll, invaded the Scottish heartland with his other sons in 1154 and threatened civil war. Thereupon, by order of Malcolm IV , Máel Coluim was released. However, he made his peace with the king only after his return from England in 1157, after which he appeared several times as his witness in notarizations.

On a document dated between November 1160 and September 1162 the monks of Dunfermline Abbey are placed under his protection. This is the only surviving document on which he was referred to as the "Earl of Ross" .

Another (simultaneous) holder of this title was Florens III, Count of Holland , who was awarded it in 1161 on the occasion of his marriage to Adelheid von Huntingdon, daughter of Prince Henry of Scotland, on an honorary basis and without claim to property. After Máel Coluim's death, the Scottish title remained in the possession of the crown until 1191.

literature

John Anderson: The Ancient Earls of Ross . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 7 : Panmure – Sinclair . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1910, p. 230–244 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
David Laing (Ed.): Andrew of Wyntoun : The Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland . tape 2 . Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh 1872, p. 197 ( archive.org [accessed September 10, 2014] OCR reprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2009, ISBN 978-1-151-43677-1 ).

Web links

Earl of Ross (Malcolm MacEth). fmg.ac, accessed on August 29, 2014 .

Individual evidence

↑ M. Chibnall (Ed.): The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis . Vol. IV, Book VIII. Oxford Medieval Texts, Oxford, pp. 277 (1969-1980).
↑ AMM Duncan: The Kingship of the Scots . University Press, Edinburgh 2002, pp. 71 f .
↑ According to Wyntoun , B. VII, Ch. VII, p. 197, lines 1385-1391, he was still rebelling at this point. Paul assumes that he was subsequently satisfied with the title.

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Earl of Ross about 1160-1168	Fallen to the crown

personal data
SURNAME	Máel Coluim, Earl of Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Máel Coluim mac Áeda; Malcolm MacEth; Malcolm MacHeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: 12th century
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 1168

[1] M. Chibnall (Ed.): The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis . Vol. IV, Book VIII. Oxford Medieval Texts, Oxford, pp. 277 (1969-1980).

[2] AMM Duncan: The Kingship of the Scots . University Press, Edinburgh 2002, pp. 71 f .

[3] According to Wyntoun , B. VII, Ch. VII, p. 197, lines 1385-1391, he was still rebelling at this point. Paul assumes that he was subsequently satisfied with the title.