Yerl o Mar

The Mormaer or Earl o Mar is the name o several peerages o Scotland. The first ane wis oreeginally the provincial ruler o the province o Mar in north-eastren Scotland. First attestit in the year 1014, the "family seat" eventually became Kildrummy Castle, awtho ither sites lik Doune o Invernochty wur initially juist as important.

The title evolved intae a peerage title, an wis made parteecularly famous bi John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar who wis an important Jacobite military leader durin the 1715 Jacobite risin.

Awin tae a nineteent-century dispute, thare are currently twa Earls o Mar, housomeivver the Earldom o Kellie shared the title o Mar due tae a mistake an misunnerstandin atween the richts tae the title, James Thorne Erskine, 15t Earl o Mar an 17t Earl o Kellie an Margaret Alison o Mar, 31st Coontess o Mar. The Earl o Mar an Kellie is the hereditary Clan Chief o Clan Erskine; the Coontess o Mar is the hereditary Clan Chief o Clan Mar. The Earldom o Mar is thocht tae be the auldest peerage in Great Breetain, an even Europe.

Mormaers o Mar / early Earls

• Cainnech (?)
• Eimen (?)
• Domnall (d. 1014 (Clontarf))
• —
• Muirchertach (?) (fl. 1115)
• Ruadrí, Earl o Mar (fl. 1130s)
• Gille Chlerig, Earl o Mar (fl. 1140s)
• Morggán, Earl o Mar (d. afore 1183)
• Gille Críst, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1203)
• Donnchadh, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1244)
• Uilleam, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1276)
• Domhnall I, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1301)
• Gartnait, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1305)
• Domhnall II, Earl o Mar (d. 1332)
• Thomas, Earl o Mar (d. 1374)
  • Margaret, Countess of Mar (d. c. 1391)
• William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas an Mar suo jure uxoris Earl o Mar (1327–1384)
• James Douglas, 2nt Earl o Douglas an Mar (1358-k.1388 Battle o Otterburn)
  • Isabel Douglas, Coontess o Mar (c. 1360–1408)

Earls o Mar, first creation

Current subsidiary title: Lord Garioch (creatit 1320)

John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar

• Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, de jure 13t Earl o Mar (dee'd 1453)
• Thomas Erskine, 2nt Lord Erskine, de jure 14t Earl o Mar (dee'd 1494)
• Alexander Erskine, 3rd Lord Erskine, de jure 15t Earl of Mar (dee'd 1510)
• Robert Erskine, 4t Lord Erskine, de jure 16t Earl of Mar (dee'd 1513)
• John Erskine, 5t Lord Erskine, de jure 17t Earl of Mar (dee'd 1552)
• John Erskine, 6t Lord Erskine, de jure later de facto 18t Earl o Mar, de jure 1st Earl o Mar (dee'd 1572) (restored tae Earldom o Mar, later deemed an aa tae hae been creatit Earl o Mar)
• John Erskine, 19t Earl o Mar, de jure 2nt Earl o Mar (c. 1558–1634)
• John Erskine, 20t Earl o Mar, de jure 3rd Earl o Mar (c. 1585–1654)
• John Erskine, 21st Earl o Mar, de jure 4t Earl o Mar (died 1668)
• Charles Erskine, 22nt Earl of Mar, de jure 5t Earl o Mar (1650–1689)
• John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar, de jure 6t Earl o Mar (1675–1732) (attainted 1716)
• John Francis Erskine, 24t Earl o Mar, de jure 7t Earl o Mar (1741–1825) (restored 1824)
• John Thomas Erskine, 25t Earl o Mar, de jure 8t Earl o Mar (1772–1828)
• John Francis Miller Erskine, 26t Earl o Mar, 11t Earl o Kellie, de jure 9t Earl o Mar (1795–1866) (succeedit tae Earldom o Kellie 1829, confirmed 1835)
• John Francis Erskine Goodeve-Erskine, de jure later de facto 27t Earl o Mar (1836–1930) (confirmed 1885)
• John Francis Hamilton Sinclair Cunliffe Brooks Forbes Goodeve-Erskine, 28t Earl o Mar (1868–1932)
• Lionel Walter Erskine-Young, 29t Earl o Mar (1891–1965)
• James Clifton o Mar, 30t Earl o Mar (1914–1975)
• Margaret Alison o Mar, 31st Coontess o Mar (born 1940)

The heir presumptive is Susan Helen o Mar, Mistress o Mar (b. 1963). In the line o succession tae the Earldom of Mar, she is follaed bi her eldest dochter, Isabel Alice o Mar (b. 1991).

Earls o Mar, seicont creation (1426)

• Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl o Mar (d. 1435)

Earls o Mar an Garioch, third creation (1459)

• John Stewart, 1st Earl o Mar an Garioch (d. 1479)
  • Lands grantit tae James III's favorite, Robert Cochrane, in 1480 (d. 1482).

Earls o Mar an Garioch, fowert creation (1483)

• Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke o Albany (c. 1454–1485) (forfeit 1483)

Earls o Mar an Garioch, fift creation (1486)

• John Stewart, 1st Earl o Mar an Garioch (d. 1503)

Earls o Mar, saxt creation (1562)

• James Stewart, Earl o Moray an Mar (d. 1569)

Earls o Mar, seivent creation (1565) (as so deemed bi the Hoose o Lords in 1875)

• John Erskine, 6t Lord Erskine, de jure later de facto 18t Earl of Mar, de jure 1st Earl o Mar (dee'd 1572) (restored tae Earldom o Mar, later deemed an aa tae hae been creatit Earl o Mar)
• John Erskine, 19t Earl o Mar, de jure 2nt Earl of Mar (c. 1558–1634)
• John Erskine, 20t Earl o Mar, de jure 3rd Earl of Mar (c. 1585–1654)
• John Erskine, 21st Earl o Mar, de jure 4t Earl of Mar (d. 1668)
• Charles Erskine, 22nt Earl o Mar,de jure 5t Earl o Mar (1650–1689)
• John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar, de jure 6t Earl o Mar (1675–1732) (attainted 1716)
• John Francis Erskine, 24t Earl o Mar, de jure 7t Earl o Mar (1741–1825) (restored 1824)
• John Thomas Erskine, 25t Earl o Mar, de jure 8t Earl o Mar (1772–1828)
• John Francis Miller Erskine, 26t Earl o Mar, 11t Earl o Kellie, de jure 9t Earl o Mar (1795–1866) (succeedit tae Earldom o Kellie 1829, confirmed 1835)
• Walter Coningsby Erskine, 12t Earl o Kellie, de jure 10t Earl o Mar (1810–1872)
• Walter Henry Erskine, 13t Earl o Kellie, de jure later de facto 11t Earl o Mar (1839–1888) (recognised 1875)
• Walter John Francis Erskine, 12t Earl o Mar an 14t Earl o Kellie (1865–1955)
• John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13t Earl o Mar an 15t Earl o Kellie (1921–1993)
• James Thorne Erskine, 14t Earl o Mar an 16t Earl o Kellie (b. 1949)

The heir presumptive is the present haulder's brither, the Hon. Alexander David Erskine (b. 1952)

In popular cultur

The Earl of Mar's Daughter is a ballad documentit bi Francis James Child.

The Genesis sang "Eleventh Earl of Mar" on thair album Wind & Wuthering (1977) depicts the failure o the unsuccessful Jacobite campaign an the innocence o the Earl's yung son.

Mar is ane o the provinces in the game Britannia.

Relatit pages

• Clan Erskine
• Clan Mar

Bibliography

• Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922)
• Richard D. Oram, "The Earls and Earldom of Mar, c1150–1300," Steve Boardman an Alasdair Ross (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200–1500, (Dublin/Portland, 2003). pp. 46–66
• Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997)

Freemit airtins

• Gaelic Notes on the Book o Deer