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Adam, Earl Of Angus
Adam (perhaps representing the name Áedán), ruled from sometime prior to 1189 as ''Mormaer In early medieval Scotland, a mormaer was the Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler, theoretically second only to the King of Scots, and the senior of a ''Toísech'' (chieftain). Mormaers were equivalent to English earls or Continental c ...'' of Angus. Almost nothing is known of him, but it is fairly certain that he was the son of Gille Brigte, the previous ''Mormaer.'' He died young and was succeeded (if they did not rule jointly) by his younger brother Gille Críst. Bibliography * Roberts, John L., ''Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages'', (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53–4 {{Earls of Angus 12th-century births People from Angus, Scotland Year of death unknown 12th-century mormaers Mormaers of Angus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormaer
In early medieval Scotland, a mormaer was the Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler, theoretically second only to the King of Scots, and the senior of a ''Toísech'' (chieftain). Mormaers were equivalent to English earls or Continental counts, and the term is often translated into English as 'earl'. Name ''Mormaer'' (pl. ''mormaír'') and ''earl'' were respectively the Gaelic and Scots words used for the position also referred to in Latin as '' comes'' (pl. ''comites''), which originally meant "companion". That the words ''mormaer'' and ''comes'' were equivalent can be seen in the case of Ruadrí, Earl of Mar, who is described as ''mormaer'' when listed as a witness in a document recorded in the Gaelic language in 1130 or 1131, and as ''comes'' in a charter recorded in Latin between 1127 and 1131. The word ''earl'' was increasingly used in place of ''mormaer'' as Scots replaced Gaelic as the dominant vernacular language between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
