Strathbogie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Srath Bholgaidh'' or ''Srath Bhalgaidh'') is a district and river valley of northwest
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area incl ...
in
Scotland
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, formerly one of the great divisions of that shire, called
lord
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ships or
thanages, comprehending the whole original estate that King
Robert the Bruce
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventuall ...
gave to the noble family of Gordon, the ancestors of the
Duke of Gordon.
By 1836, the lordship had become extinct.
Name
Strathbogie is first documented as "Strathbolgyn", a name which incorporates the elements ''strath'' meaning "broad valley"; ''bolg'', meaning "bag" or "belly"; and ''-aidh'', a suffix indicating an adjective. The name therefore means "bag-shaped valley".
History
The placename Strathbogie is first attested in a version of the
Pictish King Lists dated to c. 1124, describing the death of
Lulach, son of
Macbeth and
King of Alba, at
Essie in Strathbogie in 1058. Strathbogie was probably granted in the 12th century as a
provincial lordship by
David I to
David of Strathbogie
David of Strathbogie (c. 1309 – 30 November 1335) was a 14th-century Anglo-Scottish noble. He was born the son and heir of Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland (who had been banished by Robert the Bruce) and Chief Ward ...
, a younger son of the
Earl of Fife, but it is first documented as a defined territory in 1226. The lands listed in this document exactly match those listed as belonging to the lordship in 1600, showing that the lordship had always consisted of the nine parishes of
Kinnoir,
Essie,
Rhynie,
Dunbennan
Dunbennan is an area by Huntly
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly C ...
,
Ruthven,
Glass
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,
Drumdelgie,
Botary, and
Gartly.
In 1839, the
General Assembly
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Specific examples of general assembly include:
Churches
* General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of pres ...
suspended seven ministers from Strathbogie for proceeding with an induction in Marnoch in defiance of its orders. In 1841, the seven Strathbogie ministers were deposed for acknowledging the superiority of the secular court in spiritual matters. These events culminated in the
Disruption of 1843.
Geography
It extends over an area of , which includes arable and uncultivated land, stretching east and west of the
River Bogie,
which discharges itself into the
River Deveron at
Huntly at the centre, which was the town of the Chief.
References
Bibliography
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* {{cite book , last=Ross , first=Alasdair , date=2015 , title=Land Assessment and Lordship in Medieval Northern Scotland , location=Turnhout , publisher=Brepols , isbn=978-2503541334
Districts of Scotland
Provincial lordships of Scotland