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    Gille Brigte of Strathearn (1150–1223), sometimes also called Gilbert, was the 3rd Earl or Mormaer of Strathearn. The eldest of three children born to...
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    Earl or Mormaer of Strathearn is a title of Scottish nobility, referring to the region of Strathearn in southern Perthshire. Of unknown origin, the mormaers...
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  • Gille Brigte (sometimes rendered as Gilbert) may refer to: Gille Brigte, Earl of Angus (fl. 1150) Gille Brigte of Galloway (died 1185) Gille Brigte, Earl...
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  • Robert of Strathearn (died c. 1244) was the 4th Earl of Strathearn in Scotland. Robert was the fourth son of Gille Brigte of Strathearn and his wife Matilda...
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    IV of Strathearn (Gaelic: Maol Íosa; died c. 1329) was a Scottish nobleman, the seventh known ruler of Strathearn. He was an ardent supporter of King...
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    Lord recorded is Fergus, who died in 1161 leaving two sons: Uchtred and Gille Brigte (Gilbert). As was the custom then, the two brothers shared the lordship...
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    sixty years later, Magnus, son of Gille Brigte became the first of the Scottish earls. He may have been a descendant of Jarl Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, although...
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    Clan Grant (category Gaelic families of Norse descent)
    Kinveachy (approximately ten miles southwest of Castle Grant) to Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn. By the 16th century the clan and its chief had become powerful...
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    Comyn was Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. He was one of the seven children of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian, and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was...
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  • his cousin, Aed mac Gille Míchéil. Like previous mormaers of Fife, Duncan II was appointed Justiciar of Scotia (i.e. Scotland North of the Forth). Donnchad's...
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