   {| class="infobox" style="width:18em; text-align:left;" |+ style="padding-top:0.9em; line-height:160%;"| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| earldom of mar 180px150px the arms of the realm and ancient local principalities of scotland bartholemew 1983. isbn 0-7028-1709-0 |} the mormaer or earl of mar is a title that has been reaffirmed seven times, all in the peerage of scotland. the first creation of the earldom was originally the provincial ruler of the province of mar in north-eastern scotland. first attested in the year 1014,history @tribeofmar.org the "seat" or "caput" eventually became kildrummy castle, although other sites like doune of invernochty were initially just as important. the title evolved into a peerage title, and was made particularly famous by john erskine, 22nd earl of mar who was an important jacobite military leader during the 1715 jacobite rising. owing to a 19th-century dispute, there are currently two earls of mar, with james thorne erskine, 14th earl of mar and 16th earl of kellie and margaret of mar, 31st countess of mar. the earl of mar and kellie is the hereditary clan chief of clan erskine;burk's peerage â erskine the countess of mar is the hereditary clan chief of clan mar. the earldom of mar is thought to be the oldest peerage in great britain, and even europe.burk's peerage â marthe ancient earldom of mar @electric scotland.com == early mormaers or earls == the first mormaer of mar is usually regarded as ruadrÃ­ (fl. 1131), mentioned in the book of deer. some modern sources give earlier mormaers, i.e. muirchertach (latinized as martachus) and gartnait (sometimes gratnach), mentioned respectively in charters of the reigns of king mÃ¡el coluim iii (relating to the cÃ©li dÃ© establishment of loch leven) and king alexander i (relating to the monastic establishment of scone), though in these cases certain identification with a particular province is difficult. the accounts of the battle of clontarf in some of the irish annals name "domnall son of eimen son of cainnech", mormaer of mar in alba", as among those killed in 1014 alongside brian boru. the principal seat
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