Complex sentence: John Bannerman noted these events happened approximately fourty years before the life of Constantine of Fife, the first historical Mormaer, placed between 1095 and 1128.
Split into simpler sentences: John Bannerman noted these events happened approximately fourty years before the life of Constantine of Fife, the first historical Mormaer. The first recorded Earl of Fife is Constantine, Earl of Fife, placed between 1095 and 1128.