page_title: Earl of Strathearn
section_title: Ancient Earls of Strathearn
hierarchical_section_title: Earl of Strathearn / Ancient Earls of Strathearn
caption_attribution_description: English: His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, RAF. Prince William is wearing the uniform of a flight lieutenant.
context_page_description: 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 are attested for the first time in a document perhaps dating to 1115. The first known mormaer, Malise I, is mentioned by Ailred of Rievaulx as leading native Scots in the company of King David at the Battle of the Standard, 1138. The last ruler of the Strathearn line was Malise, also Earl of Caithness and Orkney, who had his earldom forfeited by King Edward Balliol. In 1344 it was regranted by King David to Maurice de Moravia, a royal favourite who had a vague claim to the earldom as Malise's nephew and also stepfather.
  Strathearn has since been used as a peerage title for James Stewart, an illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland, who was created Lord Abernethy and Strathearn and Earl of Moray in 1562. In 1631, William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith was confirmed in this dignity as heir of line of Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn, but was forced to settle for the less prestigious title of the Earl of Airth in 1633.
context_section_description: Malise I (fl. 1138)
  Ferteth (fl. 1160)
  Gille-Brigte or Gilbert (1171–1223)
  Robert (1223–1245)
  Malise II (1245–1271)
  Malise III (1271–1317), buried beside the high altar of Inchaffray Abbey
  Malise IV (1317–1329), captured his father
  Malise V (1330–1334) (d. 1350 as Earl of Caithness)
caption: Prince William, Earl of Strathearn (pictured in 2010)
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