Yerl o Mar

The Mormaer or Earl o Mar is the name o several peerages o Scotland. The first ane wis oreeginally the provincial ruler o the province o Mar in north-eastren Scotland. First attestit in the year 1014, the "family seat" eventually became Kildrummy Castle, awtho ither sites lik Doune o Invernochty wur initially juist as important.

The title evolved intae a peerage title, an wis made parteecularly famous bi John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar who wis an important  Jacobite military leader durin the 1715 Jacobite risin.

Awin tae a nineteent-century dispute, thare are currently twa Earls o Mar, housomeivver the Earldom o Kellie shared the title o Mar due tae a mistake an misunnerstandin atween the richts tae the title, James Thorne Erskine, 15t Earl o Mar an 17t Earl o Kellie an Margaret Alison o Mar, 31st Coontess o Mar. The Earl o Mar an Kellie is the hereditary Clan Chief o Clan Erskine;Burk's Peerage – Erskine the Coontess o Mar is the hereditary Clan Chief o Clan Mar. The Earldom o Mar is thocht tae be the auldest peerage in Great Breetain, an even Europe.Burk's Peerage – Mar

 Mormaers o Mar / early Earls 
Cainnech (?)
Eimen (?)
Domnall (d. 1014 (Clontarf))
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Muirchertach (?) (fl. 1115)
Ruadrí, Earl o Mar (fl. 1130s)
Gille Chlerig, Earl o Mar (fl. 1140s)
Morggán, Earl o Mar (d. afore 1183)
Gille Críst, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1203)
Donnchadh, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1244)
Uilleam, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1276)
Domhnall I, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1301)
Gartnait, Earl o Mar (d. c. 1305)
Domhnall II, Earl o Mar (d. 1332)
Thomas, Earl o Mar (d. 1374)
Margaret, Countess of Mar (d. c. 1391)
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas an Mar suo jure uxoris Earl o Mar (1327–1384)
James Douglas, 2nt Earl o Douglas an Mar (1358-k.1388 Battle o Otterburn)
Isabel Douglas, Coontess o Mar (c. 1360–1408)

 Earls o Mar, first creation 
Current subsidiary title: Lord Garioch (creatit 1320)
Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, de jure 13t Earl o Mar (dee'd 1453)
Thomas Erskine, 2nt Lord Erskine, de jure 14t Earl o Mar (dee'd 1494)
Alexander Erskine, 3rd Lord Erskine, de jure 15t Earl of Mar (dee'd 1510)
Robert Erskine, 4t Lord Erskine, de jure 16t Earl of Mar (dee'd 1513)
John Erskine, 5t Lord Erskine, de jure 17t Earl of Mar (dee'd 1552)
John Erskine, 6t Lord Erskine, de jure later de facto 18t Earl o Mar, de jure 1st Earl o Mar (dee'd 1572) (restored tae Earldom o Mar, later deemed an aa tae hae been creatit Earl o Mar)
John Erskine, 19t Earl o Mar, de jure 2nt Earl o Mar (c. 1558–1634)
John Erskine, 20t Earl o Mar, de jure 3rd Earl o Mar (c. 1585–1654)
John Erskine, 21st Earl o Mar, de jure 4t Earl o Mar (died 1668)
Charles Erskine, 22nt Earl of Mar, de jure 5t Earl o Mar (1650–1689)
John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar, de jure 6t Earl o Mar (1675–1732) (attainted 1716)
John Francis Erskine, 24t Earl o Mar, de jure 7t Earl o Mar (1741–1825) (restored 1824)
John Thomas Erskine, 25t Earl o Mar, de jure 8t Earl o Mar (1772–1828)
John Francis Miller Erskine, 26t Earl o Mar, 11t Earl o Kellie, de jure 9t Earl o Mar (1795–1866) (succeedit tae Earldom o Kellie 1829, confirmed 1835)
John Francis Erskine Goodeve-Erskine, de jure later de facto 27t Earl o Mar (1836–1930) (confirmed 1885)
John Francis Hamilton Sinclair Cunliffe Brooks Forbes Goodeve-Erskine, 28t Earl o Mar (1868–1932)
Lionel Walter Erskine-Young, 29t Earl o Mar (1891–1965)
James Clifton o Mar, 30t Earl o Mar (1914–1975)
Margaret Alison o Mar, 31st Coontess o Mar (born 1940)Burk's Peerage

The heir presumptive is Susan Helen o Mar, Mistress o Mar (b. 1963). In the line o succession tae the Earldom of Mar, she is follaed bi her eldest dochter, Isabel Alice o Mar (b. 1991).

 Earls o Mar, seicont creation (1426) 
Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl o Mar (d. 1435)

 Earls o Mar an Garioch, third creation (1459) 
John Stewart, 1st Earl o Mar an Garioch (d. 1479)
Lands grantit tae James III's favorite, Robert Cochrane, in 1480 (d. 1482).

 Earls o Mar an Garioch, fowert creation (1483) 
Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke o Albany (c. 1454–1485) (forfeit 1483)

 Earls o Mar an Garioch, fift creation (1486) 
John Stewart, 1st Earl o Mar an Garioch (d. 1503)

 Earls o Mar, saxt creation (1562) 
James Stewart, Earl o Moray an Mar (d. 1569)

 Earls o Mar, seivent creation (1565) (as so deemed bi the Hoose o Lords in 1875) 

John Erskine, 6t Lord Erskine, de jure later de facto 18t Earl of Mar, de jure 1st Earl o Mar (dee'd 1572) (restored tae Earldom o Mar, later deemed an aa tae hae been creatit Earl o Mar)
John Erskine, 19t Earl o Mar, de jure 2nt Earl of Mar (c. 1558–1634)
John Erskine, 20t Earl o Mar, de jure 3rd Earl of Mar (c. 1585–1654)
John Erskine, 21st Earl o Mar, de jure 4t Earl of Mar (d. 1668)
Charles Erskine, 22nt Earl o Mar,de jure 5t Earl o Mar (1650–1689)
John Erskine, 23rd Earl o Mar, de jure 6t Earl o Mar (1675–1732) (attainted 1716)
John Francis Erskine, 24t Earl o Mar, de jure 7t Earl o Mar (1741–1825) (restored 1824)
John Thomas Erskine, 25t Earl o Mar, de jure 8t Earl o Mar (1772–1828)
John Francis Miller Erskine, 26t Earl o Mar, 11t Earl o Kellie, de jure 9t Earl o Mar (1795–1866) (succeedit tae Earldom o Kellie 1829, confirmed 1835)
Walter Coningsby Erskine, 12t Earl o Kellie, de jure 10t Earl o Mar (1810–1872)
Walter Henry Erskine, 13t Earl o Kellie, de jure later de facto 11t Earl o Mar (1839–1888) (recognised 1875)
Walter John Francis Erskine, 12t Earl o Mar an 14t Earl o Kellie (1865–1955)
John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13t Earl o Mar an 15t Earl o Kellie (1921–1993)
James Thorne Erskine, 14t Earl o Mar an 16t Earl o Kellie (b. 1949)
The heir presumptive is the present haulder's brither, the Hon. Alexander David Erskine (b. 1952)

 In popular cultur 

The Earl of Mar's Daughter is a ballad documentit bi Francis James Child.

The Genesis sang "Eleventh Earl of Mar" on thair album Wind & Wuthering (1977) depicts the failure o the unsuccessful Jacobite campaign an the innocence o the Earl's yung son. Wind and Wuthering

Mar is ane o the provinces in the game Britannia.

 Relatit pages 
 Clan Erskine
 Clan Mar

 Soorces 

 Bibliography 
 Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922)
 Richard D. Oram, "The Earls and Earldom of Mar, c1150–1300," Steve Boardman an Alasdair Ross (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200–1500, (Dublin/Portland, 2003).  pp. 46–66
 Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997)

 Freemit airtins 
 Gaelic Notes on the Book o Deer


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