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; 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.

## Mormaers o Mar / early Earls
*Cainnech (?)
*Eimen (?)
*Domnall (d. 1014 (Clontarf))
*—
*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)

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.

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.&nbsp;46–66
* Roberts, John L., *Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages*, (Edinburgh, 1997)

## Freemit airtins
* Gaelic Notes on the Book o Deer