Earl of Fife
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The title of Earl of Fife was created several times in the Peerages of Scotland and the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Early Gaelic Earls
- ? Giric mac Cináeda meic Duib
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- Macduib; = Shakespeare's MacDuff (fl. 1057–1058)
- Causantín, Earl of Fife, (fl. 1095–1128)
- See Mormaer Beth and Ethelred of Scotland for common confusion here
- Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife (1130–1133)
- Donnchadh I, Earl of Fife (1133–1154)
- Donnchadh II, Earl of Fife (1154–1204)
- Maol Choluim I, Earl of Fife (1204–1228)
- Maol Choluim II, Earl of Fife (1228–1266)
- Colbán, Earl of Fife, (1266–1270/2)
- Donnchadh III, Earl of Fife (1270/2–1288)
- Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife (1288–1353), considered by King David II to have forfeited the earldom
- Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie, Earl of Fife (1358-c1360), created by King David II
- Isabella, Countess of Fife, (1361–1371), daughter of Donnchadh IV, resigned the earldom 1371
[edit] Earls of Fife, Second Creation
[edit] Earls of Fife, Third Creation (1885)
- Alexander William George Duff, 6th Earl Fife, 1st Earl of Fife (1849-1912) created Duke of Fife in 1889 and 1900 (see Duke of Fife)
[edit] Sources
- Scalachronicon, pub. Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society, 1911
- Bannerman, John, "MacDuff of Fife," in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp.20-38
- Barrow, G.W.S., Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1988)
Lawrie, Sir Archibald C., Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905), no. XXXVI, pp. 28-31, pp. 283-84
- Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland and the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997)
