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From "My Clan": "This Norman name of 'monthault', rendered in Latin as 'monte alto', is usually translated as 'of the high mountain'. The Monte Altos are known to have settled in Wales and they first appeared in Scotland during the reign of David I. The family swiftly rose to positions of influence and power, acquiring lands in Angus. Robert and Michaele De Muheut witnessed a charter by the Comyn Earl of Buchan, around 1210. William De Monte Alto witnessed the marking of the boundaries of the lands of the Abbey of Arbroath around 1219. Michael De Monte Alto was sheriff of Inverness in 1234 and witnessed numerous charters of other noble families in the vicinity. Bernard De Monte Alto, a soldier, was among the knights and nobles who accompanied Princess Margaret to Norway for her marriage to that country's King. On their return he, along with many others, was drowned in a shipwreck. William De Muheut features in the Ragman Roll, rendering homage to Edward I of England in 1296."
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