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1. of Buchan, Kenneth
   1. 1. of Buchan, Gartnach
         1. of Fife, Ete
            1. Mormaer, Eva

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Source References

1. Errol Bevan: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I13787&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Ancestries of Errol S. BEVAN and Hollie C. ATKINSON BEVAN to ADAM and EVE including REINHARDT and BLOCKER Cousins and more
2. Gartnait, Earl of Buchan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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        Gartnait of Buchan is the first mormaer of Buchan to be known by name. He was married to a woman named Ete (or Ite), the daughter of a Gille Míchéil,[1] whom he appears alongside in a grant to Deer recorded in the Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer. This is surely Gille Míchéil, mormaer of Fife. The same source tells us that Gartnait was the son of Cainnech, although does not tell us if this Cainnech had previously been mormaer.

        He had a daughter Éva, whom he married to Colbán, his successor. The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy states he died after 1132 and that Colban succeeded in 1135, therefore it is likely Gartnait died in or before 1135.[2]

        Bibliography
        Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922)
        Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 49-50
        External links
        Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer
        Preceded by
        ?Cainnech Mormaer of Buchan
        fl. after 1131 Succeeded by
        Colbán
        https://archive.org/details/DouglasRScotsPeerageVol41907/page/n15/mode/1up
        https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#GartnachBuchandiedafter1132

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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartnait,_Earl_of_Buchan

3. Paul, James Balfour, Sir: The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom
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        Page 250
        In the reign of Alexander I., 1107-1124, the Monastery of Scone 2 was founded, and among the names of witnesses and consenting parties to the first charter are those of Rothri and Gartnach, 3 both of them followed by the word 'Comes.' It is otherwise known that Rothri was mormaer of Mar, and Gartnach mormaer of Buchan, 4 and it is inferred that before the twelfth century the fifth province had been divided into two separate portions, each having its own ruler. The genealogical history of the Earldom of Buchan therefore begins with
        I. GARTNACH, who is the first person certainly known to-
        1 Chronicles of Picts and Scots, 136. 2 Wyntoun, Cronykil, ed. 1872, ii. 175 ; Liber Eccl. de Scon, 1. 3 Antiquities of Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, iv. 691. 4 Book of Deer, 93.

        COMYN, EARL OF BUOHAN Page 251

        have been both mormaer and Earl of Buchan. He is styled son of Cainneach (Kenneth). With him is associated in a charter his wife Ete, the daughter of Gillemichel, and as Gartnach may have become mormaer in right of his wife it is uncertain whether Cainnech or Gillemichel was the first mormaer of Buchan whose name has been preserved. Both Gartnach and his wife Ete were alive in 1132. 1
        II. EVA, daughter and heiress of Gartnach. She married COLBAN, who became mormaer and Earl in her right. They are commemorated by a grant of land in a deed executed at Helan (Ellon), 2 and witnessed by Oormac, abbot of the monastery of Turriff, and the nobles of Buchan. 3 Even at this early date the little mound of earth, afterwards called the Earlshill, which was the spot where the later Earls of Buchan received investiture, seems to have been the place where the head courts of the earldom were held, and where important business was transacted. There is a remnant of the hillock to be seen in a garden in Ellon. 4
        Earl Oolban was one of the leaders of the expedition sent by King William the Lion into England in 1174, 5 and he appears as a witness to a charter by William the Lion to his brother, Earl David, of the Lennox and other territories, between 1178 and 1182. 6

        III. ROGER, who was doubtless their son and heir, as he was the grandson of Gartnach.

      • Citation:

        Archive.org
        https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/250/mode/1up

        (can also be found at https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol2.pdf)

        The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom
        by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931

        VOLUME 2 PAGES 250-251

        https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/250/mode/1up

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        A. MORMAERS of BUCHAN
        
        Buchan was part of the province of Mar, one of the original seven provinces of Scotland. Buchan separated from Mar, probably at the same time as Caithness was conquered by the Norwegians[1072]. In [1114/15], Gartnach Mormaer of Buchan was one of the six signatories of the charter of Scone who signed as "comes". Thereafter the earldom of Buchan became well-established in the family of Gartnach's son-in-law until it was inherited in [1243] by the Comyn family.

        1. CAINNEACH [Kenneth], son of ---. m ---. The name of Cainneach’s wife is not known. Cainneach & his wife had one child:

        a) GARTNACH (-after 1132). Mormaer of Buchan. "Alexander nepos regis Alexandri, Beth comes, Gospatricius Dolfini, Mallus comes, Madach comes, Rothri comes, Gartnach comes, Dufagan comes, Willelmus frater regine, Edwardus constabularius, Gospatricius filius Walthef, Ufieth Alfricus pincerna" witnessed the charter dated to [1114/15] under which "Alexander…rex Scottorum filius regis Malcolmi et regine Margerete et…Sibilla regina Scottorum filia Henrici regis Anglie" reformed Scone Abbey[1073]. "…Gartnach comes…" subscribed the possibly spurious charter dated to [1120] of "Alexander…Rex Scottorum…Sibilla regina Scottorum…"[1074]. m ETE Macduff, daughter of GILLIEMATHIL [Gilliemichael] [Earl of Fife] & his wife --- (-after 1132). Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the Book of Deer which records the donation made by "Gartnait son of Cainnech and Ete daughter of Gille Michel" for "the consecration of a Church of Christ and Peter"[1075]. Earl Gartnach & his wife had one child:

        i) EVE . "Colbain Mormaer of Buchan and Eva daughter of Garnait his wedded wife…" exempted a church of secular burdens by charter dated to [1135][1076]. m COLBAN, son of ---. He succeeded as Earl of Buchan in [1135], de iure uxoris.

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        B. EARLS of FIFE (MACDUFF)

        1. GILLIEMATHIL [Gilliemichael] Macduff, son of --- (-before [1135]). Earl [of Fife]. "…Gillemichel Mac duf…" witnessed a charter dated to [1128] by which "David…Rex Scottorum" made grants to the church of Dunfermline[288]. "Gillemichel comite…" witnessed a charter dated to [1130] by which "David…Rex Scottorum" made grants to the monks of Dunfermline[289]. m ---. The name of Gilliemathil’s wife is not known. Gilliemathil & his wife had [three] children:

        a) [DUNCAN (-1154). No primary source has been identified which confirms Duncan’s parentage but as, apparently, he was the successor of Earl Gilliemathil it is likely that he was his son. Earl of Fife. "…Dunecano comite…" witnessed a charter dated to [1135] by which "David Rex Scottorum" granted Swinton to "Arnulfo…mee militi"[290]. David I King of Scotland granted protection to the clerics of Deer by undated charter, witnessed by "Donchado comite de Fib et Malmori d’Athotla et Ggillebrite comite d’Engus et Ghgillcomded Mac Aed…"[291]. He may have been Regent of Scotland in 1153 during the minority of King Malcolm IV[292]. m ---. The name of Duncan’s wife is not known. Duncan & his wife had [three] children:

        b) HUGH . His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter, probably dated to [1165/66], under which William King of Scotland confirmed the property of St Andrew’s priory, including a donation of "ecclesiam de Marchinche" by "militis…Egii filii Hugonis filii Gillemihel comitis de Fif"[309]. m ---. The name of Hugh’s wife is not known. Hugh & his wife had one child:

        c) ETE Macduff (-after 1132). Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the Book of Deer which records the donation made by "Gartnait son of Cainnech and Ete daughter of Gille Michel" for "the consecration of a Church of Christ and Peter"[311]. m GARTNACH Mormaer of Buchan, son of CAINNEACH [Kenneth] & his wife (-after 1132).

4. Copy of Scots Peerage Volume 4 (1907) - The Ancient Earls of Fife - Gillemichael
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        III. Gillemichael succeeded to Earl Constantine. It has been assumed that he was the son of the latter, but there is no evidence of the relationship. In King David’s charter of the 4 shire ’ of Kirkcaldy and its church to Dun- fermline 4 there is a clause prohibiting any one of the heirs of Constantine, Earl of Fife, from calling in question the grant. From the language of the charter it may be as- sumed that Constantine was then dead, 5 and it is note- worthy that Gillemichael is not mentioned either as heir of Earl Constantine, or as a witness to the charter. His identity is doubtful : whoever he was, his position among the magnates of Scotland was a high one. In King David’s confirmation charter to Dunfermline he appears as 4 Gillemichael Macduf,’ and is ranked immediately after the Earls and before Herbert the Chancellor, and a great noble like Hugh de Morevill, afterwards Constable. 6
        4 Gillemichell ’ appears to have rendered great services to the King, and it is not improbable that the territorial earldom became for the first time hereditary to him and his heirs. 7 He witnessed several other charters of King David to Dunfermline, and also the same King’s charter of confirmation to Holyrood.
        Earl Gillemichael did not hold the earldom many years, and there is some doubt as to the year of his death, which has been given as 1139, but he appears in a charter dated about 1133, while Duncan is styled Earl in 1136, if not earlier. 6
        1 Beg. de Dunfermelyn , 13. 2 Wood’s Douglas’s Peerage. 8 Beg. de Dunfermelyn t 10. 4 Ibid. 6 Sir A. C. Lawrie gives circa 1130 as the
        date of this charter ; Early Scottish Charters , 76. 6 Beg. de Dunfermelyn , 4. 7 Complete Peerage , iii. 8. v. Fife. 8 Beg. de Dunfermelyn , 15; Beg. Epis. Olasguensis , 9.

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        The name of Gillemichael’s wife has not come down to us. He had at least two sons and one daughter : —
        1. Duncan, his successor.
        2. Hugh, father of Hugh (sometimes called Egius and
        Eugenius). 1 (See title Wemyss.)
        3. Ete, wife of Gartnait, Earl of Buchan, is described as
        the daughter of Gillemichael, and it is not improbable that she was the daughter of this Earl, as there is no other Gillemichael of that period known to history on record.
        Gillemichael may have had another son, Adam , pro- genitor of a family designed from its lands De Syras , and who is a frequent witness to charters of King William, Earl Duncan, and Robert and Richard, bishops of St. Andrews. 2

        IV. Duncan, fourth Earl of Fife, succeeded sometime before July 1136

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