Donnchad, Earl of Fife (1113–1154), usually known in English as Duncan, was the first

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magnate to have his territory regranted to him by

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charter, by King David in 1136. Duncan, as head of the

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nobility, had the job of introducing and conducting King Malcolm around the Kingdom upon his accession; however, Malcolm died not long after being crowned. He is known to have fathered two sons and one daughter: *

Duncan II Donnchad mac Máel Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: ''Donnchadh mac Mhaoil Chaluim'';''Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim'' is the Mediaeval Gaelic form. anglicised as Duncan II; c. 1060 – 12 November 1094) was king of Scots. He was son of Malcolm III (Máel Col ...

, his son and heir, succeeded his father in 1154. * Adam of Fife. In 1163 or 1164, 'Adam, son of the Earl' witnessed the confirmation by Richard, Bishop of St. Andrews. His name occurs third in a list of sixteen witnesses (Reg Prior St. Andrews, No 137). He may have been 'Adam, son of Duncan', who, with Orabilis his wife, witnessed about 1172, the grant of the church of Lochres (Lewchars) by Nes, the son of William, to the church of St. Andrews. His wife Orabilis had previously been the wife of Sir

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, from whom she was probably divorced, and she married, secondly,

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.http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#AdamFifediedafter1203 Medieval Lands Project on Adam of Fife * Afreka, wife of Harold the elder, Earl of Orkney, and mother by him of two sons and two daughters.

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* 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

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