Donnchad, Earl of Fife (1113–1154), usually known in English as Duncan, was the first
Gaelic magnate to have his territory regranted to him by
feudal charter, by
King David in 1136. Duncan, as head of the
native Scottish 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
Robert de Quincy, from whom she was probably divorced, and she married, secondly,
Morggán, Earl of Mar.
[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.
Notes
Bibliography
* 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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