Gille Brigte of Angus is one of the earliest attested

Mormaer In early Middle Ages, medieval Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, a mormaer was the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler, theoretically second only to the Kings of Scots, King of Scots, and the senior of a ''Toísech'' (chi ...

s of

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. He was possibly a descendant of

Dubacan of Angus Dubacan of Angus (Medieval Gaelic: Dubacan mac Indrechtaich) was Mormaer of Angus and the first mormaer of any of the provinces of the Kingdom of Alba to be named individually. He is mentioned as ''Dubucan filius Indrechtaig mormair Oengusa'' (i.e. ...

. Gille Brigte is recorded as a witness to a

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dating to 1150. He probably fathered both

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and Gille Críst. He was dead by 1189, when his son Adam was the Mormaer.

Bibliography

* Roberts, John L., ''Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages'', (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53–4 12th-century deaths People from Angus, Scotland Year of birth unknown 12th-century mormaers Mormaers of Angus {{Scotland-earl-stub