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Earl of Strathearn Earl or Mormaer of Strathearn is a title of Scottish nobility, referring to the region of Strathearn in southern Perthshire. Of unknown origin, the mormaers are attested for the first time in a document perhaps dating to 1115. The first known mo ...

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, suc-type = , spouse = 2 , spouse-type = , issue = 10 , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , native_name = , styles = , titles = , noble family = , house-type = , father = Ferteth, Earl of Strathearn , mother = Ethen , birth_name = , birth_date = {{birth year, 1150 , birth_place = , christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = {{Death year and age, 1223, 1150 , death_place = , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion = , occupation = , memorials = , website = , module = {{Use Scottish English, date=September 2019 {{Use dmy dates, date=September 2019 Gille Brigte of Strathearn (1150–1223), sometimes also called Gilbert, is the 3rd Earl or Mormaer of

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. The eldest of three children born to Ferteth, Earl of Strathearn and his wife Ethen, he first appears on record in 1164, as a witness to a charter by King William to the monks of

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. He succeeded his father in 1171, and around this time was made

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, the highest legal official in the realm. He does not seem to have taken a large role in public affairs, and does not often occur in public records. A number of royal charters do exist, granting him certain lands in Perthshire. He was more active in ecclesiastical affairs. He took an interest in the newly founded Abbey of Lindores, and in 1200 he and his wife founded an abbey at Inchaffray, dedicated to the memory of their eldest son Gille Críst, who had died two years previously. He was also a benefactor to

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. Gille Brigte (Gilbert) died in 1223, perhaps in his 70s, a very long life for the period, a testimony to his comparatively peaceful career.

Marriage and issue

Gille Brigte married twice. His first wife was Matilda or Maud, the daughter of William de Albini Brito. His second wife was Ysenda, a lady who held lands in Abercairny and had two brothers, Sir Richard and Galfric of Gask. By his first wife Matilda, he had seven sons and three daughters: *Gille Críst, held the lands of Kinveachy and Glencarnie, died 5 October 1198 *William, died c. 1209 *Ferchar, died c. 1209 *

, 1176–1244, succeeded his father as the 4th

*Fergus, held the lands of

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, died c. 1247 *Malise (Máel ĺsu), held the lands of Rossie. His wife is not known, but he had two sons, Malise and Nicholas *Gille Brigte/Gilbert of Glencarnie, held the lands of Glencarnie, and had a son of the same name. His line ended in an heiress, Matilda, who was the mother of Duncan (Donnchad) Grant of Freuchie, ancestors of the

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*Matilda or Maud, married

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(Máel Coluim), who became

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*Cecilia, married Walter Ruthven, ancestor of the Earls of Gowrie *Eithne, married David de la Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll, ancestor of the

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Bibliography

* Neville, Cynthia J., ''Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland: The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c. 1140–1365'', (Portland & Dublin, 2005) *''

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'', ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol VIII (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911)
pp. 241–4

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