Adam (perhaps representing the name Áedán), ruled from sometime prior to 1189 as ''

Mormaer In early medieval Scotland, a mormaer was the Gaelic name for a regional or provincial ruler, theoretically second only to the King of Scots, and the senior of a '' Toísech'' (chieftain). Mormaers were equivalent to English earls or Continenta ...

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. Almost nothing is known of him, but it is fairly certain that he was the son of Gille Brigte, the previous ''Mormaer.'' He died young and was succeeded (if they did not rule jointly) by his younger brother Gille Críst.

Bibliography

* Roberts, John L., ''Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages'', (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53–4 {{Earls of Angus 12th-century births Year of death unknown 12th-century mormaers Mormaers of Angus