Ferteth of Strathearn ( 1160), sometimes referred to as Ferchar or Ferquhard, is the second-known earl or

mormaer 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 ...

, a region in central

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Biography

Ferteth was the son of his predecessor Malise I, and wife Rosabella of Forteith. His name likely derives from the Gaelic ''Fer Téid'', " Teith Man". He first appears in history in 1160, when he came to the Parliament at

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. On this occasion he, with the help of five other earls, besieged King

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in Perth Castle. The reason for this is not clear, but it may have been a protest against Malcolm's friendship with

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, which they believed might lead to Scotland becoming an English

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. The king and the earls were later reconciled, and Earl Ferteth was not punished for his actions. Ferteth took a great interest in ecclesiastical affairs, and it was largely due to his influence that Strathearn was made a separate diocese, headed by the

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. He died in 1171, having married a woman named Ethen, of unknown parentage. Ferteth and Ethen had two sons and a daughter: * Gille-Brigte (Gilbert) * Malise, who held Muthil, Ogilvy, Kincardine, Rossie and other lands in Perthshire, and married Ada, illegitimate daughter of

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* Christian, who married Sir Walter Olifard,

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and son of Sir

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Bibliography

* Anderson, Rev'd John, "The Ancient Earls of Strathearn", in Sir

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(ed.
''The Scots Peerage''
Volume VIII, (Edinburgh, 1911), pp. 240-1 * Neville, Cynthia J., ''Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland: The Earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c. 1140–1365'', (Portland & Dublin, 2005)

External links

Entry for Ferteth (Fer Téid) on POMS
{{DEFAULTSORT:Strathearn, Ferteth, Earl of 12th-century deaths Nobility from Perth and Kinross Year of birth unknown 2 12th-century mormaers