374 BUCHAN ships] of Scotland,('*) the rulers of which (who, in the loth century, were styled " Mormaers ") were, early in the i2th century, known as " Earls." Before that time, however, " Buchan " had been separated from " Mar," taking the place, probably, of "Caithness," which was then wanting. Buchan existed as one of the recognised seven "Earldoms" in 1279, the last date at which we hear of "The Seven Earldoms "Q as such. EARLDOM [S.] i. Gartnach, Mormaer of Buchan, s. and h. of ■J Cainneach [i.e. Kenneth], who appears to have derived '■ his title to the Mormaership through his wife, Ete, da. of Gilliemathil or Gilliemichael, not improbably the Earl of Fife of that name, was witness to the charter of Scone, dat. 11 15, as " Gartnach Comes," i.e. EARL OF BUCHAN [S.].^) He and his wife were living 1132. 2. Eve, da. and h. of the above, m. Colban, who, in her right, became EARL OF BUCHAN [S.].^) 3. Roger, Earl of Buchan [S.], s. and h.^") 4. Fergus, Earl of Buchan [S.], s. [or br.] and h.,(^) living about 11 70, tJ. before 11 99. 5. Margaret, Countess of Buchan [S.], da. and h., who, by deed previous to 1 199, being then a widow (the name of her deceased husband is not known), confirmed lands granted by her father, Comes Fergus, to the Canons of St. Andrew's. She ;«., 2ndly (as 2nd wife), in or before 12 10, William Comyn,() Justiciar [S.], who, in her right, became EARL OF BUCHAN [S.]. He founded the Abbey of Deer in Buchan, and ^. 1233. The Countess was living 3 Aug. 1236, and apparently 8 Apr. 1242, but ii. before 1244. VL 1243. 6. Alexander (Comyn), Earl of Buchan [S.], s. and h. by 2nd husband, one of the most powerful nobles of the time. Justiciar [S.], 1251-55 and 1257-89. He inherited large estates in Galloway, Fife, and the Lothians, and the office of Con- (^) See fuller account of these seven Earldoms in the remarks under Angus, vol. i, p. 141. () Skene's Celtic Scotland, 1880, vol. iii, p. 288. C^) By his 1st wife he was father (i) of Richard, whose son John became Earl of Angus [S.], jure nxoris; (2) of Walter, who became Earl of Menteith [S.], alsoy«r^ uxorii; and (3) of Sir John Comyn of Badenoch, competitor for the Scottish Crown in 1291, and grandfather of the "Red Comyn," stabbed by Bruce in 1305/6. IL II35? in. 1180.? IV. II90? V. 1 195?
