Mormaers of Strathearn

The House of Strathearn, which fell in the mid-fourteenth century, was made up of the families immediately connected with the earls of Strathearn. These earls were, together with the earls of Fife, foremost among the seven original Celtic earls who were peers of the Kings of Scots under the old high-kingship. They seem clearly to have represented the "tribe of the land" of Fortrenn, the Pictish kingdom on which the Pictish high-kingship had been based before the merging of that kingdom with Dalriada. The earls bore no surname other than the title of Earl of Strathearn, but their various branches throughout the High Middle Ages usually took surnames from their estates during the thirteenth century or later, as per Scottish custom.

The Mormaer of Strathearn or Earl of Strathearn was a provincial ruler in medieval Scotland. Of unknown origin, the mormaers are attested for the first time is a document perhaps dating to 1115]]. The first known mormaer, Maol Íosa I was a leader of native Scots in the company of King David I at the Battle of the Standard, 1138. The last native ruler was Maol Íosa V, also Earl of Orkney, who chose the wrong side in the Balliol-Bruce conflict which followed the death of King Robert I of Scotland. .... more

This magnificent cross marks the transition period between the last of the Picts and the beginning of the Christian Kings of Scotland.

• A1. Malise de Strathearn, 1st Earl of Strathearn, lvd:1124;
  • B1. Fertith, 2nd Earl of Strathearn, d:1171;
    • C1. Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Strathearn, d:1223;
      • D1. Robert, 4th Earl of Strathearn, d:1245;
        • E1. Malaise, 5th Earl of Strathearn, lvd;1244/1271, m. Maud of Caithness;  ==>  Dunkeld
          • F1. Malaise, 6th Earl of Strathearn, lvd;1271/1317, m. Agnes de Comyn;  ==>  Comyn
            • G1. Helen of Strathearn, m. Reginald le Chen ;  <==  Clan Cheyne
            • G2. Malaise, 7th Earl of Strathearn, lvd;1317/1329, m. Agnes of Caithness;
              • H1. Malaise, 8th Earl of Strathearn, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, lvd;1330/1350, m. Marjoty Ross;  ==>  Clan Ross
                • I1. Isabella Strathearn, m. Sir William Sinclair;  <==  Clan Sinclair