Hugh MacDuff, 2nd son of Earl Gillemichel, had 2 sons: Hugh / Aed / Giles, and Orm.

Eoghin/Hugh; hereditary Abbot of Aberneth, on the River Tay. [Burke's Peerage] Hugh, who lived during the reigns of Alexander I, David I, and perhaps Malcolm the Maiden.

1. GILLIEMATHIL [Gilliemichael] Macduff, son of --- (-before [1135]). Earl [of Fife]. "…Gillemichel Mac duf…" witnessed a charter dated to [1128] by which "David… Rex Scottorum" made grants to the church of Dunfermline[286]. "Gillemichel comite…" witnessed a charter dated to [1130] by which "David…Rex Scottorum" made grants to the monks of Dunfermline[287]. m ---. The name of Gilliemathil’s wife is not known. Gilliemathil & his wife had [three] children:

• a) [DUNCAN (-1154). No primary source has been identified which confirms Duncan’s parentage but as, apparently, he was the successor of Earl Gilliemathil it is likely that he was his son. Earl of Fife. "…Dunecano comite…" witnessed a charter dated to [1135] by which "David Rex Scottorum" granted Swinton to "Arnulfo…mee militi"[288]. David I King of Scotland granted protection to the clerics of Deer by undated charter, witnessed by "Donchado comite de Fib et Malmori d’Athotla et Ggillebrite comite d’Engus et Ghgillcomded Mac Aed…"[289]. He may have been Regent of Scotland in 1153 during the minority of King Malcolm IV[290]. m ---. The name of Duncan’s wife is not known. Duncan & his wife had [three] children:
  • i) DUNCAN Macduff (-[Aug/Dec] 1203). He succeeded his father in 1154 as Earl of Fife. "Duncano comite de Fyfe…" subscribed the undated charter under which "Comes David frater regis Scottorum" founded Lindores Abbey[291]. - see below.
  • ii) ADAM ). "William Masculus de Foules" donated "capellam de Foules" to the church of St Andrew’s by undated charter witnessed by "Comite Duncano, Adam fratre comitis…"[292]. "Dunecanus comes de Fif" donated "ecclesiam de Cupre" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter witnessed by "Hela comitissa, Adam fratre comitis…"[293]. "Dunecanus comes de Fif" donated "ecclesiam de Marchinch" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter witnessed by "Hela comitissa…Adam clerico fratre comitis…"[294]. "Malcolmus filius Dunecani comitis de Fif" confirmed the donations of "ecclesiam de Cupre…Marking…Sconin, capellam de Katel" made to St Andrew’s priory by "Dunecanus comes pater meus", by undated charter but presumably dated to soon after his father’s death, witnessed by "…Adam fratre comitis…"[295]. "Nesius filius Willelmi" donated "ecclesiam de Lochres" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter witnessed by "Dunecano comite de Fif…Adam filio Dunec et Horabili sponsa sua…"[296]. The date of his death is not known. m as her [third] husband, ORABILIS, separated wife firstly of ROBERT de Quincy, widow [secondly] of [MORGUND] Earl of Mar, daughter of NES of Mar and his wife --- (-before 30 Jun 1203). "Nesius filius Willi et Orabile filia sua heres" donated "ecclesiam de Losresc" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter[297]. Her first marriage is confirmed by the undated charter under which her son "Seherus de Quency comes Wintonie" donated "totam terram de Duglyn", held by "Nesus filius Willelmi avus meus" to Cambuskenneth priory[298]. Her second marriage is indicated by the undated charter under which "Orabilis comitissa de Mar filia Nesii filii Willi" confirmed the donation of "ecclesiam de Lochres" made by "pater meus Nesius filius Willi" to St Andrew’s priory, witnessed by "Duncano comite de Fif…"[299]. The question of the precise identity of Orabilis’s second husband is discussed below. Her third marriage is indicated by the undated charter under which "Nesius filius Willelmi" donated "ecclesiam de Lochres" to St Andrew’s priory witnessed by "Dunecano comite de Fif…Adam filio Dunec et Horabili sponsa sua…"[300]. There seems little doubt that the witness was Orabilis, daughter of the donor, and her third husband, as the name is so unusual. "Orabilis filia et heres Dñi Nesii" donated property to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter witnessed by "…Patricio filio Nesii, Dunc filio Elin…"[301]. "Orabilis filia et heres Dñi Nesii" donated "Davach ictar Hathyn" to St Andrew’s priory by undated charter witnessed by "…G. com de Mar…Patricio filio Nesii, Duncan filio Emelin…"[302]. Pope Innocent III confirmed the possessions of Inchaffray Abbey, including the donation of land "in territorio de Gasgt" by "quondam Orable matris Seer de Quinci", by bull dated 30 Jun 1203[303]. Orabilis presumably died before her first husband, given the undated charter under which her son "Seerus de Quinci" confirmed the donation of "Davac Icthar Hathyn" made by "matris mea" to St Andrew’s priory which was witnessed by "…Roberto de Quincy patre meo…"[304].
  • iii) [AFREKA . Orkneyinga Saga records that Earl Harald married “a woman called Afreka”[305]. Balfour Paul’s Scots Peerage states that she was the daughter of Duncan Earl of Fife but cites no primary source apart from the Orkneyinga Saga, as shown previously which does not state the parentage of Jarl Harald’s wife[306]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. m (repudiated [1154/55]%29 as his first wife, HARALD Maddadsson Jarl of Orkney, son of MADDAD [of Scotland] Earl of Atholl & his second wife Margaret of Orkney (1134-1206).]
• b) HUGH . His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter, probably dated to [1165/66], under which William King of Scotland confirmed the property of St Andrew’s priory, including a donation of "ecclesiam de Marchinche" by "militis…Egii filii Hugonis filii Gillemihel comitis de Fif"[307]. m ---. The name of Hugh’s wife is not known. Hugh & his wife had one child:
  • i) GILES . William King of Scotland confirmed the property of St Andrew’s priory, including a donation of "ecclesiam de Marchinche" by "militis…Egii filii Hugonis filii Gillemihel comitis de Fif", by undated charter probably dated to [1165/66][308].
• c) ETE Macduff (-after 1132). Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the Book of Deer which records the donation made by "Gartnait son of Cainnech and Ete daughter of Gille Michel" for "the consecration of a Church of Christ and Peter"[309]. m GARTNACH Mormaer of Buchan, son of CAINNEACH [Kenneth] & his wife (-after 1132).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gille_M%C3%ADch%C3%A9il,_Earl_of_Fife

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Abernethy

Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mormaer Gille Míchéil, (d bef Jul 1136) is the second man known for certain to have been Mormaer of Fife from 1130 to 1133, although it is unlikely he actually was the second. He had at least one son, called Aed (=Hugh). Aed would have succeeded Donnchad I under a Celtic system, but as feudal rules of primogeniture came into force during the reign of Donnchad I, it was Donnchad's son, and not Gille Míchéil's, who became the next mormaer. Aed, though, probably succeeded to the leadership of Clann Duib, at least during Donnchad I's minority, and certainly became Abbot of Abernethy, an office which his own son, Orm, later inherited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gille_M%C3%ADch%C3%A9il,_Earl_of_Fife

Name

The use of "Eoghan" for "Aed" is controversial - it is not an intermediary transition from Aed to Hugh, but a completely different name. Aed (Aedh, Aodh, mutant forms Edh, Heth) is Middle Irish for "fire". is Middle Irish for "born of the yew tree" and is NOT, despite superficial similarity, the same as the Latin Eugenius, "well-born". Hugh is Norman-French, from Germanic hug, "heart, mind, spirit", and how it came to be a replacement for "Aed", unless by way of "Heth" and based on similar look alone, is utterly unclear.

Family

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/fife1.php

• 1. Constantine, 2nd Earl of Fife (d 1129) succeeded by ...
  • A. Gillemichael, 3rd Earl of Fife (d by 07.1136)
    • i. Duncan, 4th Earl of Fife (d 1154)
    • ii. Hugh (Eoghin) of Fife
      • a. Hugh (Egius) of Fife This Hugh was long identified as father of John of (Wemyss and) Methil, ancestor of the Wemyss family, but according to TSP (Wemyss) that connection has since been disproved as John's father has since been confirmed as Michael of (Wemyss and) Methil whose wife may have been a daughter of Earl Gillemichael.
      • b. Orm de Abernethy (a 1172/3) -- Orm, son of Hugh, is identified in TSP (Saltoun), and also 'Fife (P&H)', as ancestor of the Abernethy family. BP1999 (Saltoun) identifies that Hugh as son of Gillemichael, 3rd Earl of Fife. That claim was not made for BP1934 (Saltoun) so it is assumed that some additional evidence has been found to justify that identification.
    • iii. Ete of Fife J m. Gartnait, Earl of Buchan

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Descent

Abbots and lords of Abernethy

The abbots of Abernethy were descendants of Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife. The abbacy may have been held by Áed (called Hugo or Eggu and other Latinised forms), son of Gille Míchéil, but the abbacy is first attested when Áed's son Orm is confirmed in possession of it by King William of Scotland in the 1170s, in condition for making concessions favorable to the King's new monastic establishment at Arbroath Abbey. The title of Abbot disappears in the sources during the abbacy of Laurence, with the title of dominus predominating:

• Hugh, 2nd son of Earl Gillemichel
  • Orm de Abernethy (fl. 1170s)
    • Laurence de Abernethy (fl. 1190s)
      • Hugh de Abernethy (d. 1291)
        • Alexander de Abernethy (d. c. 1315)

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Origins

The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas ..., Volume 4. edited by James Balfour Paul. “The Ancient Earls of Fife.” Page 5-6. GoogleBooks

Earl Gillemichael did not hold the earldom many years, and there is some doubt as to the year of his death, which has been given as 1139, but he appears in a charter dated about 1133, while Duncan is styled Earl in 1136, if not earlier.

The name of Gillemichael's wife has not come down to us. He had at least two sons and one daughter :

• 1. DUNCAN, his successor.
• 2. Hugh, father of Hugh (sometimes called Egius and Eugenius). (See title Wemyss.)
• 3. Ete, wife of Gartpait, Earl of Buchan, is described as the daughter of Gillemichael, and it is not improbable that she was the daughter of this Earl, as there is no other Gillemichael of that period known to history on record.

Gillemichael may have had another son, Adam, progenitor of a family designed from its lands De Syras, and who is a frequent witness to charters of King William, Earl Duncan, and Robert and Richard, bishops of St. Andrews.

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc359671981

1. GILLIEMATHIL [Gilliemichael] Macduff, son of --- (-before [1135]). Earl [of Fife]. "…Gillemichel Mac duf…" witnessed a charter dated to [1128] ---. The name of Gilliemathil’s wife is not known. Gilliemathil & his wife had [three] children:

• a) [DUNCAN (-1154). Duncan & his wife had [three] children: …
• b) HUGH . His parentage is confirmed by the undated charter, probably dated to [1165/66], under which William King of Scotland confirmed the property of St Andrew’s priory, including a donation of "ecclesiam de Marchinche" by "militis…Egii filii Hugonis filii Gillemihel comitis de Fif"[307]. m ---. The name of Hugh’s wife is not known. Hugh & his wife had one child:
  • i) GILES . William King of Scotland confirmed the property of St Andrew’s priory, including a donation of "ecclesiam de Marchinche" by "militis…Egii filii Hugonis filii Gillemihel comitis de Fif", by undated charter probably dated to [1165/66][308].
• c) ETE Macduff (-after 1132).

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References

• The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas ..., Volume 4. edited by James Balfour Paul. “The Ancient Earls of Fife.” Page 5-6. GoogleBooks cites
  • 1 Reg. Prior. S. Andree, 216
  • 2 Registers of St. Andrews and Dun. fermline passim.
  • 3. Reg. Epis. Glasguensis, 9
  • 4 Registrum Monasterii de Cambuskenneth, 72.
  • 5 Book of Deer, Spalding Club, 95.
  • 6 Wyntoun's Cronykil, ed. Laing, ii. 191 ; Lord Hailes' Annals, i. 104.
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p57107.htm#i571068 “Eoghin Macduff is the son of Gillemichael Macduff, Earl of Fife.1. He was hereditary Abbot of Abernethy, on the River Tay.1 Child of Eoghin Macduff: Orm Macduff+2” cites
  • BP2003 volume 3, page 3510.
• The British Chronicles, Volume 2. By David Hughes. Page 552. GoogleBooks
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/MacDuff-12
• http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_ftn309 cites
  • [307] Orkneyinga Saga 105, p. 214.
  • [308] Balfour Paul, Sir J. (ed.) (1907) The Scots Peerage (Edinburgh), Vol. IV, Fife, p. 6.
  • [309] St Andrew’s Priory, p. 213.
  • [310] St Andrew’s Priory, p. 213.
• Early Scottish Charters: Prior to A.D. 1153 edited by Archibald Campbell Lawrie. Page 318. GoogleBooks p. 57. Gillemichel the Earl was the son of Constantine, Earl of Fife. As Gillemichel Macduf he witnessed the charter to Dunfermline, LXXIV., ante, p. 63, with his father, the Earl. He succeeded to the Earldom about 1129. As Earl he witnessed charters Lxxxiv., p. 69; CIII., p. 82, and CLIII., p. 119. Though G. E. C. (Complete Peerage) says that Earl Gillemichel died in 1139, he died certainly before 1136, when his son Duncan was Earl ; and, if we can trust a charter in the Book of Deer, Duncan was Earl as early as 1131-32. Earl Gillemichel had a second son, Hugh, whose son, Egius, was a benefactor to the Priory of St. Andrews. Page 233 GoogleBooks In the latter part of the twelfth century Duncan, Earl of Fife, granted the church of Markinch to the Priory of St. Andrews, which grant was confirmed by Robert, Bishop of St. Andrews (Reg. Prior. St. And., pp. 43, 152, 242), with the pertinents, i.e. twenty meli of cheese and a pig. Egius the son of Hugh the son of Gillemichel, Earl of Fife, granted to the Canons of St. Andrews the church of Markinch with its tithes and a toft on the east of the church (Reg. Prior. St. And., p. 216). Between A.D. 1203-1228, Malcolm, Earl of Fife, confirmed his father Earl Duncan's grant of the church of Markinch to St. Andrews (p. 244),
• *“ The Abbots of Abernethy & Dunkeld” At that time, Áed’s son Orm was officially confirmed as lay abbot of Abernethy Abbey. The Abbots of Abernethy were descendants of Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife (my 27th great-grandfather). Although the abbacy was first held by Gille Míchéil’s son, Áed, the position was not officially recognized by the state until the 1170s by William “The Lion” of Scotland (my two-times 25th great-grandfather). The hereditary lay abbots in my family were Áed de Abernethy (my 26th great-grandfather), Orm de Abernethy (my 25th great-grandfather), and Laurence de Abernethy (my 24th great-grandfather).
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Abernethy “The abbots of Abernethy were descendants of Gille Míchéil, Earl of Fife. The abbacy may have been held by Áed (called Hugo or Eggu and other Latinised forms), son of Gille Míchéil,[2] but the abbacy is first attested when Áed's son Orm is confirmed in possession of it by King William of Scotland in the 1170s, in condition for making concessions favorable to the King's new monastic establishment at Arbroath Abbey.[3] The title of Abbot disappears in the sources during the abbacy of Laurence, with the title of dominus predominating: Orm de Abernethy (fl. 1170s) … cites
  • Genealogical chart Archived 2001-07-17 at the Wayback Machine by Dauvit Broun. Link Gille Michel fl ca 1139 > Aed (Mac Dub) d 1198/9 > Aed fl ca 1170 & Orm > Laurence
• http://everything.explained.today/Causant%C3%ADn%2c_Mormaer_of_Fife/
• http://everything.explained.today/Gille_M%C3%ADchéil%2c_Mormaer_of_Fife/ Mormaer Gille Míchéil (d. bef. July 1136) is the second man known for certain to have been Mormaer of Fife from 1130 to 1133, although it is unlikely he actually was the second. He had at least one son, called Aed (=Hugh). Aed would have succeeded Donnchad I under a Celtic system, but as feudal rules of primogeniture came into force during the reign of Donnchad I, it was Donnchad's son, and not Gille Míchéil's, who became the next mormaer. Aed, though, probably succeeded to the leadership of Clann Duib, at least during Donnchad I's minority, and certainly became Abbot of Abernethy, an office which his own son, Orm, later inherited.
  • Bannerman, John, "MacDuff of Fife," in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp. 20–38
• NES FITZ WILLIAM AND THE EARLS OF FIFE: THE ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF FIFE, 962-1129 by Michael Anne Guido. PDF Page 123-124.
• “ Celtic Royal Genealogy” Updated: 04-19-2019 15:04:03. Owner: Sir Arthur E Turner-Thomas V.C., G.C., K.G.(Wales), K.C.B. “Duncan MacDuff 4th Earl of Fife b: ABT 1118 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland. Hugh MacDuff b: ABT 1120 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland. Hugh Eoghin Abbot of Abernethy b: ABT 1125 in Abernethy, Fifeshire, Scotland. Shaw Mac-an-Toiseach MacDuff 1st Chief Mackintosh b: ABT 1127 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland.”
• “The Aberna (e) thy Family History”link “ The first famous Secular peer of the Culdee monastery at Abernethy was Hugh De Abernethy, possibly the grandson of Ethelred (Aedh). The Culdees were primitive Christian priests of Pictish or Scottish origin, discovered in Britain in the 6th Century AD by St. Augustine. Hugh's son was named Ormly or Orm, and he received royal grants of land from King William the Lion. Orm's son was Lawrence, the first to use Abernethy as a surname. He was born about 1167 AD. Lawrence's son was named Hugh, born about 1197. Hugh was involved in a minor insurrection against King Alexander III, when he abducted the young King briefly, but was later pardoned by the King. However, later Sir Hugh was involved with his sons Patrick and William, and Sir William Percy in the assassination of the regent, the Earl of Fife. When the plotters were arrested, Percy was executed, Sir Hugh and son William died in prison, but the actual assassin, Patrick, escaped to France and lived there until his death. Hugh's remaining son was Alexander, whose mother was known as Mary, Queen of Man.”
• rlmayo -- mayo, ashton, coplin, comer, salinas and lystra families and supporting families “Hugh Macduff (Gillimichael Macduff 3rd Earl of /Fife/, Duff Maceth 2nd Earl of /Fife/, Heth Aethelred 1st Earl of /Fife/, Malcolm III Canmore King of /Scotland/) was born Abt. 1125 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland, and died 1168. Children of Hugh /Macduff/ Abbot of Abernethy are: Hugo II Macduff was born Abt. 1148 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland, and died 1200. Orm De Abernethy was born Abt. 1165, and died Abt. 1185.” Cites:
  • 1. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: p. 2538 Source: S-254291544
  • 2. Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 2538 Source: S-254291544
  • 3. Title: The Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland; Wm Anderson {1864} Page: I:14 Source: S-254289944
  • 4. Title: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000} Page: VII:396
• Duncan, A. A. M. “The Foundation of St Andrews Cathedral Priory, 1140.” The Scottish Historical Review 84, no. 217 (2005): 1–37. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25529819.
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/genealogy/ABERNETH.htm 2I. ORM (HUGH 1) d.c.1185 Orm is listed as son of Hugh and probably succeeded his father as Lay Abott of the Culdee monastery. He witnessed a charter by Ernaldus or Arnold, Bishop of St. Andrews between Nov. 1160 and sept. 1162.(1) Orm also witnessed a charter of William the Lion. (2) (1) Reg. Prior. Saint Andrews- 131-2 (2) Lib. Eccl. Saint Trinitat. de Scon.- No. 34 (3) The Scots Peerage- Vol.VII, pp.396-7
• ON SCHOLASTIC OFFICES IN THE SCOTTISH CHURCH IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES. APPENDIX TO PREFACE. Page 63. PDF Not every abbot, it has been seen, was a monk, nor did every abbot always take or receive the name of abbot. It is as ' Horm the son of Hugh,' ' Orm of Abernithi,' ' Laurence the son of Ilorm,' * Laurence of Abernethi,' * Patrick de Abernethyn.' ' Patrick the son of Laurence,' that the lay abbots of Abernethy meet us in record. Their monastic character and style appear only when it is necessary that the King or the Bishop should distinguish the peculiar tenure of their inheritance.
• The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 Publication date 1904-1914. Vol. 7. Page 396-398. Archive.Org HUGH, who lived during the reigns of Alexander I., David I., and perhaps Malcolm the Maiden. He appears to have died about the middle of the twelfth century.2 He had a son, ORM DE ABERNETHY. He is styled son of Hugh, and probably succeeded his father as Lay Abbot of the monas- tery. He must have been born during the first half of the twelfth c …
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/genealogy/ABERNETH.htm