Máel Petair of Mearns explained
Máel Petair of Mearns is the only known Mormaer of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter".[1]
Professor Dauvit Broun of the University of Glasgow identifies his father as a man called Loren.[2] Little is known of him except that, in 1094, he is said to have killed King Duncan II of Scotland, suggesting he was an associate of Donald III of Scotland.[3]
Bibliography
- Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922), Vol. II, pp. 89–91
Notes and References
- Watson . W. J. . Personal Names: The Influence of the Saints . Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness . 13 March 1925 . 32 . 224 .
- Book: Broun . Dauvit . The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Studies in Celtic History) . 1999 . Boydell . Woodbridge, Suff . 978-0851153759 . 158 .
- Web site: Gaelic Kingdoms: Kingdoms of Caledonia . The History Files . 24 June 2018.