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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Duncan (3rd Earl of Fife) Macduff (son of Duncan (2nd Earl of Fife) Macduff); died in 1203. Notes:
Under "Fife", Vol 2, (# V, pages 369-380)
The Complete Peerage
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester.
Duncan married Ada \Ela Niece of Malcolm, IV in 1159 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ada (daughter of Child of Huntingdon) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Ada \Ela Niece of Malcolm, IV (daughter of Child of Huntingdon); and died. Notes:
It is not clear who her parents were, but I have shown her like this asshe is shown as a niece of Malcolm IV under "Fife", Vol 2, (# V, pages369-380) in The Complete Peerage. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland,Ireland, Great Britain & the United Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant.By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,Sutton Publishing Ltd, Gloucester.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
8. | Gillemichael (1st Earl of Fife) Macduff (son of Edelrad (Earl of Fife Abbott of Dunkeld) Duff); died before Jul 1136. Notes:
See "THE HIGHLAND CLANS: The dynastic origins, chiefs, and background ofthe clans
and of some other families connected with Highland history." by Sir IainMoncreiffe of that Ilk. Information on Clans and family tree of origins.
Below from Stirnet Genealogy athttp://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ff/fife1.htm
"There is mystery surrounding the identities of the early holders of theEarldom of Fife and it is by no means certain that (for example)Gillemichael (shown below as the 3rd Earl) was in fact descended fromDufagan (shown below as the 1st Earl). Some web sites report the oldsuggestion that Dufagan was son of MacDuff, ie. grandson of King Duff (orDubh), but this is rejected by most serious genealogists simply becauseMacDuff is thought to have never existed.
Dufagan (or Beth), 1st Earl of Fife (a 1107, 1114) succeeded by ...
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) "
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