Duncan MacDuff 9th Earl of Fife

• Preferred Name: Duncan MacDuff 9th Earl of Fife^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Coupar Angus Abbey at LATI: N6.5433 LONG: E3.2642 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Earl of FifeBET 1270 AND 1288 in Fife, Scotland at LATI: N6.25 LONG: E3.1667 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnchadh_III,_Earl_of_Fife
  
• FSID: GS5M-64D
  
• Birth: 1262 in Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland at LATI: N6.1667 LONG: E3.0167 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 25 SEP 1289 in Petpolloch, Scotland (Murdered) at LATI: N6.8167 LONG: E4.184 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === EARL OF FIFE ===
  EARL OF FIFE
  
  === DUNCAN [MACDUFF?], EARL OF FIFE [SCT], s ===
  DUNCAN [MACDUFF?], EARL OF FIFE [SCT], son and heir, aged 8 years at his father's death in 1270; admitted to the possession of his Earldom in 1284; was chosen, 11 April 1286, one of the six Regents of the Kingdom [SCT]. He married Joan, daughter of Gilbert (DE CLARE), EARL OF GLOUCESTER, by his ist wife. He was murdered by Sir Patrick Abernethy and others,[b] 25 September 1288, at Petpolloch. His widow married, after 22 April 1299, Sir Gervase AVENEL, and was living 1323-24, [Complete Peerage V:310]
  
  [b] "As a young man he was cruel and greedy beyond all that we commonly have seen, abstaining from no injustice whereby he could minister to his avarice." V.G.
  
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  Duncan, ninth Earl of Fife, who succeeded his father in 1270, being then a boy of eight years of age. His ward was granted to Alexander, Prince of Scotland, son of King Alexander III. He was admitted to possession of his earldom in 1284, and was chosen one of the six Regents of the Kingdom after the death of Alexander III in the Parliament of Scone 2 April 1286. He was in England in 1286-87, and by deed, dated at Westminster 5 February, when about to set out for Scotland, appointed two attorneys for a year, to act for him in his absence. He was in England again on 5 July 1287. He was murdered at Petpollock on 25 September 1288 by Sir Patrick Abernethy and Sir Walter Percy. Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell seized Percy and Sir Hugh Abernethy, the real instigator. Percy was executed, and Sir Hugh Abernethy condemned to perpetual imprisonment in the castle of Douglas, where he died. Sir Patrick Abernethy made his escape to France, and died there.
  
  Duncan Earl of Fife, married Johanna de Clare, daugher of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. On 6 June 1292 Johanna de Clare, Countess of Fife, widow of Duncan, Earl of Fife, granded bond to King Edward I in a thousand marks of silver for his leave to marry. She was subsequently married ot Sir Gervase Avenel, and was living in 1322-23. [The Scots Peerage IV:11]
  
  === Sources: Repository: Name: Family Histor ===
  Sources: Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 Title: Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England Between 1623 And 1650 Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1992 Abbrev: Ancestral Roots Of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England Between 1623 And 1650
  
  === !BIRTH: Date: About 1262 (age 8 when fat ===
  !BIRTH: Date: About 1262 (age 8 when father died in 1270) - Doc. Line 252-30
  
  === Source: Norr. ===
  Source: Norr.
  
  === RECORDS OF CHRIST CHURCH, HAMPSHIRE, ENG ===
  RECORDS OF CHRIST CHURCH, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND; HISTORY OF BLEACHINGLY-LAMBERT, VOL 1 P.42, 43; WURT'S MAGNA CHART (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) P.68, 69, 70, 337; ENGLAND PUBLICATION AFNS, VOL 38, P.169, 170, 171; ENGLAND PUBLICATION 5, VOL 5 P.705, 706, 707;
  
  === 9th Earl of Fife ===
  9th Earl of Fife

• m. 1280 in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England

1. Donnchadh MacDuff Earl of Fife, b. 1289 in Fife, Scotland     d. 1353 in Fife, Scotland

1. Title: Book - The Kingdom of Fife : It's Ballads & Legends
   
2. Title: Wikipedia-Donnchadh III, Earl of Fife
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnchadh_III,_Earl_of_Fife;