Cenneath Kenneth Mac Dobarchon

• Preferred Name: Cenneath Kenneth Mac Dobarchon^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: 9CX7-CR9
  
• Death: Y
  
• Birth: 985 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.537 LONG: E1.9959 with note: Date
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Cainneach (also Cainnech and Kenneth) of Buchan, identified in the Book of Deer as the father of Gartnait, first confirmed mormaer of Buchan.
  
  Nothing is known of Cainneach, not his origin, parentage, date of birth or date of death, only that Gartnait is identified as his son.
  
  Is has been speculated that he was a Mormaer of Buchan but no sources confirm or deny this.
  
  Some sources estimate Gartnait's date of birth as circa 1060, in which case Cainneach would likely have been born about 1040, but could have been earlier.
  
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  Scots Peeraage Volume II
  
  I. GARTNACH, who is the first person certainly known to have been both mormaer and Earl of Buchan. He is styled son of Cainneach (Kenneth). With him is associated in a charter his wife Ete, the daughter of Gillemichel, and as Gartnach may have become mormaer in right of his wife it is uncertain whether Cainnech or Gillemichel was the first mormaer of Buchan whose name has been preserved. Both Gartnach and his wife Ete were alive in 1132. 1
  
  https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/251/mode/1up
  
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  FOUNDATION FOR MEDIEVAL GENEALOGY
  
  A. MORMAERS of BUCHAN
  
  Buchan was part of the province of Mar, one of the original seven provinces of Scotland. Buchan separated from Mar, probably at the same time as Caithness was conquered by the Norwegians[1072]. In [1114/15], Gartnach Mormaer of Buchan was one of the six signatories of the charter of Scone who signed as "comes". Thereafter the earldom of Buchan became well-established in the family of Gartnach's son-in-law until it was inherited in [1243] by the Comyn family.
  
  1. CAINNEACH [Kenneth], son of ---. m ---. The name of Cainneach’s wife is not known. Cainneach & his wife had one child:
  
  a) GARTNACH (-after 1132). Mormaer of Buchan. "Alexander nepos regis Alexandri, Beth comes, Gospatricius Dolfini, Mallus comes, Madach comes, Rothri comes, Gartnach comes, Dufagan comes, Willelmus frater regine, Edwardus constabularius, Gospatricius filius Walthef, Ufieth Alfricus pincerna" witnessed the charter dated to [1114/15] under which "Alexander…rex Scottorum filius regis Malcolmi et regine Margerete et…Sibilla regina Scottorum filia Henrici regis Anglie" reformed Scone Abbey[1073]. "…Gartnach comes…" subscribed the possibly spurious charter dated to [1120] of "Alexander…Rex Scottorum…Sibilla regina Scottorum…"[1074]. m ETE Macduff, daughter of GILLIEMATHIL [Gilliemichael] [Earl of Fife] & his wife --- (-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"[1075]. Earl Gartnach & his wife had one child:
  
  i) EVE . "Colbain Mormaer of Buchan and Eva daughter of Garnait his wedded wife…" exempted a church of secular burdens by charter dated to [1135][1076]. m COLBAN, son of ---. He succeeded as Earl of Buchan in [1135], de iure uxoris.
  
  https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc359671998
  
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  WIKIPEDIA
  
  Gartnait of Buchan is the first mormaer of Buchan to be known by name. He was married to a woman named Ete (or Ite), the daughter of a Gille Míchéil,[1] whom he appears alongside in a grant to Deer recorded in the Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer. This is surely Gille Míchéil, mormaer of Fife. The same source tells us that Gartnait was the son of Cainnech, although does not tell us if this Cainnech had previously been mormaer.
  
  He had a daughter Éva, whom he married to Colbán, his successor. The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy states he died after 1132 and that Colban succeeded in 1135, therefore it is likely Gartnait died in or before 1135.[2]
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartnait,_Earl_of_Buchan
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#EveBuchanMColban
  
  CAINNEACH [Kenneth], son of ---.
  
  m ---. The name of Cainneach’s wife is not known.
  
  Cainneach & his wife had
  
  === !Pedigree Chart 237 from family org. ===
  !Pedigree Chart 237 from family org.

1. Title: Earl of Buchan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Buchan;
   Note: The Mormaer (/mɔːrˈmɛər/) or Earl of Buchan (/ˈbʌxən/) was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line. The earldom had three lines in its history, not counting passings from female heirs to sons. Today it is held by the Erskine family as a peerage. The current holder is Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan [de] (b. 1930). Mormaerdom of Buchan The first recorded person who definitely held the position of mormaer was Gartnait, whose patronage is noted in the Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer. The latter is the only significant source for the mormaerdom, and its existence makes Buchan one of Scotland's best documented provinces for native cultural institutions. After the death of Fergus, before 1214, Buchan became the first native mormaerdom to pass into the hands of a foreign family, the Comyns, though only through marriage. Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan inherited and continued his mother's title and line until it was conquered and forfeited during the Wars of Scottish Independence. List of titleholders Early Mormaers/Earls of Buchan - Unknowns - ?Cainnech (fl. early 12th century) - Gartnait (fl. after 1131) - Eva (Éua) ingen Garnait (fl. 1174 ) m. Colbán (fl. 1174 ) - Fergus (d. before 1214) - Marjory m. William Comyn, Justiciar of Scotia and Warden of Moray (d. 1233) - Alexander Comyn (d. 1289) - John Comyn (d. 1308) Forfeited; Title claimed by Alice Comyn, and her husband Henry Beaumont (d. 1340)
   Page: Identifies Cainnech as possibly an early Mormaer of Buchan in the early 12th century, immediately preceding, Gartnait, recognized as 1st Mormaer of Buchan.
   
2. Title: GARTNACH Mormaer of Buchan, son of CAINNEACH [Kenneth] -FOUNDATION FOR MEDIEVAL GENEALOGY
   Note: A. MORMAERS of BUCHAN Buchan was part of the province of Mar, one of the original seven provinces of Scotland. Buchan separated from Mar, probably at the same time as Caithness was conquered by the Norwegians[1072]. In [1114/15], Gartnach Mormaer of Buchan was one of the six signatories of the charter of Scone who signed as "comes". Thereafter the earldom of Buchan became well-established in the family of Gartnach's son-in-law until it was inherited in [1243] by the Comyn family. 1. CAINNEACH [Kenneth], son of ---. m ---. The name of Cainneach’s wife is not known. Cainneach & his wife had one child: a) GARTNACH (-after 1132). Mormaer of Buchan. "Alexander nepos regis Alexandri, Beth comes, Gospatricius Dolfini, Mallus comes, Madach comes, Rothri comes, Gartnach comes, Dufagan comes, Willelmus frater regine, Edwardus constabularius, Gospatricius filius Walthef, Ufieth Alfricus pincerna" witnessed the charter dated to [1114/15] under which "Alexander…rex Scottorum filius regis Malcolmi et regine Margerete et…Sibilla regina Scottorum filia Henrici regis Anglie" reformed Scone Abbey[1073]. "…Gartnach comes…" subscribed the possibly spurious charter dated to [1120] of "Alexander…Rex Scottorum…Sibilla regina Scottorum…"[1074]. m ETE Macduff, daughter of GILLIEMATHIL [Gilliemichael] [Earl of Fife] & his wife --- (-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"[1075]. Earl Gartnach & his wife had one child: i) EVE . "Colbain Mormaer of Buchan and Eva daughter of Garnait his wedded wife…" exempted a church of secular burdens by charter dated to [1135][1076]. m COLBAN, son of ---. He succeeded as Earl of Buchan in [1135], de iure uxoris.
   Page: Identifies CAINNEACH, also known as Kenneth, as the father of GARTNACH Mormaer of Buchan, circa 1132. DOB, DOD, name of parents and wife, not known.
   
3. Title: I. GARTNACH in COMYN, EARL OF BUCHAN - The Scots Peerage Volume 2
   Author: Archive.org https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/250/mode/1up (can also be found at https://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/ScotsPeerageVol2.pdf) 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 VOLUME 2 PAGES 250-251
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/250/mode/1up;
   Note: Page 250 In the reign of Alexander I., 1107-1124, the Monastery of Scone 2 was founded, and among the names of witnesses and consenting parties to the first charter are those of Rothri and Gartnach, 3 both of them followed by the word 'Comes.' It is otherwise known that Rothri was mormaer of Mar, and Gartnach mormaer of Buchan, 4 and it is inferred that before the twelfth century the fifth province had been divided into two separate portions, each having its own ruler. The genealogical history of the Earldom of Buchan therefore begins with I. GARTNACH, who is the first person certainly known to- 1 Chronicles of Picts and Scots, 136. 2 Wyntoun, Cronykil, ed. 1872, ii. 175 ; Liber Eccl. de Scon, 1. 3 Antiquities of Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, iv. 691. 4 Book of Deer, 93. COMYN, EARL OF BUOHAN Page 251 have been both mormaer and Earl of Buchan. He is styled son of Cainneach (Kenneth). With him is associated in a charter his wife Ete, the daughter of Gillemichel, and as Gartnach may have become mormaer in right of his wife it is uncertain whether Cainnech or Gillemichel was the first mormaer of Buchan whose name has been preserved. Both Gartnach and his wife Ete were alive in 1132. 1 II. EVA, daughter and heiress of Gartnach. She married COLBAN, who became mormaer and Earl in her right. They are commemorated by a grant of land in a deed executed at Helan (Ellon), 2 and witnessed by Oormac, abbot of the monastery of Turriff, and the nobles of Buchan. 3 Even at this early date the little mound of earth, afterwards called the Earlshill, which was the spot where the later Earls of Buchan received investiture, seems to have been the place where the head courts of the earldom were held, and where important business was transacted. There is a remnant of the hillock to be seen in a garden in Ellon. 4 Earl Oolban was one of the leaders of the expedition sent by King William the Lion into England in 1174, 5 and he appears as a witness to a charter by William the Lion to his brother, Earl David, of the Lennox and other territories, between 1178 and 1182. 6 III. ROGER, who was doubtless their son and heir, as he was the grandson of Gartnach.
   Page: Identifies Cainneach, also known as Kenneth, as the father of Gartnach, 1st Mormaer of Buchan.