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Birth:          ABT 1098 Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland
Death:          BEF Jul 1136 Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I18684
Gillemich(a)el MacDuff, Earl of Fife c1129, died c1133-36. [Burke's Peerage]

Note: Burke's Peerage has Gillemichael as son of the Earl of Fife, who they call 
Edelrad (and I name Heth Aethelred), but with no explanation of where the "MacDuff" 
name comes from. I believe that sources in World Connect are correct: Gillemichael is 
son of Duff MacEth, son of Heth/Eth Aethelred/Edelrad.

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EARLDOM OF FIFE (SCT) (III)

Gillemichel MacDuff, Earl of Fife, who, as "Gillemichel Makduff" (c), "Gillemichel 
Comes", and "Gillemichel, Comes de Fif" witnessed several charters. He appears to 
have rendered great service to the King, and it is not improbable that the territorial 
Earldom became for the first time hereditary in him and his heirs. He d. before July 
1136. [Complete Peerage V:372]

(c) This is the first appearance of the name "Macduff". Gillemichel is said to have 
descended from the traditional Macduff called Thane of Fife (though there never were 
such Thanes) by whom Macbeth was overthrown in 1057.

Note: Similarly to BP, CP names Gillemichel "MacDuff", but does not give his 
ancestry. CP names Constantine as the previous Earl of Fife to Gillemichel, with no 
relationship given. The following is the entry in CP for Constantine:

Constantine, 2nd Earl of Fife, was contemporary with "Ed. Comes" [I have as Heth, CP 
has as Beth, Ed, or Head], who, however, was possibly Earl of Forthreve only, while it 
is certain that Constantine was connected with Kirkcaldy in Fife. He d. 1127 or 1129. 
[Complet Peerage V:372]

Note: Constantine was alive at the same time as Beth/Heth/Eth/Ed, the first Earl of 
Fife, therefore is not a direct ancestor of Gillemichel. However Gillemichel's father 
Duff may not have been Earl of Fife, but may have been "of Fife".

Parents
MAC ETH Duff (ABT 1078 - )
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Siblings
MAC DUFF Gillemichel (ABT 1098 - BEF Jul 1136)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
____ Eoghin (Hugh) (ABT 1129 - )

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