Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl

Máel Coluim of Atholl was Mormaer of Atholl between 1153/9 and the 1190s.^[1]

The Chronicle of Holyrood tells us that in 1186 Máel Coluim had an outlaw called Adam mac Domnaill killed at the altar of a church in Coupar, and burned 58 of his associates inside the church.^[2] It is possible that this was a son of Domnall mac Uilleim, who claimed the Scottish throne and was revolting against King William I.^[3]

Máel Coluim is known to have granted the church of Moulin to the

Benedictine monks of Dunfermline Abbey.^[4]

He was married twice. After his first marriage, he married Hextilda, the daughter of Uhtred of Tynedale, an Anglo-Saxon baron. He named his son and successor Henry, perhaps in honour of King Henry II of England.^[5] However, Hextilda had been married to Richard Comyn who was still alive well after Henry was born—so it is unlikely she was his mother.

References

^ MacDonald, Outlaws, p. 77, n. 75.
^ Anderson, Early Sources, p. 311.
^ MacDonald, Outlaws, p. 39.
^ Anderson, Early Sources, p. 509, n.2.
^ Anderson, Early Sources, p. 182, n.5.

Bibliography

Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols (Edinburgh, 1922)
McDonald, R. Andrew, Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges to the Canmore Kings, 1058-1266 (East Linton, 2003)

Preceded by Matad	Mormaer of Atholl 1153/9-1190s	Succeeded by Henry

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[1] MacDonald, Outlaws, p. 77, n. 75.

[2] Anderson, Early Sources, p. 311.

[3] MacDonald, Outlaws, p. 39.

[4] Anderson, Early Sources, p. 509, n.2.

[5] Anderson, Early Sources, p. 182, n.5.

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[Known] 10th-century mormaers	Dubdon
[Known] Mormaers from the Atholl line	Máel Muire of Atholl Matad of Atholl Máel Coluim of Atholl Henry of Atholl Isabella of Atholl (with 1. Tomás Mac Uchtraigh; 2. Alan Durward) Padraig of Atholl Forbhlaith of Atholl (with David de Hastings) Ada de Hastings (with John de Strathbogie) David I of Strathbogie John of Strathbogie David II of Strathbogie
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