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Máel Petair of Mearns is the only known Mormaer of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter". Little is known of him except that, in 1094, he is said to have killed King Duncan II of Scotland, suggesting he was an associate of Donald III of Scotland. His father is believed to have been a man called Loren.

Bibliography

• Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922), Vol. II, pp. 89–91

References

1. Watson, W. J. (13 March 1925). "Personal Names: The Influence of the Saints". Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. 32: 224.
2. "Gaelic Kingdoms: Kingdoms of Caledonia". The History Files. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
3. Broun, Dauvit (1999). The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Studies in Celtic History). Woodbridge, Suff: Boydell. p. 158. ISBN 978-0851153759.

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