Fergus Colban Buchan

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Biography

Fergus, 4th Earl of Buchan was born before 1170. He was the son of Roger, 3rd Earl of Buchan. He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Buchan. He died before 1199.

Per Wikipedia: "Fergus of Buchan was the last native Gaelic Mormaer of Buchan, and only the third to be known by name as Mormaer. Fergus appears to have had strong connections in Fife, and it is possible that his father (if he was his father) Colbán was a Fifer. A charter issued by Fergus appears to have survived. The charter is a feudal charter granting lands to a subordinate. The charter had a few witnesses with French names, presumably a phenomenon related to his Comyn connections. Fergus had no male heirs, and married his only daughter Marjory to William Comyn, bringing Gaelic control of the Mormaership to an end. On Fergus' death, Buchan became the first native mormaerdom to pass into the hands of a foreign family."

He died sometime before 1214, possibly much earlier.

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• Fergus, Earl of Buchan