Summary of Aedh

Facts and Events

Notes

Earl of Moray 1078
Also referred to as "Earl Aed" & Eath of Moray
Some put death as 1128.

The daughter of Lulach married Aedh, and it is with this Aedh that the male descent of the MacKays continues.

As in the case of Donald, Ruadri's son, there is scant evidence concerning Aedh. The Reverend Angus MacKay, in his
invaluable work, The Book of MacKay, has this to say about Aedh:

The next Earl* of Moray was Aed, who married the daughter of Lulach. Little is known of Aed. He is identified
as the Earl Aed who witnessed charters by King David I, son of Malcolm III. Whatever he may have been during
the chequered years which immediately followed the death of Canmore [in 1093] the fact that he witnessed royal
charters later on may indicate that he lived at peace with King David. He also appears to have become Earl of
Moray in virtue of his marriage with Lulach's daughter, and may have sprung from a collateral noble family of
Moray.(Rev. Angus MacKay, The Book of MacKay. (Edinburgh: Norman MacLeod, 1906). pp. 21-22.)

* about this time the old Gaelic title Mormaer was replaced by the Saxon title Earl

Rev. MacKay's speculation in this last sentence is borne out by Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, which has the following
entry for the issue of Lulach: "A dau[ghter], m[arried] Aedh (or Heth), Mormaer of Moray in 1078, possibly great-grandson of
Donald, yst [youngest] son of Ruadri, Mormaer of Moray." (Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, p. 313. )
In the lack of contrary evidence, Table 3 shows Aedh as the
great-grandson of Donald. Aedh became mormaer, or Earl, in 1078, when Maelsnectan was expelled; in that same year he
married the daughter of Lulach, who was Maelsnectan's sister. If he signed charters of David I, then Aedh must have remained
Earl until after 1124.

Aedh had three children: two sons, Angus and Malcolm, and a daughter, Gruaidh.

Marriages/Children

                          Duncan I MacDonachadh 
    Malcolm III Canmore |
  |                     | Aelflaed (Sybil)      
  |
Aedh 
  |
  |                       Edward Wessex 
  | Margaret Wessex     |
                        | Agatha        

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