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The first Mormaer is usually regarded as Ruadrí (fl. 1131 ), mentioned in the Book Of Deer . Some modern sources give earlier Mormaers, i.e. Muirchertach ( Latinized as ''Martachus'') and '''Gartnait''' (sometimes ''Gratnach''), mentioned respectively in charters of the reigns of king Máel Coluim III (relating to the Céli Dé establishment of Loch Leven ) and king Alexander I (relating to the monastic establishment of Scone ). The principle seats of the Mormaerdom were Migvie and Doune Of Invernochty . The Mormaerdom seems initially to have rotated between two kin-groups, that represented by Morggán , and that represented by Gilla Críst . The Mormaerdom was split upon the accession of Donnchadh , a descendent of Morggán. Donnchadh got the title of Mormaer and the wealthier and militarily more useful upland parts of Mar , and Thomas Durward , a descendent of Gilla Críst through the female line, got the coastal, low-lying arable land. The line of Mormaers ended when Mormaer Thomas died childless in 1374 .
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