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unusual facts about Gartnait, Earl of Buchan



Gartnait, Earl of Buchan

He was married to a woman named Ete (or Ite), the daughter of a Gille Míchéil, whom he appears alongside in a grant to Deer recorded in the Gaelic Notes on the Book of Deer.

Maison militaire du roi de France

The oldest of the regiments of the Maison du Roi was the Garde Écossaise, formed in 1440, and traced its ultimate origins to the Scots forces brought to France in 1419 by John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, to fight against the English in the Hundred Years' War.

Old Slains Castle

The 13th-century castle was originally the property of the Comyn Earls of Buchan.


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