4th Earl of Buchan Fergus Colban Buchan

Abt 1150 - 1230  (80 years)

• Name	Fergus Colban Buchan
  Title	4th Earl of Buchan
  Birth	Abt 1150	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1230
  Person ID	I9765	footsteps
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	2nd Earl of Buchan Colban Buchan,   b. Abt 1100   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eva Buchan,   b. Abt 1100   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Buchan Marjorie of Buchan,   b. 1169, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1208, Sterlingshire, Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1184	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Countess Of Buchan Margaret Colhan,   b. Bef 1185, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 8 Apr 1242, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age > 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Per Wikipedia: "Fergus of Buchan was the last native Gaelic Mormaer of B u c h a n , and only the third to be known by name as Mormaer. Fergus appear s t o h a v e h ad strong connections in Fife, and it is possible that his f at he r ( i f h e was his father) Colb�n was a Fifer. A charter issued by Fe r g us a p p ears to have survived. The charter is a feudal charter granting l a n d s t o a s ubordinate. The charter had a few witnesses with French name s , p r e s umably a phenomenon related to his Comyn connections. Fergus had n o m a l e h e irs, and married his only daughter Marjory to William Comyn, b ri n g i n g Gaelic control of the Mormaership to an end. On Fergus' death, B u c h a n b ecame the first native mormaerdom to pass into the hands of a fo r e i g n f amily."