The title of mormaor or mormaer designated one of the rulers of the seven provinces of Celtic Scotland, i.e. the part of the country north of the Forth and the Clyde. Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... The Firth of Forth from Calton Hill The Forth Bridges cross the Firth The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotlands River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to... The Firth of Clyde is the estuary of the River Clyde, from its upper tidal limit in Glasgow city centre to the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ...

The name comes from two Gaelic words: mor (great) and maor (a steward or bailiff).

The seven mormaorships, or original earldoms of Scotland, as they afterwards became, comprised: An Earl as a member of the British peerage ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. ...

• Angus
• Atholl with Gowrie
• Caithness with Sutherland
• Fife
• Mar with Buchan
• Moray with Ross
• Stratherne with Menteith.

Compare the seven ancient kingdoms of the Picts. The title of Earl of Angus is an ancient one in the Peerage of Scotland, currently held by the Duke of Hamilton. ... The title Duke of Atholl was created several times in British history. ... The title of Earl of Gowrie was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1945 for Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie, a former Governor-General of Australia. ... The title Earl of Caithness has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and has a very complex history. ... The title of Earl of Sutherland is an ancient one in the Peerage of Scotland, created circa 1230. ... The title of Earl of Fife was created several times in the Peerages of Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. ... The Earldom of Mar is one of the ancient peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland. ... In the Peerage of Scotland the Kings of Scots have thrice created the title Earl of Buchan. ... The title Earl of Moray (pronounced Murry) has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland. ... The title Earl of Ross has existed in both Scotland and Ireland, although it is most commonly associated with the former. ... The title of Earl of Strathearn or Stratherne was created several times in Scotland. ... Duke of Albany is a peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the youngers sons in the Scottish and later the British Royal Family, particularly in the Houses of Stuart and Hanover. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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