Pàdraig or Patrick of Atholl was Mormaer of Atholl, from 1236/7 until 1241. The Chronicle of Melrose tells us that while he was lodging in Haddington, his enemies, "most wicked men," torched his lodging, killing both him and his two unknown companions. The chronicle had a high opinion of Patrick, and says that Patrick was "one imbued with all courtly wisdom and wit." The title of mormaor or mormaer designated one of the rulers of the seven provinces of Celtic Scotland, i. ... The Highlands district of Atholl or Athole in the north of Perthshire in Scotland lies between Braemar, Badenoch, Breadalbane and Lochaber. ... // Events May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albanss Abbey dies. ... // Events Thomas II of Savoy becomes count of Flanders. ... Events April 5 - Mongols of Golden Horde under the command of Subotai defeat feudal Polish nobility, including Knights Templar, in the battle of Liegnitz April 27 - Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary in the battle of Sajo. ... Haddington is a burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. ...

Patrick was succeeded by his aunt Forbhlaith, with her husband David de Hastings.

Bibliography

• Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500-1286, Vol. II, (Edinburgh, 1922), pp. 530-1