Malcolm III, Canmore, king of Scotland; m. Ingibjorg, Thorfinn's widow; m. 2nd, St. Margaret, introduced Saxon nobility; his son Duncan II, whose descendant was Donald Ban MacWilliam. Malcolm IV, granted half earldom of Caithness to Erlend Haraldson; defeated Somarled; his death. Malcolm, supposed son of Malcolm III. Malcolm, earl of Caithness and Angus; earl of Caith. (1232-36); earl of C. as guardian of a minor, as trustee or custos; his dau. heiress, and successors. Maldred, of Cumbria. Malise, earl of Stratherne; m. Matilda, dau. of Gibbon, earl. Malise II, earl of Orkney and Caithness; heir of Matilda, dau. of earl Gibbon; conveyed Berridale, to Reginald More, and Reginald Chen III; descendant of the lines of Paul and Erlend. Mallard River; see Ardovyr, deriv. Mamgarvie, near Inverness. Man; Sweyn's annual raids; earl Harold Maddadson in; Ragnvald Gudrodson, king of; returned to Man; king Magnus of M. joined Hakon's expedition; conquered by Alexander III after Largs; incorporated in Scotland. Maor and maormor, Pictish rulers. Margaret, St.; 2nd wife of king Malcolm Canmore. Margaret's Hope, St.; Orkney. Margret, earl Hakon's dau.; brought up by Frakark in Kildonan; m. Maddad, earl of Athole; visited by Sweyn; received her brother earl Paul, his fate; returned to Orkney, had a child by Gunni, Sweyn's brother; eloped with Erlend the Young; contemporary of Freskyn I; younger sister of Ingibiorg. Margret, dau. of earl Harold Maddadson and Afreka. Matilda, countess of Angus; heiress of Malcolm, earl of A., m. (1) John Comyn; m. (2) Gilbert d'Umphraville, earl of A. Matilda, dau. of Gibbon, earl of Orkney and Caithness, m. Malise, earl of Stratherne. Matilda. Mearns; why no brochs?; Cirig, for Magh-Circinn, or, Mearns, a Pictish province. Melrose, Chronicle of; Melsnati. Menteith; Fortrenn, a Pictish province. Michel, Francisque; _Chroniques Anglo-Normandes_. Minch, the, or Skotlands-fiorthr. Missel (probably Frisel or Fraser), in embassy to Norway. Moddan, earl of C.; parentage; sister's son of Duncan I; at North Berwick; slain by Thorkel Fostri; his family in Caithness. Moddan, in Dale, and family; possible son of earl Moddan; the clan and family; held the hills and upper parts of valleys; family and Pictish clansmen; family plots; clan harried by Sweyn; his daughters and estates; dau. Helga; Eric Stagbrellir's children sole heirs; family lands; Harald Ungi's title to Moddan lands; Gunni, Ragnhild's husband, became chief of M. clan; estates left to earl Erlend Haraldson, then went to Eric Stagbrellir; Snaekoll Gunni's son next heir to estates; Johanna inherited Moddan lands; estates passed to Norman families.