Earl of Fife

E24364

Scottish noble title hereditary peerage title

The Earl of Fife was a prominent medieval Scottish noble title historically associated with great political influence and proximity to the Scottish crown.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Earl of Fife canonical	30
earldom of Fife	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish noble title ⓘ hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedClan	Clan MacDuff ⓘ
associatedWith	House of MacDuff ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
associatedWithMonarch	Alexander II of Scotland ⓘ Alexander III of Scotland ⓘ David I of Scotland ⓘ William I of Scotland ⓘ
closeTo	Scottish crown ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
feudalRank	one of the seven ancient earldoms of Scotland ⓘ
governingSystem	feudalism ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Colbán, Earl of Fife ⓘ Donnchad I, Earl of Fife ⓘ Donnchad I, Earl of Fife ⓘ surface form: Donnchad II, Earl of Fife Donnchad III, Earl of Fife ⓘ Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife ⓘ Donnchad V, Earl of Fife ⓘ Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife ⓘ Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife ⓘ Isabella, Countess of Fife ⓘ Duke of Albany ⓘ surface form: Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife ⓘ Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife ⓘ Duke of Albany ⓘ surface form: Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
heldBy	House of MacDuff ⓘ surface form: MacDuff family
historicalImportance	one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval Scotland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Earl of Fife self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: earldom of Fife
languageOfTitle	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
LatinName	Comes de Fyf ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Scotland ⓘ
nobleRank	Earl ⓘ
notableHolderRole	guardian of the realm in minority of Scottish kings ⓘ
politicalInfluence	high ⓘ
precedence	premier earl of Scotland ⓘ
region	Fife ⓘ
seat	region of Fife ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
titleStatus	extinct in the medieval creation ⓘ
titleType	peerage of Scotland ⓘ
traditionalPrivilege	right to crown the King of Scots ⓘ right to lead the vanguard of the Scottish army ⓘ
vassalOf	King of Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Albany → title → Earl of Fife ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

Duke of Fife → subsidiaryTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Earl of Fife → jurisdiction → Earl of Fife self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: earldom of Fife

Robert II of Scotland → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Louise, Princess Royal → spouseTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Comes de Fyf → hasEnglishName → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Comes de Fyf → refersTo → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Comes de Fyf → equivalentTitleInEnglish → Earl of Fife ⓘ

House of MacDuff → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

House of MacDuff → heldOffice → Earl of Fife ⓘ

this entity surface form: earldom of Fife

House of MacDuff → associatedWith → Earl of Fife ⓘ

this entity surface form: earldom of Fife

Clan MacDuff → associatedTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad I, Earl of Fife → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad I, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Colbán, Earl of Fife → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Colbán, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad III, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad III, Earl of Fife → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad IV, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife → nobleTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad V, Earl of Fife → heldTitle → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad V, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife → title → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad VI, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Donnchad VII, Earl of Fife → titleHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany → positionHeld → Earl of Fife ⓘ

Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany → title → Earl of Fife ⓘ