Colbán, Earl of Fife

Colban, Earl of Fife (b. 1247–1253, d. 1270/2) was ruler of Fife in Scotland. The son of Earl Malcolm and his wife, one of the daughters of Llywelyn the Great (probably Susanna fl. 1228), he succeeded his father while still a teenager on Malcolm's death in 1266. He had been knighted by King Alexander III in 1264.

His wife's name was Anna, and she was likely one of the three daughters and coheiresses of Sir Alan Durward and wife Marjory, illegitimate daughter of Alexander II of Scotland. Colban and Anna had a son, Duncan, who succeeded as Earl of Fife at the age of eight, and a daughter, Marjory, who married Alan, Earl of Menteith. Colban died while still a young man. His date of death is disputed, and depends on what evidence one interprets. G.W.S. Barrow gives 1272, but Bannerman gives 1270.