About Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife
Lived 1204 – 1228 (aged 23–24). Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife was an aristocrat.
Mormaer Máel Coluim of Fife (1204–1228), or Maol Choluim anglicised as Malcolm, was one of the mormaers of Fife.
He married Matilda, the daughter of Gille Brigte, the mormaer of Strathearn. He is credited with the foundation of Culross Abbey. Upon the death of Máel Coluim I, probably in 1228, he was succeeded by his nephew Máel Coluim II, son of Máel Coluim I's brother Donnchadh, son of Donnchadh II.
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Scottish noble
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Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife was born in 1204.
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Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife died in 1228.
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Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife was an aristocrat.
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