Earl of Menteith

The Mormaer or Earl of Menteith was the ruler of the province of Menteith in the Middle Ages. The first mormaer is usually regarded as Gille Críst (or Gilchrist), simply because he is the earliest on record. The title was held in a continuous line from Gille Críst until Muireadhach IV (a.k.a. Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany), although the male line was broken on two occasions. A truncated version of the earldom was given two years later to Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith, in compensation for loss of the Earldom of Strathearn, which was a likely result of the execution of the Duke of Albany.

First line of mormaers/earls



 * Gille Críst, Earl of Menteith (Gilcrist) (d. 1189)
 * Muireadhach I, Earl of Menteith (d. 1213)
 * Muireadhach II, Earl of Menteith (d. 1234)
 * Isabella, Countess of Menteith
 * m. Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch assumed the peerage in her right.
 * Mary I, Countess of Menteith
 * m. Walter "Bailloch" Stewart

Second line, Stewarts of Menteith

 * Alexander, Earl of Menteith
 * Alan, Earl of Menteith
 * Alan II, Earl of Menteith
 * Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith (d. 1332)
 * Mary Menteith, Countess of Menteith
 * m. Sir John Graham assumed the peerage in her right.
 * Margaret, Countess of Menteith
 * m. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
 * Muireadhach IV Stewart, Earl of Menteith, executed in 1425 and the peerages forfeited.

Third line, Grahams of Menteith

 * Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith (1406–1490)
 * Alexander Graham, 2nd Earl of Menteith (c. 1475–c. 1537)
 * William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith (c. 1500–c. 1543)
 * John Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith (c. 1529–c. 1565)
 * William Graham, 5th Earl of Menteith (c. 1555–c. 1578)
 * John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith (c. 1571–c. 1598)
 * William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith (c. 1591–1661), also created Earl of Airth in 1633
 * William Graham, 8th Earl of Menteith (c. 1634–1694), extinct or dormant after his death on 12 September 1694