Máel Petair of Mearns
Medieval Scottish nobleman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Máel Petair of Mearns is the only known Mormaer of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter".[1]
Professor Dauvit Broun of the University of Glasgow identifies his father as a man called Loren.[2] Little is known of him except that, in 1094, he is said to have killed King Duncan II of Scotland, suggesting he was an associate of Donald III of Scotland.[3]