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Bridget is an
Irish female name
derived from the
Gaelic noun brígh,
meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An
alternate meaning of the name is "exalted...
- Máel
Brigte, also
known as Máel
Brigte the
Bucktoothed or Máel
Brigte Tusk was a 9th-century
Pictish nobleman, most
probably a
mormaer of Moray. He was...
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Gille Brigte or
Gilla Brigte mac
Fergusa of
Galloway (died 1185), also
known as Gillebrigte,
Gille Brighde, Gilbridge, Gilbride, etc., and most famously...
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Gille Brigte of
Angus is one of the
earliest attested Mormaers of Angus. He was
possibly a
descendant of
Dubacan of Angus.
Gille Brigte is
recorded as...
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Gille Brigte (sometimes
rendered as Gilbert) may
refer to:
Gille Brigte, Earl of
Angus (fl. 1150)
Gille Brigte of
Galloway (died 1185)
Gille Brigte, Earl...
- Máel
Brigte, whom
Sigurd defeated in battle. As he rode a
horse with Máel
Brigte's head
attached to his
saddle as a trophy, one of Máel
Brigte's teeth...
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Gille Brigte of
Strathearn (1150–1223),
sometimes also
called Gilbert, was the 3rd Earl or
Mormaer of Strathearn. The
eldest of
three children born to...
- Lord of
Galloway from 1161 to 1174,
ruling jointly with his
brother Gille Brigte (Gilbert). They were sons of
Fergus of Galloway; it was
believed that they...
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murder of Jarl Jon
Haraldsson some
sixty years later, Magnus, son of
Gille Brigte became the
first of the
Scottish earls. He may have been a
descendant of...
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Tuathal mac Máele-
Brigte (died 854) was a King of
Leinster of the Uí
Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge
branch of the Laigin. This sept had
their royal...
