- John of
Fordun (before 1360 – c. 1384) was a
Scottish chronicler. It is
generally stated that he was born at Fordoun, Mearns. It is
certain that he was...
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deaths were
followed very soon
afterwards by that of
Queen Margaret. John of
Fordun reports that
Donald invaded the
kingdom after Queen Margaret's
death "at...
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Domhnall found a
natural ally in Clan Bruce. As the chronicler, John of
Fordun,
wrote "all the
Comyns and
their whole abettors stood by Balliol; but the...
- 11th-century
Lebor Gabála Érenn. A
Scottish variant is
recorded by John of
Fordun (d. 1384). The
narrative in the
Lebor Gabála Érenn is a
legendary account...
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succession appears to have been uneventful.
Earlier histories,
following John of
Fordun,
supposed that
Duncan had been king of
Strathclyde in his grandfather's...
- ISBN 1-871615-03-8
Scottish Annals, p. 119.
Annals of Tigernach, s.a. 1097.
Fordun, V, xxvi; Duncan, pp. 57–58; Oram,
David I, pp. 47–48. Anderson, Alan Orr...
- of
Fordun writes that
Malcolm defeated a
Norwegian army "in
almost the
first days
after his coronation", but this is not
reported elsewhere.
Fordun says...
- subjects". Some
later sources, such as the
Chronicle of Melrose, John of
Fordun and
Andrew of
Wyntoun provide more details,
accurately or not. The simplest...
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fighting Macbeth in
defence of
Duncan I's
young son
Malcolm III. John of
Fordun wrote that Duncan's wife fled Scotland,
taking her children,
including the...
- any
contemporary source. The
Chronicle of the
Scottish historian John of
Fordun records the
succession of "Alpin the son of Achay" in 831, his
reign of...
