Malise Graham, Earl of Strathearn, later 1st Earl of Menteith^[1]

1407 - Bef 1490  (83 years)

• Name	Malise Graham  [2]
  Suffix	Earl of Strathearn, later 1st Earl of Menteith
  Born	1407
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 14 May 1490
  Person ID	I1311	DonaldRoyMacDonaldofKylesBernera.
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Mariota Campbell,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F1933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1 - 1st Earl of Strathearn-Menteith Created 1st Graham Earl of Menteith 1427 The later earldom, which was created by James the First in the fifteenth century in favour of Malise Graham, formerly Earl of Strathern, did not include all the lands of the original earldom which had been forfeited by Murdach Duke of Albany as Earl of Menteith; on the contrary, the charter of creation of the new territorial earldom of Menteith reserved to the king the other portions of it. Among the places thus reserved was the Castle of Doune, which was the principal messuage of the ancient earldom at the time of the forfeiture. Malise inherited the title of Earl of Strathearn/Strathern from his mother but King James I conferred that title upon his uncle Walter and replaced Mailse's earldom with that of Menteith (often spelled "Monteith"). Malise's first wife is named as Ann Vere by Burkes Extinct Peerages 1883 (Graham of Strathern , etc) but as Jane de Rochford by The Scots Peerage (Menteith). Burkes Extinct 1883 identifies Alexander, John and Walter as being by Ann Vere. We show that Euphame was by her as well but that is an assumption. We show the second John and Walter as by his second wife following an indication to that effect by The Scots Peerage. 2 - Malise Graham, had the earldom of Stratherne removed from him by King James I and given to his uncle, Robert Graham, on the grounds that his mother should not have inherited a title whose descent was strictly through the male line, but received the earldom of Menteith instead. Malise, also known as Earl of Strathearn. It was he whom King James I. deprived of the earldom, on the plea that it was a male fief, and made Earl of Menteith instead; and it was this action which moved the Earl's uncle, Sir Robert Graham, to renounce his allegiance, and to plot and carry out the assassination of the King at Perth. It should be remembered, however, that in this plot Earl Malise himself seems to have had no share. He lived till 1492, and left three sons, from the eldest of whom descended the Earls of Menteith and Airth, [http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/graham2.html]

  
  

• Sources

  [S484] The Lineage of the Royal Princes of England. [S46] www.electricscotland.com, http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/graham2.html.