Menteith

Menteith or Monteith ( gäl. Tèadhaich ) is an area south of Perthshire in Scotland.

History

It is approximately congruent with the territory between the two rivers Teith and Forth. The region is named after the Teith, the exact etymology is unclear. Early forms are Meneted, Maneteth and Meneteth.

For the first time, the area was mentioned as Mormaerdom of Menteith and Gille Crist, Earl of Menteith was the first known Mormaer. The lands and the county fell to Walter Comyn and his wife Isabella, Countess of Menteith. Then they came through Isabella's sister Mary I, Countess of Menteith to the House of Stuart. Ultimately, it fell to the Grahams, whose gender became extinct in 1694.

Lake of Menteith

The Lake of Menteith located 24 miles south of Loch Venachar. It is 14 miles long and a mile wide and is home to three islands. On Inchmahome ( Innis MoCholmaig, Island of St. Colmaig ) are the ruins of the Priory Inchmahome, a augustianischen priory, which was founded in 1238 by Walter Comyn and was built in the early English style, with an ornate western door. Mary Stuart lived at the age of four years on the island up to her departure to Dumbarton Castle, and to France in 1548 a few weeks. On the ruins of the tower Inch Talla of the first Earl of Menteith are from the year 1428. The village of Port of Menteith on the north shore of the lake.

Menteith in Shakespeare

In Shakespeare's Macbeth Menteith is a Scottish nobleman. It occurs in the fifth act, and with Malcom et al. allied, to confront Macbeth's usurpation.

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