Clan Drummond
| Clan Drummond | |||
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| Druimeanach | |||
Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a goshhawk wings displayed Proper, armed and belled Or, jessed Gules
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| Motto | Virtutem coronat honos (Honour crowns virtue) | ||
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| Region | Highlands | ||
| District | Perthshire | ||
| Plant badge | Wild thyme; Holly | ||
| Pipe music | The Duke of Perth's March | ||
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| John Eric Drummond | |||
| The 9th Earl of Perth de jure 18th Earl and 15th titular (Jacobite Peerage) Duke of Perth | |||
| Seat | Stobhall Castle | ||
| Historic seat | Drummond Castle | ||
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Clan Drummond is a Highland Scottish clan. The name is rendered "Druimeanach" in modern Scottish Gaelic.
East of Stirling is the parish of Drymen and its name appears to have been derived from the Scottish Gaelic, dromainn which means a ridge or high ground. There is a traditional legend that states that the first nobleman to settle in Drymen was a Hungarian Prince called George who accompanied Edgar Ætheling, an Anglo-Saxon Prince, on his escape from William the Conqueror and the Norman conquest of England. These royal fugitives were warmly welcomed by Malcolm III of Scotland, who married one of the royal sisters, Margaret, later Saint Margaret of Scotland.
The first chief of Clan Drummond to appear in written records was Malcolm Beg, Chamberlain of Lennox, who married a daughter of the Earl of Lennox, named Ada, before 1260. Gilbert de Drumund of Dumbarton appears on the Ragman Rolls of 1296 swearing fealty to Edward I of England.
Malcolm de Drummond also swore fealty to Edward I of England, however despite this, during the Wars of Scottish Independence the Clan Drummond strongly supported the cause of Scottish Independence. Malcolm Drummond fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. He is credited with the deployment of caltrops, tetrahedral iron spikes which when thrown onto the ground land with one spike uppermost to injure horses and unseat cavalry; they were highly destructive against the English cavalry. After the battle the clan was given lands in Perthshire by Robert the Bruce. Malcolm's great-granddaughter, Annabella became the mother of King James I of Scotland in 1394.
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