Clan MacDuff

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Gaelic Name for MacDuff: MacDhuibh -or- Dubh
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Origin of Clan MacDuff

Clansfolk of Clan MacDuff

Clan MacDuff in the Military

Septs of Clan MacDuff

Symbols of Clan MacDuff

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Clan MacDuff Society

Clans of Royal MacAlpin Stock

Certain privileges pertaining to Clan Duff are referred to in an Act of 1384, and include:

{*} The Earl of Fife (MacDuff) should seat the king in his Royal Chair on Coronation Day (i.e., crown the king);

{*} Clan Duff should lead the vanguard in every Royal battle; and

{*} A remission to all within 9 degrees of MacDuff for homicide on a fixed payment, with sanctuary at Cross MacDuff, which stood to the north of Newburgh. This was the celebrated "Law Clan Makduff."

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See Clan Duff


= In Scotland =
[Flag of Scotland] MacDuff [Flag of Scotland]
Courtesy Electric Scotland: Grangemouth, Scotland
[New Scotland (Nova Scotia) -=- Where the Heart is Still Highland!]

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