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Thane of Cawdor is a title in the Scottish nobility, [1] allotted to the thane, or lord, of the village of Cawdor.The current 7th Earl Cawdor, of Clan Campbell of Cawdor, is the 25th Thane of Cawdor.
The thane was introduced in the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153), an Anglophile, to replace the Gaelic tòiseach (meaning leader, and with which the term Taoiseach shares an origin). In Scotland at that time toshach designated a deputy to a mormaer , controlling a particular portion of a mormaerdom on the mormaer's behalf.
It gradually expanded in meaning and use, to denote a member of a territorial nobility, while thegnhood was attainable by fulfilling certain conditions. [ 4 ] An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary describes a thane as "one engaged in a king's or a queen's service, whether in the household or in the country".
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A thanage was an area of land held by a thegn in Anglo-Saxon England. [1]Thanage can also denote the rank held by such a thegn. [1]In medieval Scotland David I, an Anglophile, introduced "thanes" to replace the Gaelic "tòiseach".
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