especially before he attained the earldom of Ross, led Hugh MacDonald, the 17th century author of History of the MacDonalds, to commemorate him as "a man born...
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Clan Macdonald of Sleat, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, Clan MacDonald of Glencoe, and Clan MacAlister...
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Malcolm John MacDonald OM PC (17 August 1901 – 11 January 1981) was a British politician and diplomat. He was initially a Labour Member of Parliament (MP)...
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Donald Balloch MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Dòmhnall Ballach Mac Dhòmhnaill) was a Scottish-Gaelic lord who died about 1476. Donald Balloch MacDonald was...
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Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Anndrais [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈan̪ˠt̪ɾɪʃ]) is a Highland Scottish clan. The original chiefs of the clan were the original Earls of...
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Clan Mackenzie (redirect from Clan MacKenzie)
MacDonalds. This was followed by the Raid on Ross also in 1491 when the Clan Mackenzie clashed with a number of clans including the Clan MacDonald of...
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castle for Clan MacDonell of Glengarry. The castle was originally built in 1472 by Alexander MacDonald, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross in the 15th century...
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the Earldom of Ross for his second son, John, despite Macdonald's superior claim. At the Battle of Harlaw (known as "Red Harlaw" on account of its savagery)...
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Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021) was a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer whose style was characterized by deadpan...
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Laird of Keppoch led the MacDonalds of Keppoch to fight alongside Aonghas Óg MacDonald against his father, John of Islay, Earl of Ross at the Battle of Bloody...
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Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill (died 1314 × 1318/c. 1330), or Angus Og MacDonald, was a fourteenth-century Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Domhnaill. He...
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Somerled. The Macdonalds of Clanranald descend from Reginald's elder son Allan and the MacDonells of Glengarry descend from his younger son Donald. The clan...
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to subjugate John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Campbell was given a commission of lieutenancy to execute the forfeiture of the Earl of Ross' lands. In 1479...
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first earl of the eighth creation of the title. He is believed to have had a hand in suppressing the rebellion of John Macdonald, 11th Earl of Ross, the...
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1270. MacDonald, William, Scottish Armorial Seals, (Edinburgh, 1904), p. 114 Hurlock, Kathryn (28 October 2009). "The Welsh Wife of Malcolm, Earl of Fife...
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the MacDonald Earls of Ross. The castle was granted to the Clan Grant in 1509, though conflict with the MacDonalds continued. Despite a series of further...
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Episcopalian Glencoe MacDonalds only replaced the Catholic Glengarry as the target on 11 January; MacIain's son John MacDonald told the 1695 Commission...
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million copies. MacDonald played on the session for the song. He performanced on Herbie Mann's album "Discothèque" in 1975. One of MacDonald's best-known co-compositions...
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Donald. The Battle of Bloody Bay was fought in 1481 where the Clan MacLeod supported John of Islay, Earl of Ross, chief of Clan Donald against his bastard...
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decided that he wanted the Earldom of Ross for his second son and accused John MacDonald, the Earl, of treason. Macdonald was then put on trial before the...
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the lands of Ross, against the followers of the Earl of Ross. Today the date of the battle is generally given at about 1452. Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun...
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Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570) was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland. At times...
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Eilean Donan (redirect from Island of Donnán)
of the 14th century the Mackenzies are said to have been on the losing side in the ongoing feuding with the Earls of Ross. William III, Earl of Ross granted...
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Cameron, 12th of Lochiel (died 1480) and his wife Marion MacDonald, daughter of MacDonald of Keppoch. In 1494, Lochiel submitted to James IV and was in...
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in 1475: the destruction of John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross. The greatest lord in Gaelic Scotland, John ruled over sprawling territories...
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member of the Gaelic gentry of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, a branch of the Clan Donald active in the Hebrides and Ireland, Mac Colla is particularly notable...
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Alastair MacDonald, Alastair Óg MacDomhnaill, Alexander Mac Domnaill, Alexander Mac Donald, Alexander macDonald, Alexander MacDonald, Alexander Macdonald, and...
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Stewart, Earl of Buchan (died 1405), nicknamed "the Wolf of Badenoch", married in 1382 to Euphemia of Ross; Margaret, married John of Islay, Lord of the Isles;...
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of the National Government in Britain who had come from the Labour Party. Its leaders were Ramsay MacDonald (1931–1937) and his son Malcolm MacDonald...
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Janet (MacDonald), daughter of Sir Alexander MacDonald of Lochalsh, whose father, Celestine, was brother of John of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles...
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