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Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan which dates at least as far back as Robert the Bruce. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans (from Old Gaelic clann, children), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which...
Robert I (Mediaeval Gaelic:Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; 11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ...
History
Origins of the Clan The clan name is thought to either originate from the Gaelic word 'brothaig', which means ditch, or from the Norman name of De Brothie. A charter of confirmation for the Brodie lands came from Robert the Bruce and declared that Michael Brodie of Brodie held the rights of thanage over Brodie by right of succession from his paternal ancestors, including his father Malcolm of Brodie. Robert I (Mediaeval Gaelic:Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; 11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ...
15th Century & 16th Century Clan Conflicts The Clan Brodie are believed to have assisted the Clan MacKenzie when they defeated the Clan MacDonald of Gillespick at the Battle of Blar na Pairc in 1466. The Clan Brodie are also believed to have assisted the Clan Munro and Clan MacKenzie when they defeated of the rebel Alexander MacDonald of Lochalsh in 1497. Clan MacKenzie Crest: I Shine, Not Burn. ...
Clan Donald crest: Per mare per terras (By sea and by land) Map of Dál Riata at its height, c. ...
Munro Crest: Dread God (Fear God) and a Golden Eagle Clan Munro is a Highland Scottish clan. ...
Clan MacKenzie Crest: I Shine, Not Burn. ...
The Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh was a sub-branch of Clan Donald of MacDonald. ...
In 1550 Chief Alexander Brodie and 100 others were denounced as rebels for attacking the Clan Cumming of Altyre. Clan Comyn/Cumming Crest: A lion rampant or, in his dexter paw a dagger Proper Clan Cumming, also known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan from the central Highlands that played a major role in the history of 13th century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence where...
17th Century & Civil War During the Civil Wars of the 17th century Alexander Brodie of Brodie was responsible for the destruction of Elgin Cathedral in 1640, and ten years later was one of the Commissioners sent to persuade Charles II to sign the National Covenant and resume the Scottish Crown.
In 1645 Brodie Castle was burnt down by Lewis Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly and chief of Clan Gordon. This was part of the Covenanting conflict during the Civil War, as a result there are few surviving documents and little is known about the Clan Brodie. Brodie refers to: 1st Baronet Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783 - 1862) Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1817 - 1880) Bernard Brodie Fawn M. Brodie Sir Israel Brodie (1895 - 1979), Chief rabbi John Brodie Richard Brodie Steve Brodie Steve Brodie (actor) William Brodie(Deacon Brodie, Deacon William Brodie) (1741 - 1788) William Brodie (sculptor...
The title Marquess of Huntly was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1599, making it the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles, only the English Marquessate of Winchester being older. ...
Clan Gordon Crest Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a traditional Scottish clan name and it is now a common forename. ...
Alexander Brodie's diplomatic career also included a summons by Cromwell to London in 1651 to consider a Scottish union with England. He resisted attempts to appoint him to judicial office, though Cromwell's death in 1658 forced the issue for him, and he relented. The consequence was royal disfavour following the Restoration, Charles II finding it hard to forgive men who had tried to force their Calvinist beliefs upon him as the price of their allegiance.
A rare pontifical discovered in Brodie Castle in 1970 and now housed in the British Museum, indicates the family's existence from at least 1000 A.D.
Cadet Families Cadet families include the Brodies of Lethen in Nairn, Idvies in Angus, and Eastbourne in Sussex. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Surgeon to the Royal Family, was made a Baronet in 1834.
Deacon William Brodie Deacon William Brodie of Edinburgh, noted as a member of the clan was a less savoury character who at the end of the 18th century pursued a double-life as a worthy councilor by day and a burglar by night. The lifestyle of this gentleman, later hanged for his nocturnal activities, inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ...
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[1] is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. ...
Clan Chief - Alexander Tristan Duff Brodie of Brodie
Clan Castle Little known offshoot of the Clan Brodie was Scott Brodie (1974-?). Although he was a direct descendant of the Brodie of Brodie he carried the recessive wheat gene. This unfortunate gene was responsible for the memory gaps and fugues often leading to wildly erroneous stories and unreferenced clan histories. Any Scottish historian would be well advised to avoid using said material as it often changes it's pseudo factual nature as it is being told. Examples of this type of material would be the purely fictitious family feud with the MacBeth family who were said to be witches and were hunted down by the puritan Brodie Clan, who were far from being a pious family with no members being inducted at the Vatican as with other Scottish Clans of the era. There is no historical basis for this story and the only clue to it's fictitious genesis for the alleged 10th century burning of MacBeth by the Brodie Clan would be the fifteenth century play by William Shakespeare which features two lines about MacBeth meeting the three witches (Graye sisters of Greek legends) on his way to his castle. Other controversies to be avoided would be the obviously faked loch Ness monster videos shot by various members of the Brodie clan. At least one of these videos was shown to be a burst tractor tyre in the water of the highland loch. Many of the controversy surrounding this member of the Brodie clan centres around his frequent use of Buckfast. (see Wikipedia stub) In the words of family and friends this beverage seems to send Scott Brodie into a wild bender of fictitious storytelling and erroneous claims about his super abilities which include, an unproven ability to run up walls, super acute hearing, super sight, the ability to smell less than two parts per million. Brodie also claims super streagnth and an ability to psychically imprint and read others. Brodie Castle is a castle near Forres in the Moray region of Scotland. ...
Clan Profile - Motto: Unite
- Crest: A right hand holding a bunch of arrows all Proper.
Present day There are still Brodies present to this day in Canada, Scotland, and various other European countries.
Clan Septs - Brodie
- Brody
- Brodey
- Bryde
- Brydie
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External Links - http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Brodie/history.html
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