 MacDonald of Ardnamurchan crest Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan also known as MacIain of Ardnamurchan was a sub-branch of the main Clan Donald of MacDonald. Image File history File links ArdnamurchanCrest. ...
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The Donald Clan Crest. ...
History
Origins of the Clan The founder of the Clan Macdonald of Ardnamurchan was Iain Sprangach MacDonald, the third son of Angus Mor MacDonald who was Chief of the Clan Donald and Lord of the Isles. The Donald Clan Crest. ...
Lord of the Isles, now a Scottish title of nobility, originally referred to a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of galleys. ...
Iain Sprangach MacDonald was also known as John the Bold. His brother was a great ally of King Robert the Bruce. His early affiliations appear to have been with the English and it is not clear whether his original grant of Ardnamurchan came from the 'puppet' king John Balliol or his illustrious brother. The MacDonalds of Ardnamurchan became known as the MacIains. Robert I, the Bruce, in a conjectural drawing Robert I, (Roibert a Briuis in medieval Gaelic, Raibeart Bruis in modern Scottish Gaelic and Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys in Norman French), usually known in modern English today as Robert the Bruce (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), was...
Ardnamurchan is a 50 mile long peninsula in North West Scotland, noted for being very unspoilt and undisturbed. ...
John Balliol and his wife. ...
15th Century Alexander MacDonald, the third chief of the MacIains is believed to have been killed during the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. Alexander's son John led the clan at the Battle of Inverlochy (1431). After this he was awarded lands on the isles of Islay and Jura. The Battle of Harlaw was fought near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire on 24 July 1411. ...
The Battle of Inverlochy (1431) was fought after Alexander, Earl of Ross (Lord of the Isles), had been imprisoned by King James I. A force of Highlanders led by Donald Balloch, Alexanders cousin, defeated Royalist forces led by the Earls of Mar and Caithness at Inverlochy, near present-day...
Islay shown within Argyll. ...
Jura shown within Argyll Satellite picture of Jura Jura (Scottish Gaelic Diùra) is a Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides. ...
The MacIains supported the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles until, in 1493, the fourth and last Lord of the Isles forfeited his title to King James IV. By 1494 the King had garrisoned and provisioned Dunaverty Castle. It is said that the MacDonalds led by Sir John MacDonald, who the king had recently knighted, retook the castle before the King had even departed to Stirling and that the dead body of the King's castle governor was hung over the castle walls in sight of the King and his departing entourage. Sir John Macdonald however was later captured by MacDonald (or MacIain) of Ardnamurchan. He was tried and hung on the Burgh Muir. James IV (March 17, 1473-September 9, 1513) - King of Scots from 1488 to 1513. ...
Dunaverty Rock at the end of Dunaverty Beach in Dunaverty Bay where Dunaverty Castle was situated. ...
In 1497 Sir Alexander MacDonald of Lochalsh rebelled against the King and invaded the lands of Ross-shire where he was defeated in battle by the Clan Munro and Clan MacKenzie. Alexander himself escaped southwards amongst the Isles until he was caught on the Isle of Oronsay and put to death by MacIain of Ardnamurchan. The Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh was a sub-branch of Clan Donald of MacDonald. ...
Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois in Gaelic), or simply Ross, is a traditional county of Scotland bordering on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many enclaves), Inverness-shire and on an exclave of Nairnshire. ...
Munro Crest: Dread God (Fear God) and a Golden Eagle Clan Munro is a Highland Scottish clan. ...
Clan MacKenzie Crest: I Shine, Not Burn. ...
Oronsay is a small island south of Colonsay in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ...
16th Century Other treacheous deeds against the Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh and treachory which led to the execution of the chief of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg and his son eventually led to the death of John MacIain at the hands of his avenging kinsmen in 1518. The Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh was a sub-branch of Clan Donald of MacDonald. ...
MacDonald of Dunnyveg crest Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg also known as Clan Donald South and sometimes referred to as MacDonnells or MacDonalds of the Glens was a branch of the main Clan Donald or MacDonald. ...
The 8th chief of the MacDonalds or MacIains of Ardnamurchan led his clan in support of the Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald against the Clan Fraser and Fraser of Lovat in the Battle of the Shirts in 1544. It is said that only eight MacDonalds and five Frasers survived. MacDonald of Clan Ranald crest. ...
The Clan Fraser (Gaelic - Friseal, French Frasier) is a Scottish clan of Gaulish origin. ...
The Clan Fraser of Lovat Crest The arms of the Frasers of Lovat. ...
In 1540, John of Moidoart (Ian Mùideatach), Chief of the MacDonalds of Clanranald, fell foul of the Royal Government during King James Vs visit to the Hebrides, and was imprisoned, with other Chiefs of the Isles. ...
17th Century By 1618 the MacDonalds or MacIains of Ardnamurchan had lost their lands through duplicity of the Clan Campbell. The fortunes of the clan declined and they were forced to go elsewhere. Many settled in Moidart under the Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald while others migrated east to Badenoch. Campbell Clan Badge - In heraldry, a snarling Boars head may represent what are seen as the positive qualities of the boar, namely courage and fierceness in battle. ...
Moidart is a district in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland to the west of Fort William; the area is very remote and Loch Shiel cuts off the south-west boundary of the district. ...
MacDonald of Clan Ranald crest. ...
Badenoch, a district of south-east Inverness-shire in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber. ...
Clan Septs Septs of Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan include the following. Other branches of the Clan MacDonald have different septs. A sept is a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. ...
See also The Donald Clan Crest. ...
Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relatives throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat...
An armigerous clan or Family, is a Scottish clan which does not currently have (a) a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms and therefore has no official position under Scots law and (b) a member of which is armigerous. ...
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