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Ewen Mor Cameron Of Lochiel
Ewen Mór Cameron of Lochiel (died 1547) was the 13th Chief of Clan Cameron in Lochaber. Biography Ewen Cameron of Lochiel was the son of Allan 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 "great favour" with the King. At court the following year, on 24 October 1495, he procured a conformation of the charters of Cameron lands in Lochaber and Ross. He led the clan at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, only just managing to escape with a small band of his warriors back to Lochaber after the defeat. The feud between Clan Cameron and Clan Mackintosh was particularly violent during this period. A border dispute between the Cameron territories in Lochaber and the Earl of Atholl's lands in Perthshire led to a famous incident. The fair Lochiel had set out for the rendezvous where he would meet the Earl of Atholl and come to terms. However, on his way to Lord Atholl he met the wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiefs Of Clan Cameron
The following is a list of the clan chief, Chiefs of Clan Cameron, the senior line of the ancient Cameron clan. The chief is seated at Achnacarry Castle and uniquely referred to as the Lochiel (). Traditional chiefs The first ten chiefs of Clan Cameron cannot be authenticated by contemporary evidence and so are only traditional history. Authenticated chiefs Donald Dubh Cameron, traditionally XI chief of Clan Cameron (c. 1400–1460), is the first chief of Clan Cameron whose existence can be authenticated by contemporary evidence. References {{reflist, group=lower-alpha Clan Cameron Lists of Scottish clan chiefs, Cameron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles; only the English marquessate of Winchester is older. The Marquess holds the following subsidiary titles: Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet and Earl of Aboyne (1660; Peerage of Scotland), and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County of Aberdeen (1815; Peerage of the United Kingdom). Early family history The Gordon family descends from Sir Adam Gordon of Huntly, killed at the Battle of Humbleton Hill in 1402 and succeeded in his estates by his daughter Elizabeth Gordon, wife of Alexander Seton, who assumed the surname of Gordon for himself and "all his heirs male." He was created Earl of Huntly in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445 and was succeeded by his son, the second Earl, who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1498 to 1501. His younger son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Clan Chiefs
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1647 Deaths
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Cameron Of Erracht
The Camerons of Erracht were a minor noble Scottish family and a branch of the Clan Cameron, a Highland Scottish clan. In Scottish Gaelic they are known as the ''Sliochd Eòghain mhic Eòghain'' (the children of Ewen, son of Ewen). History Origins The progenitor of the family of Cameron of Erracht was Ewen Cameron (fl. 16th century), son of Ewen Mor Cameron, XIII of Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron by his second wife Marjory Mackintosh, grand-daughter of Malcolm Beg Mackintosh, X of Mackintosh. Ewen's son was John Dow M'Ewen V'Ewen Cameron, 2nd of Erracht who was executed in around 1585 for the murder of Donald Dubh Cameron, XV Chief of Clan Cameron, in 1569. John Bodach M'Iain V'Ewen Cameron, 3rd of Erracht was also executed on the orders of Cameron of Lochiel in 1613. Jacobite risings Donald Cameron, 7th of Erracht was born shortly before the Jacobite rising of 1715. Thirty years later during the Jacobite rising of 1745 he joined Cameron of Lochiel and was second in command at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Of Islay, Earl Of Ross
Alexander of Islay or Alexander MacDonald (died 1449; ) was a medieval Scottish nobleman who succeeded his father Domhnall of Islay as Lord of the Isles (1423–1449), later rising to the rank of Earl of Ross (1436–49). His lively career, 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 to much trouble all his lifetime". Alexander allied himself with King James I of Scotland against the power of the Albany Stewarts in 1425 but, once the Albany Stewarts were out of the way, Alexander quickly found himself at odds with the new king. War with King James would initially prove Alexander's undoing, and would see the King's power in Scotland greatly increased, but at the Battle of Inverlochy Alexander's army prevailed against the forces of the King. Alexander died in 1449, having greatly extended his family's landed wealth and power. He was buried, not in the Isles o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl Of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (21 September 1516 – 4 September 1571) was a leader of the Catholic nobility in Scotland. He was the paternal grandfather of King James VI of Scotland. He owned Temple Newsam in Yorkshire, England. Origins He was the son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox (d.1526) by his wife Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Lennox, Lady Elizabeth Stewart, a daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl. Conflict with Regent Arran (1543–1547) Matthew Stewart succeeded as Earl of Lennox on the death of his father in 1526. His mother sent him and his younger brother John Stewart to France into the care of their great uncle Robert Stewart, 5th Lord of Aubigny, who enrolled them in the Garde Écossaise. His sisters, Helen and Elizabeth Stewart, were members of the household of Mary of Guise at Linlithgow Palace in March 1539 and were bought French-style clothing. When King James V of Scotland died in 1542, Cardinal Beaton urged Lennox to return to Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raids Of Urquhart
The Raids of Urquhart were two raids carried out in the vicinity of Urquhart Castle in the Scottish Highlands in October 1544 and April 1545 where a large amount of cattle, horses, harvest, furniture and military equipment were stolen from the Clan Grant, a Highland Scottish clan, by the Clan Cameron and Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, both also Scottish Highland clans. Background The raids took place in the aftermath of the Battle of the Shirts which itself took place in July 1544 where the Clan Cameron and Clan Macdonald of Clanranald had defeated the Clan Fraser of Lovat who had been supported by the Clan Grant and the Clan Mackintosh. The raids Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, chief of Clan Cameron, and MacDonald of Glengarry made expeditions to the Grant's lands of Glenmoriston and Glen Urquhart where the Grants held Urquhart Castle. Among the goods taken were two hundred bolls of oats, with fodder; one hundred bolls of bere; one hundred cows; one hundred calves; forty young cow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Shirts
The Battle of the Shirts (, also the Battle of Kinloch-Lochy) was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1544 in the Great Glen, at the northern end of Loch Lochy. The Clan Macdonald of Clanranald and their allies the Clan Cameron fought the Clan Fraser of Lovat, Clan Fraser and men from Clan Grant. The battlefield has been included and protected by Historic Scotland in their Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland. Clan tradition of the clans involved and all histories written since the period have stated that the name was derived from the fact that the day was so hot that both sides threw off their chainmail hauberks and Plaids, fighting in their shirts. Background The Scottish clan chief, chiefship of the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald was in dispute. Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat, chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat, was the uncle of one of the warring claimants, Ranald Galda (the stranger), whose cause he supported. Lovat with over four hundred of his best men joined u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gormshuil Mhòr Na Maighe
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (also called Gormla of Moy; fl. 16th century) was a powerful Gaelic witch from the Lochaber Highlands of Scotland. She is often referred to as the Great Gormula. Associated with many stories, she is best known for her interactions with Ewen Mor Cameron of Lochiel, 13th chief of Clan Cameron, and for the mysterious sinking of a Spanish galleon of the Spanish Armada off the Isle of Mull, which she is held responsible for. Legendary background Born a MacKinnon, originally from the Isle of Skye, she had been married to a Cameron of Moy in Lochaber but was later widowed. ''Gormshuil'', which means 'the blue-eyed one' in Gaelic, was known for her supernatural powers and striking beauty. Fishermen and hunters in Lochaber would often seek her blessing. There are many stories about Gormshuil, also called Gormla, a Gaelic name that was often used to describe witches. The most quoted story about Gormshuil tells of the warning she gave to her Clan Chief, Ewen Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Cameron
Clan Cameron is a West Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber, and within their lands lies Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. The Chief of the clan is customarily referred to as simply "Lochiel". History Origins Like with many clans, the origins of Clan Cameron's chiefly family are uncertain and there are several theories, as well as fanciful origin legends. One such legend claims that Lochiel, like the Royal House of Stuart, was descended from Banquo, Thane of Lochaber (specifically the progeny of "his sister Marion who married one Angus"). The first chief may have been called ''Cameron'' from his crooked nose (, cf. wikt:Camshron#Scottish_Gaelic, ''Camshron''); such nicknames were common in Highland Gaelic culture, and his descendants would have then adopted the name. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Atholl
The Mormaer or Earl of Atholl was the title of the holder of a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl (''Ath Fodhla''), now in northern Perthshire. Atholl is a special Mormaerdom, because a King of Atholl is reported from the Pictish period. The only other two Pictish kingdoms to be known from contemporary sources are Fortriu and Circinn. Indeed, the early 13th century document known to modern scholars as the '' de Situ Albanie'' repeats the claim that Atholl was an ancient Pictish kingdom. In the 11th century, the famous Crínán of Dunkeld may have performed the role of Mormaer. Royal connections continued with Máel Muire, who was the son of King Donnchad I, and the younger brother of Máel Coluim III mac Donnchada. Matad was perhaps the most famous of the Mormaers, fathering Harald Maddadsson, a notorious rebel of the Scottish King and perhaps the first Gael to rule Orkney as Earl of Orkney. The line of Máel Muire and Crínán came to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
