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| Birth: | 1352 in Scotland |
| Death: | 1389 in Castle Tioram,Scotland |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | John Dubh MacDonald b. Before 1322 in Scotland |
| Mother: | Margaret Stewart b. About 1336 in Dundonald,Ayrshire,Scotland |
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| Also Known As: Laird of Clanranald and Glengarry 1 |
| Changed: 15 Jul 2003 18:00:51 |
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Individual:
MACDONALD OF CLANRANALD
APPROVED BY THE STANDING COUNCIL OF SCOTTISH CHIEFS
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MACDONALD OF CLANRANALD
Associated Family Names:
Macceachan, Maceachin, Macgeachie, Macgeachin, Mackechnie, Mackeochan, Mackessock, Mackichan, Mackissock, Macmurrich, Macvarish, Macvurich,Macvurie
MACDONALD OF CLANRANALD
A brief history,
On a broken cross shaft found on the island of Texa off Islay is carved what is probably the oldest surviving likeness of a Macdonald. It depictsa typical fourteenth- century Celtic prince, wearing a quilted coat withchain-mail and a conical helmet, and armed with a great sword and abattle -axe. This is the Cross of Ranald, son of John of Islay,Lord ofthe Isles,by his marriage to Amy Macruari, the heiress to the greatLordship of Garmoran, a vast inheritance of lands between the Great Glenand the Outer Hebrides.
There seems now little doubt that Ranald was the second and eldest surviving son of John and Amy, and heir to the chiefship of Clan Donald.The succession did not, however, pass to him, but to Donald, his youngerhalf-brother, whose mother was a daughter of Robert II and a Stewartprincess.
Ranald had recieved a charter from his father, confirmed by Robert II in 1373, of the greater part of the Macruari inheritance, including Moydart,Arisaig and Lochaber. Clan historians believe this was part of anarrangement whereby Ranald accepted being passed over as high chief.
Ranald actively participated in Donalds installation at Eigg. Ranald had five sons, including Alan, the eldest, who was to succeed as chief ofClanranald,and Donald, who founded the line of Glengarry.
Alan Macranald died at his Castle of Tirrim in 1419, succeeded by his eldest son, Roderick, who was a staunch supporter of the Lord of theIsles. Roderick, believed to have died in 1481, was succeeded by hiseldest son, Alan. A capable and war-like chief, he led a raid intoLochaber and Badenoch in 1491, which culminated in the capture ofInverness Castle.
Clanranald appears to have adjusted to the realities of royal power, and on the first visit of James IV to the Highlands, Alan Macruari was one ofthe few chiefs to render him homage.
Alexander the seventh chief, led a comparatively peaceful life, marrying three times and raising a large family.He had an illegitimate son, JohnMoidartach, who was to succeed him in chiefship. Why all of his othersons were passed over is a mystery, but it may have been that John wasthe fittest person to lead the clan to war, an ability which at that timewas still an essential element of chiefship. He was expressly legitimatedby an Act of the Privy Council on 15 January 1531.
His rule commenced in the midst of turmoil: James V had annulled all charters given to the chiefs while he was a minor, and the chiefs hadrebelled. James led an expedition to the isles and Clanranald wasarrested. In his absence, Ranald Gallda, another descendant of AlanMacruari, occupied Castle Tirrim.
When the king died in 1542 the Earl of Arran became regent to the infant Mary, Queen of Scots. He promptly released the imprisoned island chiefsto use them as a counterbalance to the powerful Argyll. Ranald Galldafled to his kinsman, Lord Lovat, while John gathered his forces to opposeRanald. They met to the north of Loch Lochy in 1544 in a battle calledBlar-na-leine, where Ranald was killed. John was acknowledged as chief ofClanranald in 1584 by James V's widow, Mary of Guise, the Queen Regent.
The chiefs of Clanranald were staunch supporters of Charles I, and played a distinguished part in Montroses's great victory at Kilsyth, where heled the charge which shattered General Baillie's Lowland infantry. Johnof Moidartach and Donald lived to see the Restoration in 1660.
When the Stuart royal standard was unfurled on the Braes of Mar on 6 September 1715, Alan, the fourteenth chief, hurried to be first to rallyto the jacobite cause. His grateful monarch created him Lord Clanranald.He was killed at the head of his clan at the Battle of Sheriffmuir inNovember 1715.
Succession passed to Donald of Benbecula, who had also fought at Killiecrankie. It was his son,Ranald who became famous during the risingof 1745 as Old Clanranald, to distinguish him from his dashing son,Ranald, Younger of Clanranald, Who led the clan out for Bonnie PrinceCharlie, the "Young Pretender". After Culloden, young Clanranald escapedto France but was allowed to return to Scotland in 1754.
The descenents of "Young Clanranald of the Forty-five" died out in 1944, and the chief-ship, or captaincy, passed to the heirs of AlexanderMacdonald of Boisdale, a younger brother of the seventeenth chief. RanaldAlexander Macdonald, captian of Clanranald, the present chief, wasrecognised by the lord Lyon in 1956.
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