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Malcolm Beg Mackintosh (died 1457) was the tenth chief of the
Clan Mackintosh Clan Mackintosh (''Clann Mhic an Tòisich'') is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The chiefs of the clan are the Mackintoshes of Mackintosh. Another branch of the clan, the Mackintoshes of Torcastle, are the chiefs of Cl ...
, a
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of the
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. He was also chief of the confederation of clans known as the
Clan Chattan Clan Chattan ( gd, Na Catanaich or gd, Clann Chatain) is a unique confederation of Highland clans. The clan is distinctive in highland clan history in that it was acknowledged to be a community or confederation, of twelve separate Scottish cla ...
.


Ancestry

Malcolm Beg Mackintosh, 10th of Mackintosh was the son of William Mackintosh, 7th of Mackintosh and his second wife late in life, Margaret MacLeod. Malcolm had succeeded as chief of the Clan Mackintosh because Ferquhard Mackintosh, 9th chief had abdicated as chief of the clan and his three sons were consequently cut off from the succession. They took surnames other than Mackintosh and left descendants of their own. From his shortness of stature, Malcolm received the
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"Beg".


Clan warfare

Malcolm Beg Mackintosh, 10th of Mackintosh supported
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at the
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in 1411 against
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in dispute over the
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. There is a tradition that Malcolm Beg Mackintosh and Hector Maclean, chief of the Clan Maclean, were both killed at the battle in a
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with each other and this is supported by 15th-16th century historian
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. However, according to 19th century historian Alexander Mackintosh-Shaw the evidence is against this and that Malcolm Beg Mackintosh actually died in 1457 which was forty-five years after the Battle of Harlaw, quoting charters granted to Malcolm in 1443, 1447 and 1456 to back this up, and also the Macknintosh's own manuscript history. In 1427–28,
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visited
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for the purpose of building a Justice Court and made Malcolm Beg Mackintosh the Constable of
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. In 1429,
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, in rebellion against the king, burnt Inveress but was not able to take the castle from Mackintosh. The Clan Mackintosh and their confederation of
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were subsequently part of the royal army at the
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in 1429 that fought against Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross. This was followed by the Battle of Palm Sunday between the Mackintoshes and Clan Chattan against their long standing rivals, the
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and which is mentioned in several accounts such as
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(c. 1385–1449) in his work ''
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'',
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(1467–1550) in his ''History of Greater Britain'' and
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(1506-1582) in his ''History of Scotland, Rerum Scoticarum Historia''. Mackintosh's men who had formed part of the royal army that opposed Dòmhnall Ballach Mac Dhòmhnaill of Clan Donald, had been sent to
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and so were not in the subsequent Battle of Inverlochy in 1431. A feud with the Camerons over land continued and in 1441 the Mackintoshes fought them at the Battle of Craig Cailloch where Malcolm Beg Mackintosh's second son Lachlan was wounded and his fourth son, Gillichallum was killed. The Clan Mackintosh feuded with the
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: Rait Castle was originally a property of the Comyn family, who took the name of de Rait. The castle later passed from the de Raits to the Mackintoshes and then to the
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. In 1442, when the castle passed to the Mackintoshes from the de Rait family, a feast was held at the castle between the two families which ended in the slaughter of most of the Comyns and de Raits. The laird blamed his daughter, whom he chased around the castle. She climbed out of a window but he chopped off her hands and she fell to her death. The castle is said to be haunted by her ghost,Coventry. (2008) p. 383. with no hands. In 1452, five years before his death, Malcolm Beg Mackintosh being "old and unable for public employment" and now being allied to the Earl of Ross,
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on hearing of the confederacy between the
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and
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(the successor of Alexander), gave custody of Inverness Castle to one Crichton, and it was taken from him three years later by the Earl of Ross. In 1454, occurred the Battle of Clachnaharry against the
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after the Munros, returning from a cattle raid, had passed Mackintosh's seat at Moyhall without paying to Mackintosh a share of the booty or road callop for passing though his dominions. The earliest account of this battle which was written by 17th century historian
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states that the Mackintosh chief was killed, and many later accounts follow Gordon with this. However, the Mackintosh's own 17th century ''Kinrara'' manuscript does not agree with this. The Mackintosh manuscript shows that Malcolm Beg Mackintosh was not present at the battle and that it was one of his grandsons who was also called Malcolm Mackintosh who had pursued the Munros, but that this Malcolm Mackintosh had not actually been involved in the battle either, subsequently marrying Janet Munro, sister of John Munro of Milntown who had led the Munros on this expedition.Mackintosh of Kinrara. (1679). ''A Chronicle of the Family of Mackintosh to 1680''. According to Alexander Mackintosh-Shaw, Malcolm Beg Mackintosh died in 1457.


Family

Malcolm Beg Mackintosh, 10th of Mackintosh had married Mora, daughter of MacDonald, 1st of Moydart and had the following children: # Duncan Mackintosh, 11th of Mackintosh (heir and successor). #Lachlan, surnamed "Badenoch", who died in 1493 leaving descendants including
William Mackintosh, 13th of Mackintosh William Mackintosh, 13th of Mackintosh (died 1515) was the chief of the Clan Mackintosh, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. He was also chief of the confederation of clans that was known as the Clan Chattan. Early life William Mackintosh, ...
and his brother
Lachlan Beg Mackintosh, 14th of Mackintosh Lachlan Beg Mackintosh, 14th of Mackintosh (died 1524) was the chief of the Clan Mackintosh, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. He was also chief of the confederation of clans that was known as the Clan Chattan. Early life Lachlan Beg Mac ...
. #Alan Mackintosh, 1st of the Mackintosh of Killachie cadet branch. #Malcolm Mackintosh or Gillichallum, who was killed at the Battle of Craig Cailloch against the Camerons in 1441. He left two sons: Malcolm Og Mackintosh who had apparently pursued the Munros prior to the Battle of Clachnaharry in 1454 and subsequently married the sister of John Munro of Milntown, and Dougal Mor or "Mac Gillichallum". #Muriel, married Sir Duncan Grant of Freuchie. #Mora, married Hucheon Rose of Kilravock. #Janet, married Patrick Mac Ian Roy, half-brother of Sir Duncan Grant. #Margaret, married Hector Mac Tearlich, chieftain of Clan Tearlach (the Macleans of Dochgarroch and Clan Chattan). #Moniach, married Alexander Fraser.


See also

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Chiefs of Clan Mackintosh The following table is a list of chiefs of the Clan Mackintosh, a Highland Scottish clan. The 6th chief of Clan Mackintosh also became through marriage, the 7th chief of Clan Chattan, a confederation of Scottish clans that Mackintosh chief was chie ...


References

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