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Ranald Bane MacDonald, 1st Of Largie
Ranald Bane MacDonald (dates of birth and death unknown, alive in 1431) was the illegitimate son of John Mór Tanister (died 1427) and a daughter of a concubine of Finguine MacKinnon (the Green Abbot). He is the founder of Clan MacDonald of Largie. He was given a charter for lands in Kintyre around Largie, for his services at the Battle of Inverlochy.A. MacDonald, et al. p.380. Family He is known to have fathered: *Donald MacDonald, 2nd of Largie *Alexander MacDonald, 3rd of Largie *John MacDonald *Marion of Cortynvale Notes References *{{cite book, first1=Angus, last1=Macdonald, first2=Archibald, last2=Macdonald, title=The Clan Donald, year=1900, publisher=The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd, location=Inverness, volume=3, url=https://archive.org/details/clandonald03macd, ref=Macd3 Clan MacDonald of Largie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mór Tanister
John Mór Tanister MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Eòin Mòr Tànaiste Mac Dhòmhnaill'', aka ''Iain Mac Dhòmhnaill''), Scottish-Gaelic lord, died 1427. Biography MacDonald was the second son of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Princess Margaret Stewart of Scotland, daughter of King Robert II. He is the founder of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. MacDonald was granted 120 merklands in Kintyre, with the castles of Dunaverty, Skipness and Airds and 60 merklands on Islay with the castle of Dunyvaig upon his father's death. Not being satisfied with his inheritance, he led a revolt against his brother Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles as MacDonald was recognized as the heir-apparent ( tanistry). The rebellion started in 1387 and went on into the 1390s, and MacDonald obtained the support of the powerful Clan MacLean kindred. However, MacDonald and the MacLeans were eventually forced to submit to Dómhnall, and by 1395 MacDonald had been forced to flee into Ireland. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan MacDonald Of Largie
Clan MacDonald of Largie, also known as Clan Ranald Bane, is a Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald. The founder of the MacDonalds of Largie is Ranald Bane MacDonald, a son of Iain Mhoir Tanistear Mic Dhòmhnaill (John Mor MacDonald, Lord of Dunyvaig and the Glens) and Margery Byset (Margaret Bisset). History Ranald Bane was granted lands in Kintyre around Largie by his brother Donald Ballach MacDonald, Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. In 1647 at the Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, then separate entities in a personal union un ..., the MacDonalds of Largie were routed and Largie Castle at Rhunahaorine was destroyed. Their lands and estate were forfeited and given to Archibald Campbell of Inverawe. The lands and estate were returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Inverlochy (1431)
The Battle of Inverlochy (1431) () was fought after Alexander of Islay (''Alasdair Ìle, Rìgh Innse Gall''), Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross, had been imprisoned by King James I. A force of Highlanders led by Donald Balloch, Alexander's cousin, defeated Royalist forces led by the Earls of Mar and Caithness at Inverlochy, near present-day Fort William. Over 1000 men were supposedly killed, among them the Earl of Caithness. Balloch then went on to ravage the country of Clan Cameron and Clan Chattan, clans who had been disloyal to Alexander. King James himself soon after led an army into the Highlands, and Highland forces left off. Alexander was liberated by King James in October 1431, it is said as a part of a royal amnesty granted to several upon the birth of the king's son James II. but the timing for that doesn't fit. When King James finally set Alexander free, he was the only magnate who could offer security in the Highlands. Upon the king's murder in 1437, Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |