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Alexander Macleod 1460 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1460

Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1547

Death Location: Rowdell, Harries, Iverness, Scotland

Father: William Macleod

Mother: Christina? McLean

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Alexander Macleod was born in 1460 in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of William Dubh Macleod and Christina? McLean. Alexander Macleod passed away in 1547 in Rowdell, Harries, Iverness, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Macleod was born in 1460 in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of William Dubh Macleod and Christina? McLean.
  • Alexander Macleod passed away in 1547 in Rowdell, Harries, Iverness, Scotland.

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Alexander Macleod's Ancestors

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Alexander Macleod
1460 – 1547
Birth Place: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
William Dubh Macleod
1415 – 1480
Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Christina? McLean
1428 – 1460
Argyllshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Ian (Borb) Macleod
1392 – 1442
Dunvegan,Skye,Inverness-Shire,Scotland
Margaret Of
1400 – 1451
Great-Grandparents
William Macleod
1365 – 1402
A Maclean
1360 – 1477
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Macleod
1330 – 1392
An ONeill
1340 – 1450

Alexander Macleod's Timeline

2 Records

1460
1460
Birth of Alexander Macleod in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1547
1547
Age 87
Death of Alexander Macleod in Rowdell, Harries, Iverness, Scotland
Rowdell, Harries, Iverness, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Rowdell, Harries, Iverness, Scotland

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