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Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod 1580 – 1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: AFT 1720

Death Location: Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: Norman Macleod

Mother: Catherine McDonald

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Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod was born in 1580 in Scotland, the child of Norman (Sir) (1st of Bernera) Macleod and Catherine McDonald. Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod passed away in 1720 in Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod was born in 1580 in Scotland, the child of Norman (Sir) (1st of Bernera) Macleod and Catherine McDonald.
  • Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod passed away in 1720 in Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Alexander MacLeod's Ancestors

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Alexander MacLeod
1580 – 1720
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Norman (Sir) (1st of Bernera) Macleod
1614 – 1705
Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Catherine McDonald
1635 –
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Roderick (Rory Ruairidh Mor "Rory the Great" Macleod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod (Harris &) Dunvegan)l
1558 – 1626
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Isabella MacDonald
1567 – 1615
Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
James (Baronet) Macdonald
1605 – 1678
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Margaret Mackenzie
1610 – 1710
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Torman Dunvegan)
1509 – 1584
Lady Castle
1524 – 1568
Donald Macdonald
1545 – 1645
Margaret Macdonald
1560 –
Donald Macdonald
1575 – 1643
Janet Mackenzie
1588 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Macleod
1455 – 1547
Margaret Cameron
1475 – 1547
Lady Castle
1524 – 1573

Alexander MacLeod's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod in Scotland
Scotland
1720
AFT 1720
Age 140
Death of Alexander (Alasdair Mor) MacLeod in Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: AFT 1720
    Event Place: Raasay, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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