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Donald MacLeod 1517–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1557

Death Location: Rowdell, Harries, Invrnesshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander MacLeod

Mother: Margaret Cameron

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In 1517, Donald MacLeod entered the world in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Alexander Alastair Crottach 8Th Chief Of Clan Macleod Macleod And Margaret Macleod Cameron. Donald MacLeod passed away in 1557 in Rowdell, Harries, Invrnesshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1517, Donald MacLeod entered the world in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Alexander Alastair Crottach 8Th Chief Of Clan Macleod Macleod And Margaret Macleod Cameron.
  • Donald MacLeod passed away in 1557 in Rowdell, Harries, Invrnesshire, Scotland.

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Donald MacLeod's Ancestors

Self
Donald MacLeod
1517–1557
Birth Place: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan Macleod MacLeod
1478–1547
Scotland
Margaret (MacLeod) Cameron
1475–1547
Locheil, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
William ("Long Sword" MacLeod) VII
1415–1480
Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Margarrette McLean
1428–1460
Argyll, Scotland
Allan (MacIldny 12th Chief of Clan Cameron) Cameron
1440–1492
Lochiel, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Marriott (of Keppoch) MacDonell
1440–1530
Keppoch, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John MACLEOD
1392–1442
Margaret Stewart
1392–1451
Donald Cameron
1411–1460
Alexander Ross
1398–1449
Elizabeth \SETON
1416–1479
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Donald Eilanden
1360–1432
Maria Ross
1375–1440
Alexander Seton
1382–1441
Elizabeth Gordon
1384–1439

Donald MacLeod's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Donald MacLeod in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1557
1557
Age 40
Death of Donald MacLeod in Rowdell, Harries, Invrnesshire, Scotland
Rowdell, Harries, Invrnesshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Rowdell, Harries, Invrnesshire, Scotland

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