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Margaret MacLeod 1510 – 1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Sep 1580

Death Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Macleod

Mother: Margaret Cameron

Spouse(s): James MacDonald, Allan MacIan, James MacDonald

Children(s): Fynewald MacDonald, Mary Macdonald, William MacIan

Margaret MacLeod was born in 1510 in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan Macleod and Margaret Cameron. Margaret MacLeod married James Dunyveg MacDonald, Allan MacIan, James MacDonald, and had children including Fynewald MacDonald, Mary Macdonald, William Og MacIan. Margaret MacLeod passed away in 1580 in Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret MacLeod was born in 1510 in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan Macleod and Margaret Cameron.
  • Margaret MacLeod married James Dunyveg MacDonald, Allan MacIan, James MacDonald, and had children including Fynewald MacDonald, Mary Macdonald, William Og MacIan.
  • Margaret MacLeod passed away in 1580 in Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Macleod
1455 – 1547
Birth Location: Dunvegan, Skye, Scotland
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Margaret Cameron
1475 – 1547
Birth Location: Locheil, Invrns, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

James MacDonald
1480 – 1539
Birth Location: Dunyveg, Antrim, Scotland
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Allan MacIan
1510 – 1544
Birth Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland
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James MacDonald
1510 – 1580
Birth Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Fynewald MacDonald
1530 – 1567
Birth Location: Dunyveg, Antrim, Scotland
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Mary Macdonald
Birth Location: –
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William MacIan
1541 – 1610
Birth Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Margaret MacLeod's Ancestors

Self
Margaret MacLeod
1510 – 1580
Birth Place: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan Macleod
1455 – 1547
Dunvegan, Skye, Scotland
Margaret Cameron
1475 – 1547
Locheil, Invrns, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Dubh) Macleod
1415 – 1480
Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Christina? McLean
1428 – 1460
Argyllshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Ian Macleod
1392 – 1442
Margaret Of
1400 – 1451
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Macleod
1365 – 1402
A Maclean
1360 – 1477

Margaret MacLeod's Descendants

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Margaret MacLeod (1510 – 20 Sep 1580) m. James (Dunyveg) MacDonald (1480 – Abt 1539) m. Allan MacIan (Abt 1510 – Abt 1544) m. James MacDonald (1510 – 1580)
  1. 1. Fynewald MacDonald (Abt 1530 – 1567)
  2. 2. Mary Macdonald
  3. 3. William (Og) MacIan (Abt 1541 – Abt 1610)

Margaret MacLeod's Timeline

2 Records

1510
1510
Birth of Margaret MacLeod in Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1580
20 Sep 1580
Age 70
Death of Margaret MacLeod in Inverness-shire, Scotland
Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1580
    Event Place: Inverness-shire, Scotland
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