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Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod 1558–1626 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1558

Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Death Date: 3 Jan 1626

Death Location: Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Father: Tormud MacLeod

Mother: Marian Maclean

Spouse(s): Marjory MacKenzie

Children(s): Sir MacDonald

Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod was born in 1558 in Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, the child of Tormud Norman Macleod And Marian Maclean. Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod married Marjory Janet Mackenzie, and had children including Sir James Ian Mor Macdonald. Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod passed away in 1626 in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod was born in 1558 in Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, the child of Tormud Norman Macleod And Marian Maclean.
  • Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod married Marjory Janet Mackenzie, and had children including Sir James Ian Mor Macdonald.
  • Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod passed away in 1626 in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Tormud MacLeod
1519–1584
Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marian Maclean
1524–1573
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Marjory MacKenzie
1549–1578
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
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Children(s)

Sir MacDonald
1575–1678
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Roderick Macleod's Ancestors

Self
Roderick Macleod
1558–1626
Birth Place: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Parents
Tormud Norman MacLeod
1519–1584
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marian Maclean
1524–1573
Duart Castle, Duart, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Ian (MacAlister Muiderteach MacDonald (8th Chief of ClanRanald &) Moldart)
1502–1584
Tioram Castle, Loch Moidart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret ("Of Auchnamurchan" MacLain MacDonald of) Ardnamurchan
1505–1595
Ardnamurchan, Argyll, SCOTLAND
Donald (Dubh na Caisteal (2nd Laird of Blaaich, 3rd Laird of Treshnish)) McLean
1500–1545
Treshnish, Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Meve (Mary) MacDonald of Dunnyveg (MacDonald of Glengarry), Lady of Islay-The Glens-Duart and) Moren
1518–1550
Isle of Islay, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander M
1470–1529
Emily MacKintosh
1473–1523
Alexander Isles
1459–1540
Lady Argyll
1465–1528
Alexander Ardnamurchan)
1480–1538
Catherine MacDonald
1500–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dunnyveg
1440–1499
Cecilia Savage
1440–1495

Roderick Macleod's Descendants

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Roderick ("Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of) Macleod (1558–3 Jan 1626) m. Marjory (Janet) MacKenzie (1549–1578)
  1. 1. Sir (James Ian Mor) MacDonald 1575–1678 m. Mary (Elizabeth MacLeod of) Raasay 1610–1710 m. Mary MacLeod 1575–1648
    1. 1. Katherine MacDonald 1635–1726 m. Capt (John) Grant 1646–1726
      1. 1. William Grant 1660–1736 m. Isobel Wright 1670–1708
        1. 1. Elspet Grant 1683–1771 m. George Willson 1680–1741
      2. 2. Catherine Grant 1680–
      3. 3. Hugh Grant 1678–1726
      4. 4. Patrick Grant 1676–1726
      5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Grant 1665–1703
      6. 6. John Grant 1672–1726
    2. 2. John Macdonald 1661–1713
    3. 3. Somerled (I) Macdonald 1654–1700
    4. 4. Roderick (I) Macdonald 1644–1693
    5. 5. Marion MacDonald 1600–1678
    6. 6. Hugh Macdonald 1640–1696
    7. 7. Mary Macdonald 1668–1726
    8. 8. Thomas MacKgehee 1653–1727
    9. 9. Florence MacDonald 1639–1690
    10. 10. Donald (MacDonald ... Sir, Knight of Sleat, 10th Chief of Clan Donald of Sleat, 3rd Baronet of) Sleat 1633–1695
    11. 11. Ranald Macdonald 1660–1742
    12. 12. Angus (Archibald MacDonald) MacDonell 1640–1720

Roderick Macleod's Timeline

2 Records

1558
1558
Birth of Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod in Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
1626
3 Jan 1626
Age 68
Death of Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" Macleod 15th Chief of Macleod in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1626
    Event Place: Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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