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Sir Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" MacLeod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod 1558–1626 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1558

Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Death Date: Jan 1626

Death Location: Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Father: Donald Grim)

Mother: Lady Macleod-Macdonald

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Sir Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" MacLeod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod was born in 1558 in Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, the child of Donald Grumach Thomas 4Th Baron Of Sleat Macdonald Donald The Grim And Lady Mary Macleod Macdonald. Sir Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" MacLeod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod passed away in 1626 in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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  • Sir Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" MacLeod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod was born in 1558 in Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, the child of Donald Grumach Thomas 4Th Baron Of Sleat Macdonald Donald The Grim And Lady Mary Macleod Macdonald.
  • Sir Roderick "Ruairidh Mor" MacLeod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod passed away in 1626 in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Sir MacLeod's Ancestors

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Sir MacLeod
1558–1626
Birth Place: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Parents
Donald Grumach Thomas (4th Baron of Sleat) MacDonald (Donald the Grim)
1480–1539
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Lady (Mary) Macleod-Macdonald
1489–1522
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Donald (Gallach Richard Sleat) Macdonald
1460–1506
Sleat, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Agnes (of Islay and the Glens) MacDonald
1460–1480
Isle Of Islay, Argyll, Scotland
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Sir MacLeod's Timeline

2 Records

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

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    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: Jan 1626
    Event Place: Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland

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