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William Dubh Macleod 1415–1480 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1415

Birth Location: Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland

Death Date: 1480

Death Location: Bloody Bay,Tobermory,Mull,Scotland

Father: Iain MacLeod

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Giles Maclean, Lady McLean

Children(s): Alexander Macleod, Alasdair Chief, Barbara MacLeod, Roderick Macleod, Alexander MacLeod, John MacLeod

The story of William Dubh Macleod began in 1415 in Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland. William Dubh Macleod married Giles Julia Maclean, Lady Maryann Mclean, and had children including Alasdair Macleod Chief, Alexander Alastair Crottach The Humpbacked Macleod 8Th Chief Of The Clan Macleod, Alexander Macleod, Barbara Macleod, John Macleod, Roderick Ruairidh Macleod. William Dubh Macleod passed away in 1480 in Bloody Bay,Tobermory,Mull,Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of William Dubh Macleod began in 1415 in Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland.
  • William Dubh Macleod married Giles Julia Maclean, Lady Maryann Mclean, and had children including Alasdair Macleod Chief, Alexander Alastair Crottach The Humpbacked Macleod 8Th Chief Of The Clan Macleod, Alexander Macleod, Barbara Macleod, John Macleod, Roderick Ruairidh Macleod.
  • William Dubh Macleod passed away in 1480 in Bloody Bay,Tobermory,Mull,Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Iain MacLeod
1392–1448
Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1392–1451
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
MD

Spouses(s)

Giles Maclean
1426–
Birth Location: Duart
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Lady McLean
1420–1460
Birth Location: , , Argyllshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Alexander Macleod
1455–1547
Birth Location: Dunvegan, Skye, Scotland
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Alasdair Chief
1460–1547
Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
AC
Barbara MacLeod
1462–1520
Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
BM
Roderick Macleod
1462–1525
Birth Location: Andcromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
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Alexander MacLeod
1455–1547
Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Scotland
AM
John MacLeod
1448–
Birth Location: Sollas, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
JM

William Macleod's Ancestors

Self
William Macleod
1415–1480
Birth Place: Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
Parents
Iain Bord "John the Fierce" MacLeod
1392–1448
Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1392–1451
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Cleireach, "the Clerk" Macleod, Fifth) Chief
1365–1409
Dunvegan,Skye,Invernesshire,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Dunvegan
1320–1392
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Malcolm Chief
1296–1370

William Macleod's Descendants

1.
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William (Dubh) Macleod (1415–1480) m. Giles (Julia) Maclean (1426–) m. Lady (Maryann) McLean (1420–1460)
  1. 1. Alexander (Alastair "Crottach" the Humpbacked Macleod 8th Chief of the Clan) Macleod 1455–1547 m. Margaret Cameron 1475–1547
    1. 1. Norman MACLEOD 1509–1584 m. Julia MacLean 1526–1568 m. Janet MacLean 1525–1573 m. Marion MacLean 1530– m. Janet Campbell 1545–1577 m. Janet Campbell 1515–1590 m. Jill (of Duart) MacLean 1526–1568
      1. 1. Sir (Roderick "Rory") MacLeod, 1558–1626 m. Isabella MacDonald 1567–1615 m. Majory (Mary) Mackenzie 1549–1578
        1. 1. John ("Ian Mor" MacLeod, 16th of) Dunvegan 1598–1649 m. Margaret MacKenzie 1605–1641 m. Sybella Mackenzie 1599–1635
        2. 2. Sir (Norman MacLeod🧩 1st Lord of Berneray, 4th Chief of Waternish, Laird of) Skye 1614–1705 m. Catherine MacDonald 1635–1675 m. Margaret (Mackenzie (of) Lochflyne) 1614–1648
        3. 3. Mary MacLeod 1575–1610
        4. 4. Sir (Roderick Rory MacLeod, 1st Lord of) Tallisker 1606–1675
        5. 5. William (MacLeod "of) Hamer" 1617–1698
        6. 6. Janet MacLeod 1621–1700
        7. 7. Florence (Flora) MacLeod 1625–1726
        8. 8. Isabel MacLeod 1600–1680
        9. 9. Donald MacLean 1601–1619
        10. 10. Norman MacLeod 1597–1705
        11. 11. Margaret MacLeod 1598–1650
        12. 12. Moire MacLeod 1596–1660
      2. 2. Margaret MacLeod 1560–
      3. 3. Alexander (Alistair) MacLeod 1560–1626
      4. 4. Allan (Mac) Donald 1547–1593
      5. 5. John (Strome) Macdonald 1547–1547
      6. 6. Marion MacDonald 1554–1594
      7. 7. Rudolph (M) Macleod 1558–1626
      8. 8. Donald (MacAngus MacDonald, 8th Chief Laird of Clan MacDonald of) Glengarry 1545–1645
      9. 9. William MacLeod 1560–1590
      10. 10. Angus (Og) MacDonald 1537–1602
      11. 11. Letitia (Clanranald) Macdonald 1556–
      12. 12. Ranald (1st Benbecula) Macdonald 1556–1636
      13. 13. Aeneas ((Angus) II) MacDonald 1548–1602
      14. 14. Jannet (Mac) Leod 1544–1636
      15. 15. Christina MacLeod 1565–1620
      16. 16. Alexander (MacLeod of) Minginish 1570–1626
      17. 17. Florence MacLeod 1580–1650
      18. 18. Alexander (Alasdair) Macleod 1570–1611
      19. 19. William MacLeod 1560–1590
    2. 2. Anne MacLeod 1504–1580
    3. 3. Donald MacLeod 1517–1557
    4. 4. B ((possibly Bruce)) MacLeod 1515–1580
    5. 5. William MacLeod 1517–1551
    6. 6. Mary MACLEOD 1510–1580
    7. 7. Margaret MacLeod 1577–1592 m. Sir (Roderick Rory Tarbat) MacKenzie 1579–1626
      1. 1. Mary MacKenzie 1615–1710 m. Sir (James Ian Mor (1643 9th Laird of Sleat and 2nd Baronet)) Macdonald 1605–1678 m. James Macdonald 1605–1682
        1. 1. Catherine MacDonald 1635–1675 m. Sir (Norman MacLeod🧩 1st Lord of Berneray, 4th Chief of Waternish, Laird of) Skye 1614–1705
        2. 2. Lady (Marion) Mcdonald 1656–1678
        3. 3. GLENCOE (SURVIVOR HUGH Glenmore) MCDONALD 1640–1696
        4. 4. Florence MacDonald 1639–1690
        5. 5. Sir (Roderick I) Macdonald 1636–1693
        6. 6. Somerled (I "Samuel" MacDonald 1st of) Sartle 1641–1696
        7. 7. Katherine Macdonald 1642–1726
        8. 8. John Macdonald 1661–1713
        9. 9. Sir (Donald, 10th of Sleat, 3rd Baronet of Sleat,) MacDonald 1659–1695
        10. 10. Ranald Macdonald 1660–1742
        11. 11. Somerled (I) Macdonald 1654–1700
        12. 12. Sir (Donald I) MacDonald, 1628–1695
        13. 13. Captain (Angus Hugh) MacDonald 1638–1696
        14. 14. Angus (Archibald MacDonell) MacDonald 1640–1720
        15. 15. Margaret McDonald 1635–1726
      2. 2. James Mackenzie 1629–1647
      3. 3. Sir (John MacKenzie 1st Baronet of) Tarbat 1604–1654
      4. 4. Hector Mackenzie 1609–1654
      5. 5. Kenneth Mackenzie 1615–1662
      6. 6. Isabella Mackenzie 1613–1639
      7. 7. Alexander (I Ballone) MacKenzie 1604–1654
      8. 8. Colin MacKenzie 1604–1654
      9. 9. Sir (Roderick) MACKENZIE 1625–1664
      10. 10. Charles MACKENZIE 1627–1629
      11. 11. John (Sir of Tarbet) MacKenzie 1608–1654
      12. 12. Sir (Kenneth) Mackenzie 1615–1662
      13. 13. Alexander ((I of Ballone)) MacKenzie 1611–1645
      14. 14. Lady (Margaret "of Cogeach") MacKenzie 1610–1660
    8. 8. Margaret MacLeod 1509–1580 m. Angus (Uaimhreach) Macdonald 1519–1565
      1. 1. Allan (VI) MacDonald 1530–1614
  2. 2. Alasdair (MacLeod) Chief 1460–1547
  3. 3. Barbara MacLeod 1462–1520
  4. 4. Roderick (Ruairidh) Macleod 1462–1525
  5. 5. Alexander MacLeod 1455–1547
  6. 6. John MacLeod 1448–

William Macleod's Timeline

4 Records

1415
1415
Birth of William Dubh Macleod in Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
1425
1425
Age 10
Birth of William Dubh Macleod in Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1480
1480
Age 65
Death of William Dubh Macleod in Bloody Bay, Tobermory, Mull, Scotland
Bloody Bay, Tobermory, Mull, Scotland
1480
1480
Age 65
Death of William Dubh Macleod in Bloody Bay,Tobermory,Mull,Scotland
Bloody Bay,Tobermory,Mull,Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1415
    Event Place: Skye, Inverness-shire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The MacLeods of Dunvegan

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Bloody Bay, Tobermory, Mull, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Bloody Bay,Tobermory,Mull,Scotland
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