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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: Ian Macleod

Mother: Margaret Of

Spouse(s): Christina? McLean

Children(s): Alexander Macleod, Alexander Macleod, Alastair Macleod, Lady MacLeod

William Dubh Macleod was born in 1415 in Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of Ian Borb Macleod and Margaret Of. William Dubh Macleod married Christina? McLean, and had children including Alexander Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan Macleod, Alexander Macleod, Alastair Macleod, Lady MacLeod. William Dubh Macleod passed away in 1480 in Bloody Bay, Tobermory, Mull, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William Dubh Macleod was born in 1415 in Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the child of Ian Borb Macleod and Margaret Of.
  • William Dubh Macleod married Christina? McLean, and had children including Alexander Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan Macleod, Alexander Macleod, Alastair Macleod, Lady MacLeod.
  • William Dubh Macleod passed away in 1480 in Bloody Bay, Tobermory, Mull, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ian Macleod
1392 – 1442
Birth Location: Dunvegan,Skye,Inverness-Shire,Scotland
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Margaret Of
1400 – 1451
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Christina? McLean
1428 – 1460
Birth Location: Argyllshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Alexander Macleod
1455 – 1547
Birth Location: Dunvegan, Skye, Scotland
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Alexander Macleod
1460 – 1547
Birth Location: Dunvegan Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Alastair Macleod
1460 –
Birth Location: –
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Lady MacLeod
1462 – 1520
Birth Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland
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William Macleod's Ancestors

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William Macleod
1415 – 1480
Birth Place: Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Ian Borb Macleod
1392 – 1442
Dunvegan,Skye,Inverness-Shire,Scotland
Margaret Of
1400 – 1451
Grandparents
William (Cleirach) Macleod
1365 – 1402
Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
A Maclean
1360 – 1477
Great-Grandparents
John Macleod
1330 – 1392
An ONeill
1340 – 1450
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Malcolm Macleod
1296 – 1370
Marjorie Campbell
1315 –

William Macleod's Descendants

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William (Dubh) Macleod (1415 – 1480) m. Christina? McLean (1428 – 1460)
  1. 1. Alexander (Alastair Crottach 8th Chief of Clan) Macleod (1455 – 1547) m. Margaret Cameron (1475 – 1547)
    1. 1. Mary MacLeod (1493 – 1582)
    2. 2. William MacLeod (1505 – 15 Sep 1551)
    3. 3. Torman (Norman Macleod (12th Chief of Clan) Dunvegan) (1509 – March 1584) m. Lady (Janet Julia MacLean, Lady of Duart) Castle (11 Mar 1524 – 1568) m. Janet Campbell
      1. 1. Margaret MacLeod (1533 – )
      2. 2. Roderick (Rory Ruairidh Mor "Rory the Great" Macleod, 15th Chief of Clan MacLeod (Harris &) Dunvegan)l (1558 – 1626) m. Isabella MacDonald (1567 – 1615) m. Lady (Marjory (Janet)) MacKenzie (1549 – 1578) m. Janet (of Kintail MacKenzie) **** (1588 – 1630) m. Catherine MacDonald (ABT 1590 – DECEASED)
        1. 1. Margaret MacLeod (1594 – Abt 1650)
        2. 2. John (Ian) Macleod (1595 – Sep 1649)
        3. 3. Mary MacLeod (about 1595 – Abt 1660)
        4. 4. Marion ((Mor Mhor)) MacLeod (1596 – Abt. 1650)
        5. 5. Moire MacLeod (1596 – aft 1660)
        6. 6. Mary (MacLeod of) Skye (1596 – Aft. 1627)
        7. 7. Roderick Macleod (1597 – 1675)
        8. 8. John (Ian Macleod 14th Chief of Clan) Macleod (1598 – Sep 1649) m. Sybella Mackenzie (1599 – 1635)
        9. 9. Donald MacLean (1601 – )
        10. 10. Norman ((Sir) (1st of Bernera)) Macleod (1614 – Mar 03, 1705) m. Catherine McDonald (1635 – ) m. Margaret MacKenzie (1601 – )
        11. 11. Donald (MacLeod of) Greshornish (1619 – 1706)
        12. 12. Florence ("Flora") MacLeod (1626 – 1726)
        13. 13. Sir (Roderick Rory MacLeod, 1st Lord of) Tallisker (1606 – 1675)
        14. 14. Flora MacLeod (1625 – )
      3. 3. William MacLeod (1560 – 1590)
      4. 4. Alexander (Alisdair) MacLeod (1570 – 1626)
      5. 5. Florence MacLeod (1580 – )
      6. 6. Christina MacLeod
    4. 4. Norman MacLeod (1509 – Mar 1584)
    5. 5. 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)
    6. 6. Anne MacLeod (1512 – bef 1585)
    7. 7. Donald MacLeod (1517 – 1557)
    8. 8. Tormod MacLeod (1520 – Mar 1584)
    9. 9. Margaret Macleod (1525 – 20 Sep 1580)
    10. 10. Margaret MacLeod (1525 – 20 Sep 1780)
    11. 11. Margaret Macleod (1525 – 20 Sep 1580)
    12. 12. Margaret (Dunvegan) MacLeod (1525 – 20 Sep 1780)
    13. 13. Isabella McLeod (1758 – 18 Sep 1847)
    14. 14. Margaret Macleod (28 Nov 1853 – 02 May 1913)
    15. 15. Macleod
    16. 16. Macleod
    17. 17. Macleod
  2. 2. Alexander Macleod (1460 – 1547)
  3. 3. Alastair Macleod (1460 – )
  4. 4. Lady MacLeod (1462 – Abt 1520)

William Macleod's Timeline

2 Records

1415
1415
Birth of William Dubh Macleod in Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Skye, Inverness-shire, 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: 1415
    Event Place: Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Bloody Bay, Tobermory, Mull, Scotland
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