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Alasdair Crotach MacLeod

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Alasdair Crotach MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair Crotach MacLeòid) (1450 – 1547) is considered to be the eighth chief of Scottish Clan MacLeod. [1]

58 relations: Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds, Anticipatory repudiation, Aonghas Óg, Bannatyne manuscript (Clan MacLeod), Bard, Battle axe, Battle of Bloody Bay, Battle of Glendale (Skye), Birlinn, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Canmore (database), Canna, Scotland, Clan Donald, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan Maclean, Clan MacLeod, Clan MacLeod of Lewis, Clan MacNeil, Claymore, Coroner, Dirk, Dunscaith Castle, Duntulm Castle, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, Effigy, Eigg, Harp, Harris, Scotland, Heaven, Hebrides, Iain Borb MacLeod, Iona, James V of Scotland, James VI and I, John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Legitimacy (family law), List of Scottish monarchs, London, Nickname, North Uist, Officer of arms, Rùm, Rodel, Roderick Macleod of Macleod, Routledge, Scottish clan chief, Scottish Gaelic, Seal (emblem), Seanchaí, ..., Sibling, Sleat, Small Isles, St Clement's Church, Rodel, Trotternish, Walter Scott, Waternish, William Dubh MacLeod. Expand index (8 more) »

Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds

Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds (born 1937) is a former Scottish officer of arms and author.

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Anticipatory repudiation

Anticipatory repudiation, also called an anticipatory breach, is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by the promising party to a contract that he or she does not intend to live up to his or her obligations under the contract.

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Aonghas Óg

Aonghas Óg (died 1490) was a Scottish nobleman who was the last independent Lord of the Isles.

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Bannatyne manuscript (Clan MacLeod)

The Bannatyne manuscript is a traditional account of Clan MacLeod.

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Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Battle axe

A battle axe (also battle-axe or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat.

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Battle of Bloody Bay

The Battle of Bloody Bay, or Blàr Bàgh na Fala in Scottish Gaelic, was a naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland.

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Battle of Glendale (Skye)

The Battle of Glendale was a battle fought on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, between the MacDonalds of Sleat and the MacDonalds of Clanranald, against the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan and the MacLeods of Lewis.

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Birlinn

The birlinn (spelt bìrlinn in Scottish Gaelic) was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on.

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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BM&AG) is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England.

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Canmore (database)

Canmore is an online database maintained by the Historic Environment Scotland since 2015, having previously been maintained by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.

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Canna, Scotland

Canna (Canaigh; Eilean Chanaigh) is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

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Clan Donald

Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald (Clann Dòmhnaill), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans.

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Clan Macdonald of Clanranald

Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, also known as Clan Ranald or Clan Ronald (Clann Raghnaill), is a Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald, one of the largest Scottish clans.

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Clan Maclean

Clan MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Clann MhicIllEathain) is a Highland Scottish clan.

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Clan MacLeod

Clan MacLeod (Clann MhicLeòid) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye.

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Clan MacLeod of Lewis

Clan MacLeod of The Lewes, commonly known as Clan MacLeod of Lewis, is a Highland Scottish clan, which at its height held extensive lands in the Western Isles and west coast of Scotland.

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Clan MacNeil

Clan MacNeil, also known in Scotland as Clan Niall, is a highland Scottish clan, particularly associated with the Outer Hebridean island of Barra.

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Claymore

A claymore (from mòr, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword.

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Coroner

A coroner is a person whose standard role is to confirm and certify the death of an individual within a jurisdiction.

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Dirk

A dirk is a long thrusting dagger.

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Dunscaith Castle

Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Scaich, Dun Sgathaich Castle and Tokavaig, is a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye, in the north-west of Scotland.

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Duntulm Castle

Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Effigy

An effigy is a representation of a specific person in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional medium.

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Eigg

Eigg (italic) is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

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Harp

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.

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Harris, Scotland

Harris (Scottish Gaelic) is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

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Heaven

Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, spirits, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or live.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Suðreyjar) compose a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Iain Borb MacLeod

Iain Borb MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Iain Borb MacLeòid; Anglicised as: John "the Turbulent" MacLeod) (1392–1442) is considered to be the sixth chief of Clan MacLeod.

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Iona

Iona (Ì Chaluim Chille) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland.

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James V of Scotland

James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John of Islay, Earl of Ross

John of Islay (or John MacDonald) (1434–1503) was a late medieval Scottish magnate.

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Legitimacy (family law)

Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce.

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List of Scottish monarchs

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Nickname

A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule.

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North Uist

North Uist (Uibhist a Tuath) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Officer of arms

An officer of arms is a person appointed by a sovereign or state with authority to perform one or more of the following functions.

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Rùm

Rùm(), a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum, is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland.

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Rodel

Rodel (Roghadal) is a village on the south-eastern coast of Harris, an island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides.

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Roderick Macleod of Macleod

Sir Roderick Macleod of Macleod (1573–1626), also known as Rory Mor, was the 15th chief of Clan MacLeod.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Scottish clan chief

The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Seal (emblem)

A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made.

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Seanchaí

A seanchaí (or – plural: seanchaithe) is a traditional Gaelic storyteller/historian.

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Sibling

A sibling is one of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common.

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Sleat

Sleat is a peninsula on the island of Skye in the Highland council area of Scotland, known as "the garden of Skye".

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Small Isles

The Small Isles (Na h-Eileanan Tarsainn) are a small archipelago of islands in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.

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St Clement's Church, Rodel

St Clement's Church (Tùr Chliamhainn, meaning Clement's Tower) is a late fifteenth-century or early sixteenth-century church in Rodel, Harris, Scotland, built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris.

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Trotternish

Trotternish or Tròndairnis (Scottish Gaelic) is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.

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Waternish

Waternish or Bhatairnis/Vaternish is a peninsula approximately long on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the northwest of the island, and traditionally inhabited and owned by Clan MacLeod whose clan seat is at the nearby Dunvegan Castle.

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William Dubh MacLeod

William Dubh MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Dubh MacLeòid) (c. 1415–1480) is considered to be the seventh chief of Clan MacLeod.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_Crotach_MacLeod

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