Griogair mac Alpin

• Preferred Name: Griogair mac Alpin^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Gregor
  
• Alternate Name: Grégor Of Scotland
  
• Alternate Name: Gregor Prince of Scotland
  
• Gender: M
  
• National Identification: with note: Description: IND9559
  
• Death: 868 in Scotland
  
• Birth: ABT 820 in Scotland
  
• FSID: LW6L-S3D
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Grigair mac Ailpín1
  b. circa 820, d. 868
  Grigair mac Ailpín was born circa 820.1
  He was the son of Ailpín mac Eochaid.1
  He died in 868.1
  Citations
  1. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
  
  Gregor-Giric
  Gregor is a later rendition of a Scots-Pict name of Giric, or Grig.
  
  Other records and histories have his father as Dúngal, a cousin of King Alpin.
  
  Giric mac Dúngail was a king of the Picts or the k
  
  === "A Guide to Irish Roots," pg II-44; fath ===
  "A Guide to Irish Roots," pg II-44; father of MacGregors and Greers; www.parsonstech.com/genealogy for death date and place; he was regent of Strathclyde and Tutor of Hugh MacRun, and was slain at the fortress of Dundurn near Comrie in Strathearn (probably by Pictish priests or their henchmen). O'Hart Irish Pedigrees; Anglo-Irish and Other Genealogies, (941.5 D2oha 1976 Vol. 2) pp 234-5 states that Prince Gregor had two sons and was the third son of Alpin, King of Scotland who died 834.
  
  === Alpin’s third son, Gregor, founded a fa ===
  Alpin’s third son, Gregor, founded a family line that was to become the Clan Gregor, descendants of which would be known by the family name MacGregor. As time passed and the kings of Scotland established their supremacy over the clans, a number of clans used the kings’ need for loyal clan leaders to increase their own power and holdings. The MacGregors were not among these, but were instead neighbors of other clans that were. Over time the MacGregors’ own lands were gradually lost to other clans, most notably the Campbells - whose expansions in Argyll and into Breadalbane put the MacGregors at a great disadvantage. The Campbells also obtained control of some MacGregor lands by marriage. The MacGregors held to the old clan custom of defending their name and possessions by the sword, and did not seek royal charters to their lands - charters they did not think the kings were empowered to give or withhold. Eventually they found themselves limited to small holdings at Loch Lomond, and in the glens of Orchy, Strae and Gyle. Finally, at the dawn of the 17th century, a band of MacGregors, refused customary Highland hospitality by the Colquhouns of Luss, whose land they were crossing, took refuge in a barn and slaughtered and ate a sheep they came upon. The next morning, despite offers to pay their hosts for the sheep, the MacGregors were arrested and summarily executed. In retaliation, MacGregors attacked and raided the Colquhoun holding, an act that, while justified under the code of Highland conduct, merely escalated matters. The Colquhouns paraded a number of clanswomen, falsely claiming them to be the widows of the Luss raid, before King James VI (who would later become King James I of England), each one mounted and carrying aloft a shirt supposed to have been worn by her fictitious slain husband (the shirts having been decorated with sheep’s blood for the purpose). The King, who couldn’t stand the sight of blood, believed the lies and readily granted the Col quhouns official permission to take revenge. The MacGregors slaughtered them again -- this time for real. The battle at Glenfruin resulted in the deaths of eighty Colquhoun men, with negligible losses among the MacGregors. To this day, the victory is remembered in Clan Gregor’s pipe music, "The Chase of Glenfruin." The King and his Privy Council thus issued in 1603 an Act of Proscription, denying anyone bearing the name MacGregor the protection of the law. The clan’s chief and a number of its leaders surrendered on condition they be given safe passage from Scotland, but as soon as they had crossed over into England they were treacherously turned about and taken to the Tolbooth in Edinburgh, where they were executed. Afterward, for more than 170 years it was literally against the law in Britain to be a MacGregor -- except for an interlude between 1661 and 1693. For this reason, Robert Roy MacGregor, the famed Highland outlaw, adopted the surname of his mother - Campbell - and thus was able to secure some measure of protection from the Campbell chief, the Duke of Argyll. Rob Roy’s ongoing feud with the Duke of Montrose (not Marquis, as given in the movie) ended in Rob’s favor, with Rob dying of old age at home. In the 1770s the proscription was lifted, but the clan’s lands, lost in the meantime, have not been restored. In 1959, Sir Gregor MacGregor, Baronet, became the clan’s present chief, and went on to achieve the Royal Army rank of brigadier (equivalent to brigadier general in the U.S. Army). As of 1997 he lives at Bannatyne, in the town of Newtyle, Angus, Scotland. Scotland, Virginia, and the McGehees: A Time line This time line contains no theories or opinions, only observations gleaned from factual research by a variety of sources. 1602, early winter: Luss, Scotland (beside Loch Lomond) Two MacGregors, traveling through the area as night falls, ask for food and shelter from a family of Colquhouns, who refuse -- an offense against Highland custom. Th e MacGregors take refuge in a hut and dine on a sheep they have caught in pasture, which is in keeping with Highland custom. The next morning, the MacGregors are arrested and executed for the theft of the sheep, their offers of repayment ignored. 1602, December 7: Rossdhu, Scotland (Colquhouns’ castle by Loch Lomond) A raiding party of eighty MacGregor men takes revenge on the Colquhouns, killing two men and taking hundreds of sheep, goats, horses and cattle into Argyll. 1603: Stirling, Scotland Several women are paraded before King James VI, bearing aloft bloody shirts allegedly worn by their husbands who supposedly were slain in the MacGregor raid (in fact, the shirts were stained with sheep’s blood). The King, unable to stand the sight of blood, grants the Colquhoun chief the right to take revenge on the MacGregors. 1603, February 7: Glenfruin, Scotland The MacGregor chief, Alasdair of Glenstrae -- heeding the advice of the Campbell chief, the Earl of Argyll (who though feuding with Colquhoun had no reason to wish the MacGregors well) -- leads his clan against the Colquhouns to avenge the bald deceit undertaken at Stirling. Although the Colquhouns had 800 men to the MacGregors’ 300, the battle was a rout in favor of the MacGregors. Eighty Colquhouns were killed, and yet another lifting of Colquhoun sheep, goats, horses and cattle ensued. 1603, March 24: England Queen Elizabeth I dies; her designated heir, Scotland’s King James VI, becomes England’s King James I. 1603, April 3: Scotland Responding to the King’s order to "extirpate Clan Gregor and to ruit oot their posteritie and name," the Privy Council proscribes the names Gregor and MacGregor and prohibits any MacGregor from carrying arms. 1603, April 5: Scotland King James VI departs Scotland for London to take the English throne. 1604, January 20: Edinburgh After having been treacherously taken prisoner by Argyll and delivered to Edinburgh, Alasdair of Glenstrae and five of his close kin are hanged at Mercat Cross. 1604, January: Scotland Clan Gregor, in a spontaneous rising, takes revenge on the Campbells -- laying waste to their holdings across the country, before dropping from sight and taking the names of other, neighboring clans. 1607, Virginia Colony Settlers establish a capital town on an island off the north bank of the James River, and name it for the King of England and Scotland: Jamestown. 1611: Scotland MacGregors are forbidden the sale of arms. 1612: Scotland James Graham, destined to be created the 1st Marquis of Montrose and to lead a Highland army (including MacGregors) for King Charles I in the Scottish Civil War, is born. 1613: Scotland MacGregors are forbidden to assemble in groups of five or more; they are also forbidden to cut their meat with pointed knives. 1621: Scotland The 1603 Proscription is extended to the new generation of MacGregors. 1625, March 25: England King James I dies, is succeeded by his son Charles I. 1627: Scotland The 1603 Proscription is further applied to the children of the generation proscribed in 1621. 1633: Scotland Members of the clergy are forbidden to christen any child with the name Gregor; also, "Letters of Fire and Sword," authorizing more reprisals, are issued in response to new MacGregor uprisings. 1642 Civil War erupts in England and, later, Scotland; King Charles I is opposed by the Parliamentarians in England and their allies the Covenanters in Scotland. 1644-45: Scotland Montrose’s campaign against the Covenanters in Scotland. Clan Gregor’s participation under their new chief, Patrick Roy of Glenstrae, leads Montrose to pledge (7 June 1645) in the name of King Charles that the MacGregors’ name and lands will be restored once Parliamentarian leader Oliver Cromwell and his allies are defeated. Three months later, Montrose is defeated and captured. After his execution, his head is displayed at the Tolbooth in Edinburgh. 1649, January 30: London King Charles I is beheaded. Cromwell’s Commonwealth is proclaimed in London. 1651, January 1: Scone, Scotland Charles II is crowned King of Scotland, but after Cromwell’s forces defeat his the young King is forced to flee to France (17 October). 1653, April 14: York County, Virginia William MackGahye is listed as a "headright" on a grant of 1000 acres to William Hoccaday. This means MackGahye is indentured to Hoccaday for a term of years, while the indenture accounts for a portion of the land grant to Hoccaday. 1658, September 3: England Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, dies. He is succeeded by his son, Richard, who will maintain the Commonwealth until May 25, 1659. 1658, November 17: York County Court, Virginia William MaGahee is a witness in a case concerning a canoe. In testimony he gives his age as 40 years. This would put him in his mid to late 20s during Montrose’s campaign. 1660, May 29: London Charles II arrives to take the throne denied him since his father’s death in 1649. 1661: London King Charles II lifts the 1603 Act of Proscription against Clan Gregor. Although the MacGregors hope to regain their lands as well, this does not come about due to fears that the new Earl of Argyll might become too powerful; Charles’ advisers choose to groom John Campbell of Glenorchy -- who holds the lands Clan Gregor wants restored -- as a counterbalance to Argyll. 1679, April 25: Virginia Thomas Mackgehey purchases 150 acres in Pamunkey Neck from George Smith. This strongly implies his date of birth was no later than 1658. 1685, February 6: England King Charles II dies, is succeeded by his Catholic younger brother, James II. 1688 King James II is driven from the throne, and William of Orange, husband of James’ daughter Mary, takes the throne as William III -- inaugurating the reign of "William and Mary." 1689, May 4: Virginia Thomas MackGehee is appointed a land processioner at a vestry at St. Peter’s Parish Church. The church serves portions of both James City County and New Ke nt County (a portion of which will later become K
  
  === Alpin’s third son Giric (Gregor) ===
  Alpin’s third son, Gregor, founded a family line that was to become the Clan Gregor, descendants of which would be known by the family name MacGregor. As time passed and the kings of Scotland established their supremacy over the clans, a number of clans used the kings’ need for loyal clan leaders to increase their own power and holdings. The MacGregors were not among these, but were instead neighbors of other clans that were. Over time the MacGregors’ own lands were gradually lost to other clans, most notably the Campbells - whose expansions in Argyll and into Breadalbane put the MacGregors at a great disadvantage. The Campbells also obtained control of some MacGregor lands by marriage. The MacGregors held to the old clan custom of defending their name and possessions by the sword, and did not seek royal charters to their lands - charters they did not think the kings were empowered to give or withhold. Eventually they found themselves limited to small holdings at Loch Lomond, and in the glens of Orchy, Strae and Gyle. Finally, at the dawn of the 17th century, a band of MacGregors, refused customary Highland hospitality by the Colquhouns of Luss, whose land they were crossing, took refuge in a barn and slaughtered and ate a sheep they came upon. The next morning, despite offers to pay their hosts for the sheep, the MacGregors were arrested and summarily executed. In retaliation, MacGregors attacked and raided the Colquhoun holding, an act that, while justified under the code of Highland conduct, merely escalated matters. The Colquhouns paraded a number of clanswomen, falsely claiming them to be the widows of the Luss raid, before King James VI (who would later become King James I of England), each one mounted and carrying aloft a shirt supposed to have been worn by her fictitious slain husband (the shirts having been decorated with sheep’s blood for the purpose). The King, who couldn’t stand the sight of blood, believed the lies and readily granted the Col quhouns official permission to take revenge. The MacGregors slaughtered them again -- this time for real. The battle at Glenfruin resulted in the deaths of eighty Colquhoun men, with negligible losses among the MacGregors. To this day, the victory is remembered in Clan Gregor’s pipe music, "The Chase of Glenfruin." The King and his Privy Council thus issued in 1603 an Act of Proscription, denying anyone bearing the name MacGregor the protection of the law. The clan’s chief and a number of its leaders surrendered on condition they be given safe passage from Scotland, but as soon as they had crossed over into England they were treacherously turned about and taken to the Tolbooth in Edinburgh, where they were executed. Afterward, for more than 170 years it was literally against the law in Britain to be a MacGregor -- except for an interlude between 1661 and 1693. For this reason, Robert Roy MacGregor, the famed Highland outlaw, adopted the surname of his mother - Campbell - and thus was able to secure some measure of protection from the Campbell chief, the Duke of Argyll. Rob Roy’s ongoing feud with the Duke of Montrose (not Marquis, as given in the movie) ended in Rob’s favor, with Rob dying of old age at home. In the 1770s the proscription was lifted, but the clan’s lands, lost in the meantime, have not been restored. In 1959, Sir Gregor MacGregor, Baronet, became the clan’s present chief, and went on to achieve the Royal Army rank of brigadier (equivalent to brigadier general in the U.S. Army). As of 1997 he lives at Bannatyne, in the town of Newtyle, Angus, Scotland. Scotland, Virginia, and the McGehees: A Time line This time line contains no theories or opinions, only observations gleaned from factual research by a variety of sources. 1602, early winter: Luss, Scotland (beside Loch Lomond) Two MacGregors, traveling through the area as night falls, ask for food and shelter from a family of Colquhouns, who refuse -- an offense against Highland custom. Th e MacGregors take refuge in a hut and dine on a sheep they have caught in pasture, which is in keeping with Highland custom. The next morning, the MacGregors are arrested and executed for the theft of the sheep, their offers of repayment ignored. 1602, December 7: Rossdhu, Scotland (Colquhouns’ castle by Loch Lomond) A raiding party of eighty MacGregor men takes revenge on the Colquhouns, killing two men and taking hundreds of sheep, goats, horses and cattle into Argyll. 1603: Stirling, Scotland Several women are paraded before King James VI, bearing aloft bloody shirts allegedly worn by their husbands who supposedly were slain in the MacGregor raid (in fact, the shirts were stained with sheep’s blood). The King, unable to stand the sight of blood, grants the Colquhoun chief the right to take revenge on the MacGregors. 1603, February 7: Glenfruin, Scotland The MacGregor chief, Alasdair of Glenstrae -- heeding the advice of the Campbell chief, the Earl of Argyll (who though feuding with Colquhoun had no reason to wish the MacGregors well) -- leads his clan against the Colquhouns to avenge the bald deceit undertaken at Stirling. Although the Colquhouns had 800 men to the MacGregors’ 300, the battle was a rout in favor of the MacGregors. Eighty Colquhouns were killed, and yet another lifting of Colquhoun sheep, goats, horses and cattle ensued. 1603, March 24: England Queen Elizabeth I dies; her designated heir, Scotland’s King James VI, becomes England’s King James I. 1603, April 3: Scotland Responding to the King’s order to "extirpate Clan Gregor and to ruit oot their posteritie and name," the Privy Council proscribes the names Gregor and MacGregor and prohibits any MacGregor from carrying arms. 1603, April 5: Scotland King James VI departs Scotland for London to take the English throne. 1604, January 20: Edinburgh After having been treacherously taken prisoner by Argyll and delivered to Edinburgh, Alasdair of Glenstrae and five of his close kin are hanged at Mercat Cross. 1604, January: Scotland Clan Gregor, in a spontaneous rising, takes revenge on the Campbells -- laying waste to their holdings across the country, before dropping from sight and taking the names of other, neighboring clans. 1607, Virginia Colony Settlers establish a capital town on an island off the north bank of the James River, and name it for the King of England and Scotland: Jamestown. 1611: Scotland MacGregors are forbidden the sale of arms. 1612: Scotland James Graham, destined to be created the 1st Marquis of Montrose and to lead a Highland army (including MacGregors) for King Charles I in the Scottish Civil War, is born. 1613: Scotland MacGregors are forbidden to assemble in groups of five or more; they are also forbidden to cut their meat with pointed knives. 1621: Scotland The 1603 Proscription is extended to the new generation of MacGregors. 1625, March 25: England King James I dies, is succeeded by his son Charles I. 1627: Scotland The 1603 Proscription is further applied to the children of the generation proscribed in 1621. 1633: Scotland Members of the clergy are forbidden to christen any child with the name Gregor; also, "Letters of Fire and Sword," authorizing more reprisals, are issued in response to new MacGregor uprisings. 1642 Civil War erupts in England and, later, Scotland; King Charles I is opposed by the Parliamentarians in England and their allies the Covenanters in Scotland. 1644-45: Scotland Montrose’s campaign against the Covenanters in Scotland. Clan Gregor’s participation under their new chief, Patrick Roy of Glenstrae, leads Montrose to pledge (7 June 1645) in the name of King Charles that the MacGregors’ name and lands will be restored once Parliamentarian leader Oliver Cromwell and his allies are defeated. Three months later, Montrose is defeated and captured. After his execution, his head is displayed at the Tolbooth in Edinburgh. 1649, January 30: London King Charles I is beheaded. Cromwell’s Commonwealth is proclaimed in London. 1651, January 1: Scone, Scotland Charles II is crowned King of Scotland, but after Cromwell’s forces defeat his the young King is forced to flee to France (17 October). 1653, April 14: York County, Virginia William MackGahye is listed as a "headright" on a grant of 1000 acres to William Hoccaday. This means MackGahye is indentured to Hoccaday for a term of years, while the indenture accounts for a portion of the land grant to Hoccaday. 1658, September 3: England Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, dies. He is succeeded by his son, Richard, who will maintain the Commonwealth until May 25, 1659. 1658, November 17: York County Court, Virginia William MaGahee is a witness in a case concerning a canoe. In testimony he gives his age as 40 years. This would put him in his mid to late 20s during Montrose’s campaign. 1660, May 29: London Charles II arrives to take the throne denied him since his father’s death in 1649. 1661: London King Charles II lifts the 1603 Act of Proscription against Clan Gregor. Although the MacGregors hope to regain their lands as well, this does not come about due to fears that the new Earl of Argyll might become too powerful; Charles’ advisers choose to groom John Campbell of Glenorchy -- who holds the lands Clan Gregor wants restored -- as a counterbalance to Argyll. 1679, April 25: Virginia Thomas Mackgehey purchases 150 acres in Pamunkey Neck from George Smith. This strongly implies his date of birth was no later than 1658. 1685, February 6: England King Charles II dies, is succeeded by his Catholic younger brother, James II. 1688 King James II is driven from the throne, and William of Orange, husband of James’ daughter Mary, takes the throne as William III -- inaugurating the reign of "William and Mary." 1689, May 4: Virginia Thomas MackGehee is appointed a land processioner at a vestry at St. Peter’s Parish Church. The church serves portions of both James City County and New Ke nt County (a portion of which will later become K

1. Dougallus mac Griogair, b. 850 in Strathclyde Scotland     d. 900 in Scotland

1. Title: Grigair mac Ailpín in Alpín mac Echdach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alp%C3%ADn_mac_Echdach;
   Note: Alpín mac Echdach King of Dal Riata (?) Reign c. 831 - July or August 834 Successor Kenneth MacAlpin Died 20 July 834 (or August 834) Galloway, Scotland Issue Domnall mac Ailpín Kenneth MacAlpin Grigair mac Ailpín Alpín mac Echdach was a supposed king of Dál Riata, an ancient kingdom that included parts of Ireland and Scotland. Alpín was included in a pedigree chart created in the 10th century to connect the kings of Alba (Scotland) to legendary Dál Riatan and Irish ancestors. In this pedigree, Alpín's father is Eochaid, an Irish name, yet he becomes the father of Cináed (Kenneth MacAlpin) and Domnall mac Ailpín. Cináed and Alpín are the names of Pictish kings in the 8th century: the brothers Ciniod and Elphin who ruled from 763 to 780. Alpín's alleged father Eochaid IV is not mentioned in any contemporary source.[1] Weir states that Alpín succeeded his father Eochaid IV as King 'of Scotland' (Dál Riata), and also became King of Kintyre in March/August 834,[2] thus establishing his power over a wide area of Scotland. Parentage and death The Chronicle of the Scottish historian John of Fordun records the succession of "Alpin the son of Achay" in 831, his reign of three years, and his defeat by the Picts "20 July".[3] The 12th century Cronica Regum Scottorum lists "Alpin filius Eochal venenosi iii, Kynedus filius Alpini primus rex Scottorum xvi…" as kings, dated to the 9th century.[4] Alpín's parentage is not stated in any of the earlier chronicles. Alpín's mother was the sister and heiress of Causantín mac Fergusa, King of the Picts.[2] Alpín married a 'Scottish Princess', and fathered two sons.[2] Alpín is chiefly remembered for his fatal war with the Picts, who had seized upon and arrogated the Kingdom. Alpín resolved to remove the king, and met him with his forces near a village of Angus, where the fight was maintained with great obstinacy, till the Pictish king was slain, whereby the Scots got the victory. However, a new king of "high descent and noble achievements" (possibly Drest) was elected king of the Picts, and turned the scale, and at Galloway defeated and took King Alpín, anno 834, and put him with many of his nobles to death. It is said that Alpín's head was fastened to a pole, and carried about the Pictish army, and at last set up for spectacle in Abernethy, their chief town, which was afterwards severely revenged by the Scots, who called the place where he was slain Bas Alpin.[5] Alpín died on 20 July or in August 834 when he was either killed whilst fighting the Picts in Galloway or beheaded after the battle.[6] His place of burial is not recorded. He was succeeded by his son Kenneth MacAlpin.[2] References Alex Woolf, From Pictland to Alba 789-1070 (Edinburgh University Press 2008), pp. 96, 220-1. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 165 John of Fordun (Skene), Book IV, II, p. 135. Skene (1867), XVI, Chronicle of the Scots 1165, Cronica Regum Scottorum, p. 131. Matthew Duncan (1722). The History of the Kings of Scotland, from Fergus I. to the End of Q. Ann's Reign: With an ... University of Michigan. Printed by W. Duncan. Burke's peerage limited (1973). Burke's guide to the Royal Family. Internet Archive. London, Burke's Peerage.
   
2. Title: Ancestry; Global Find a Grave Index
   Author: Ancestry record for Gregor MacAlpin, which cites Global Find a Grave
   
3. Title: The Peerage
   Publication: Name: https://thepeerage.com/p56017.htm#i560169;
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gregor MacAlpin - Church record: birth-name: Gregor
   Note: Church record: birth-name: Gregor Church record: male Church record: birth: about 0815; Scotland, United Kingdom Church record: death: 0889;
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2683661369
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gregor MacAlpin - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Gregor MacAlpin
   Note: Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Gregor MacAlpin
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2032004722