Hugh Magnus MacEth

• Preferred Name: Hugh Magnus MacEth^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GSDR-4QX
  
• Birth: 1165 in Scotland
  
• Death: ABT 1215 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The MacHeths were a Celtic kindred who raised several rebellions against the Plantagenets kings of Scotland in the 12th and 13th centuries. Their origins have long been debated.
  
  Kenneth MacHeth
  As with the Meic Uilleim, the MacHeths disappear from history in the years around 1200. It may be that there were no adult male MacHeths to press their claims to Ross, or that the record is incomplete. This is the period in which Harald Maddadsson, Earl of Orkney, appears as the chief threat to the Kings of Scots in the north.
  
  The next, and last, MacHeth to be reported is Kenneth (or Cináed), who joined with Domnall Bán mac Uilleim and an unnamed Irish prince, to invade Ross in 1215, shortly after the death of king William. This invasion proved to be no threat to the new king, Alexander II, as it was defeated by Ferchar mac in tSagairt, the future Mormaer of Ross, who killed the leaders and sent their heads to King Alexander. With this, the MacHeth claims to Ross appear to have ended.
  
  The chiefs of the Highland Clan Ross were direct descendants of the aforementioned Ferchar mac in tSagairt, Mormaer of Ross and according to one historian the chiefs of the Highland Clan Mackay were probably direct descendants of the aforementioned Kenneth MacHeth. The two clans later feuded in the 15th century.

• m. ABT 1188 in Scotland

1. Iye Aoidh MacEth, b. 1208 in Strathnaver Parish Church, Syre, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 1268 in Strathnaver Parish Church, Syre, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom

1. Title: History of MacHeths, connection to Clan Mackay
   Author: Wikipedia article re: MacHeths
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacHeths;
   Page: discussion of McEths aka McHeths and their disappearance and connection to Clan Mackay