John Carrach MacDonald - 7th Lord of the Isles

• Preferred Name: John Carrach MacDonald - 7th Lord of the Isles^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 1325 in Finlaggan Castle, Eilean Mor, Island Islay, Scotland at LATI: N6.7 LONG: E6.45
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Rí Innse Gall1336 in Scotland
  
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• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 7th Lord of the Isles ... Dominus InsularumBET 1336 AND 1386
  
• MilitaryService: fought in the Battle of Poitiers - he was captured while fighting with the French against the English1356
  
• Burial: 1386 in Saint Orans Chapel Cemetery, Isle Of Iona, Argyll, Scotland at LATI: N6.3167 LONG: E6.4167 with note: John “Lord of the Isles” MacDonald BIRTH 1325 Argyll and Bute, Scotland DEATH 1386 (aged 60–61) Scotland BURIAL St. Oran's Chapel Cemetery-the Reilig Ourain Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland MEMORIAL ID 42886748
  
• Occupation: Earl of Ross
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: 6th Chief of Clan MacDonald
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Garmoran1314 in Scotland
  
• Residence: Kintyre and hall of Knapdale - settled by King Robert II on John of Iye and his wife Margaret, the King's daughter1376 in Kintyre and Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland at LATI: N5.9333 LONG: E5.5
  
• FSID: LY3F-MB4
  
• Death: 1386 in Ardtornish Castle, Morven, Argyll, Scotland at LATI: N6.5399 LONG: E5.7813
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: John’s title was Dominus Insularum, “Lord of the Isles”. He was the first of the “Lords of the Isles” and he held this title until his death in 1386.1336 in Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N6.5 LONG: E6
  
• MilitaryService: resumed his alliance with King David II of Scotland, after a period of disaffection1369
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  JOHN Macdonald. He succeeded his father as Lord of the Isles. David II King of Scotland granted "Yle insulam de Geday insulam de Jura insulam de Colinsay" to "Johannem de Yle consanguineum nostrum" by charter dated 1344[1273]. Robert II King of Scotland granted "insulam de Colowsay" to "Johanni del Yle…et…filis nostre Margarete sponse sue" by charter dated Jul 1376[1274]. m firstly (Papal dispensation 4 Jun 1337, divorced) EUPHEME, daughter of RODERICK MacRuare of Garmoran & his wife ---. m secondly Lady MARGARET Stewart, daughter of ROBERT II King of Scotland & his first wife Elizabeth Mure . Robert II King of Scotland granted "insulam de Colowsay" to "Johanni del Yle…et…filis nostre Margarete sponse sue" by charter dated Jul 1376[1275].
  
  Lord John & his first wife had one child a) JOHN Macdonald of the Isles (-before 30 Mar 1373). m as her first husband, ELLEN Campbell, daughter of ARCHIBALD [Gillespie] Campbell & his [second] wife [Isabel Lamont] (-after 1434). She married secondly Duncan Earl of Lennox.
  
  Lord John & his second wife had eight children:
  
  b) DONALD Macdonald (-Ardtornish, Morven [1423][1276]). He succeeded his father in 1387 as Lord of the Isles. He claimed the Earldom of Ross, de iure uxoris, and fought the battle of Harlaw in 1411 to enforce his rights. m MARY Leslie Ctss of Ross, daughter of Sir WALTER Leslie & his wife Eupheme Ctss of Ross (-[1435]). Donald & his wife had one child:
  
  i) ALEXANDER Macdonald (-May 1449). He succeeded his father as Lord of the Isles, and his mother as Earl of Ross.
  
  - EARLS of ROSS.
  
  c) JOHN "Ian Mor Tanisteir" (-1427). m MARJORIE Bisset, daughter of Sir HUGH Bisset & his wife ---.
  
  d) ALEXANDER "Alastair Carrach" . m ---.
  
  e) ANGUS .
  
  f) HUGH . Thane of Glentilt. m ---.
  
  g) MARCUS .
  
  h) MARY . m LACHLEAN Maclean of Duart.
  
  i) ELIZABETH [Margaret] . m ANGUS Duff Mackay of Strathnaver.
  
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  From Wiki
  
  In 1336, he styled himself Dominus Insularum, "Lord of the Isles"; because this is the first ever recorded instance of the title in use, modern historians count John as the first of the later medieval Lords of the Isles,[1] although this rather broad Latin style corresponds roughly with the older Gaelic title rí Innse Gall, in use since the Viking Age, and for instance, the even more similar Latin title dominus de Inchegal ("Lord of the Hebrides"), applied to Raghnall mac Somhairle in the mid-12th century.[2]
  John was the son of Aonghas Óg, an Islay-based nobleman who had benefited from king Robert I of Scotland's attacks on the MacDougall (MacDhùghaill) rulers of Argyll and their Comyn allies, and had been given Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, Duror and Glencoe, turning the MacDonalds from the Hebridean "poor relations" into the most powerful kindred of the north-western seaboard.[3] The loyalty of Aonghas to Robert, however, did not mean that John's loyalty to Robert's son and successor David II would follow suit. After Edward Balliol's coup against the Bruce regime in 1333, Edward attempted to court John. In 1336, Edward confirmed the territories which the Islay lords had acquired in the days of Robert I; and additionally, Edward awarded John the lands of Kintyre, Knapdale, Gigha, Colonsay, Mull, Skye, Lewis, and Morvern, held by magnates still loyal to the Bruces. John, however, never provided Edward with real assistance. Although Balliol's deposition by the supporters of David meant that the grants made to John void, John's pre-1336 possessions were in fact confirmed by King David in 1343. Moreover, in 1346, John inherited the great Lordship of Garmoran through his brother-in-law Raghnall MacRuaridh. This meant that John's dominions now included all of the Hebrides except Skye, and all of the western seaboard from Morvern to Loch Hourn.[4]
  
  John continued to build his power based by allying himself with Robert Stewart, another west highland magnate who was the designated heir of King David. After David went into English custody in 1346, Robert acted was the de facto ruler of Scotland north of the river Forth. In 1350, John was given Robert's daughter Margaret Stewart in marriage, and received Knapdale and Kintyre as dowry. However, Robert was the senior partner, and John had to divorce his previous wife Amie; his sons by Amie were to be passed over in the succession in favour of any children by the marriage with Margaret. After the capture of the king and death of John Randolph at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, John and Robert worked together taking control of the huge earldom of Moray, bringing MacDonald power into Lochaber and Stewart power into Badenoch.[5]
  
  David returned to Scotland in 1357, and resented these incursions into an earldom which David regarded as within his rights of disposal; the terms of the original grant of Moray to Thomas Randolph in 1312 stipulated that the earldom would revert to the crown upon lack of issue. By 1368, King David had decided that an aggressive policy was needed in the north. In 1369, he marched to Inverness, where John submitted to his authority. John's submission, though, was followed swiftly by David's death on February 22, 1371. David was succeeded by John's close ally Robert. David had wished either to retain control of the earldom or to grant the earldom to either John or George Dunbar, the sons of Isabella Randolph, sister of the last earl. However, King Robert made sure that Badenoch remained within his own control and that John kept Lochaber. When the earldom was granted to John Dunbar by a parliament held at Scone in early 1372, the grant consisted only of the lowland part around Inverness. Robert also ensured that John's control of the MacRuaridh inheritance was legally recognized by charter, and in 1376 issued charters confirming John's control of Colonsay, Kintrye and Knapdale, and granted Lochaber to John and his Stewart wife together.[6]
  
  Soon after 1376, John's heir Domhnall may have been the de facto ruler. John lived until 1386, when he died at Ardtornish Castle in Morvern. He was buried in Iona.[7] John's power had been built on both the loosening of royal authority in north-western Scotland after the First War of Scottish Independence and, more importantly, through allying with the right people at the right time. The success of John was so great that his successors could maintain a distance from the crown that outlived the weak monarchy of the 14th century.
  
  John was also a great cultural and religious patron. Although the Bishop of the Isles, based at Snizort on Skye, was outside his control and to some extent acted as a political rival, John did control Iona, the spiritual homeland of Scottish Christianity. The monastic establishment of Iona was run with John's approval by the MacKinnon (MacFhionghain) kindred. John also founded an Augustinian priory at Oronsay, an act unique in the period.
  
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  http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/ghi/johnofislay.html
  
  John of Islay, Lord of the Isles, lived from about 1305 to 1386. He was also known as Eoin MacDomhnaill or Iain mac Aonghais MacDhòmhnaill. John was the first chief of Clan Donald to claim the title of Lord of the Isles. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
  John was the son of Angus Óg of Islay, who had fought alongside Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn. The death of Robert the Bruce in 1329 brought conflict and confusion, as Edward Balliol, with English support, sought to wrest the crown of Scotland from the head of Robert's infant son, David II. Edward Balliol was desperate for support from any source, and offered John of Islay new lands in Kintyre and Knapdale as well as the islands of Skye and Lewis, in return for his support. John accepted, but there is little evidence of his support for Balliol taking any concrete form.
  
  Instead, John wrote King Edward III of England asking for his confirmation of the land grants made by Edward Balliol. In his letter, John signed himself Dominus Insularum or "Lord of the Isles". It was the first time this title had been used, and as a result John of Islay can be regarded as the first true "Lord of the Isles". When David II returned to power, John of Islay was initially regarded as a traitor. In the end practical politics prevailed, and in return for pledging himself to David II, John was allowed to keep all the lands he had accumulated except for Kintyre, Knapdale and the Isle of Skye.
  
  Meanwhile, John had married into the related Clan Rauri, and when the head of the clan was murdered by William, Earl of Ross, in 1346, John claimed the clan's lands on behalf of his wife. These added to his his existing holdings Knoydart, Moidart, Arisaig and Morar, and the islands of North and South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Eigg and Rum.
  
  The defeat of the Scots by the English at the Battle of Neville Cross in 1346, and the imprisonment in England of David II, opened the way for John of Islay to further consolidate his power. An important step was his building on a long-standing friendship with Robert Stewart by taking Robert's daughter Margaret as his second wife in 1350. Robert Stewart became Robert II of Scotland on the death of David II in 1371, further strengthening John of Islay's position.
  
  John built on his relationship with the Stewarts by persuading Ranald, his oldest son from his first marriage, to give up his claim to Clan Chieftainship to Donald (or Domhnall), his oldest son from his second marriage, and Robert II's grandson. In return John gave Ranald the lands he had inherited via his first wife from Clan Rauri, in the process creating the Clanranald branch of the family.
  
  John of Islay was a consummate politician and diplomat rather than a warrior, and under the guise of "Lord of the Isles" he was able to recreate most of Somerled's Kingdom of the Isles. But while gaining virtually all the powers of a king, John made sure he never
  
  John of Islay, Lord of the Isles
  Scottish Lord of the Isles (1336–1386) and chief of Clan Donald (Wikipedia)
  John of Islay, Lord of the Isles
  Scottish Lord of the Isles (1336–1386) and chief of Clan Donald (Wikipedia)
  
  Successor:
  Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles
  Born: 1320, Scotland
  Died: 1386, Ardtornish
  
  Biography of John MacDonald 1318 - 1387
  Alternate Scottish names: Iain macAonghais MacDhòmhnaill, Eoin MacDomhnaill
  
  John (Macdonald) was born the son of Angus Og (MacDonald) and Agnes O'Cahan, daughter of Guy O'Cathan of Ulster. It is som
  
  My Maternal 20th. Great Grandmother, Lady Margaret Stewart, Princess of Scotland
  Name: Lady Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar, Princess of Scotland
  Birth: 1336 in Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Married: 14 June 1350 in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland to John "Iain"
  
  === AKA John Fraoch. Fraoch means Heather. ===
  AKA John Fraoch. Fraoch means Heather. The natural son of the daughter of Dougall MacHenry. They were not married.
  
  === John "Iain mac Aonghais MacDhòmhnaill, E ===
  John "Iain mac Aonghais MacDhòmhnaill, Eoin MacDomhnaill" Macdonald, Lord of the Isles formerly Macdonald aka de Yle, of Islay
  Born before 1319 in Finlaggan Castle, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotlandmap
  Son of Angus M. (Macdonald) Macdonald, Lord of the Isles and Agnes O'Cahan
  Brother of Marcus MacDonnell, John Macdonald, Finvola MacDonald, Somerled (Sorley) Macdonald, Mary MacDonald and Eoin C. MacDomhnaill
  Husband of Margaret Scotland (Stewart) More — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
  Husband of Amie Macruari — married June 4, 1337 [location unknown]
  Husband of Margaret Stewart — married June 14, 1350 [location unknown]
  Father of Ranald MacDonald, John Macdonald, Godfrey Macdonald, Margaret MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Sir John MacDonald (More) MacDonald, Donald (Macdonald) Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, Angus MacDonald, Alexander (MacDonald) MacDonald of Keppoch, John Mor Tanister MacDonald and Hugh Macdonald
  Died 1387 in Ardtornish Castle, Morvern, Argyll, Scotlandmap
  
  === Good John of Islay" He put away his firs ===
  Good John of Islay" He put away his first wife by special dispensation of the pope dated June14 1350, in order to marry Princess Margaret. "But a circumstance soon after occured very much to increase John MacDonald's (Lord of the Isles) power, and to concentrate in his person early the whole of the possessions of his ancestor Somerled. This circumstance was the slaughter of Ranald of the Isles by the earl of Rossat Perth in the year 1346, by which John of the Isles, who had married his sister Amy, became entitled to the succession, to which he immediately made claim. Although John was not at this time in oppositionto David II, yet the government, notwithstanding the advantage it would derive from the support of so powerful a Highland chief as the Island Lord, was well aware of the danger of thus allowing the extensive territories and great power of the Siol Cuinn, which had shaken the stability of the crown under Somerled, to become again united in the person of John, and it was determined to throw every obstacle in hisway."
  
  === [Wm. Knapp.FTW] !p. 6, "By Sea By Land" ===
  [Wm. Knapp.FTW] !p. 6, "By Sea By Land" (Newletter of Clan Donald, USA, Inc., Vol. XV II, No. 1, Spring/Summer 1993) "A Reunion to Remember, Mr. Lynn R. McReynolds Hawkins, Bluff Cit y, TN" (Data from Old Gaelic records in the Highland of Scotland) Alexander DeInsulus was 3rd son of Johne, Lord of the Isles of S cotland, and his 2nd wife, Princess Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Rober I I of Scotland and great-granddau. of Robert Bruce.
  
  === Descendency and bio of John MacDonnell ===
  Descent of the McDanells- Paul, his son was Hoakon, Earl of the Orkneys; his daughter was Ingibjorg IV who married Olaf Bitling, King of the Southern Isles; his her son Ragnhilda who married Somerharlidh, King of Argyll. about 1157; and their three sons were: Eufgall, Ergus, and Raghnall. Raghnall had a son Donal, and Donal had a son Aenghus Mor MacDomhnaill (circa 1263) and Aenghus had a son by the same name (Aenghus Og who died in 1325; Aenghus Og who died in 1325 had a son Eoin (RIN 98216) who married Margaret, daughter of Robert II of Scotland. Eoin (98216) and Margaret (RIN23517) had four children- 1. Donnel of Isla c. 1411 2. Alastar Carrach 3. Marcus who was the ancestor of the MacDonnells of Knocknacloy of Colttyar?? 4. Eoin Mor md. abt 1400 to Margery Bissett her became the ancestor of the Earls of Antrim (RIN38642) ------------------------ Ref: Pedigree pg. 259- John, known as the "Good John of Isla," because of his gifts to the Church. Died 1386, at Ardtornish, and is buried at Oran in Hy. (Iona was first called simply I, which is Irish for Island, then Hy (so called by the Venerable Bede), Latinized by the Monks into Iona, and also called I-columb-cil (Isle of Columba's cell or Church). Ref: Weaving the Tapestry (pg 2 of 11 continued) John, Lord of the Isles, son of Angus Og, further raised the power of his family by marrying his cousin, Arnie MacRuarie (RIN 27584), heiress of the line of Roderick, Reginald's younger son. By her he got Garmoran and had two sons, Ranald and Godfrey. From the former of these are descended the houses of Glengarry and Clanranald, which to the present day put forward against the MacDonalds of the Isles claims to the supreme chiefship of the great MacDonald Clan. John, Lord of the Isles, however, appears to have repudiated or divorced his first wife, Amie MacRuarie, and to have married, under a dispensation dated 1350, Margaret, daughter of the seventh High Steward, afterwards King Robert II. By her he had three sons, Donald, John, and Alexander, and by reason, it is believed, that they were the King's grandsons, the eldest of the three was preferred to the succession to the Loredship of the Isles. At the same time, by way of compensation, their mother's inheritance, comprising the ancient lordship of Garmoran, was secured to the sons of the first wife. Of the three sons by the second wife, John became ancestor to the Earl of Antrim, and Alexander to the MacDonalds of Keppoch. Meanwhile the old Chief, John of the Isles, had again and again shown his haughty spirit. In 1368 he refused to attend the Scottish Parliament and submit to the laws of the realm, and though he was forced to submit afterwards in person to King David IIhimself at Inverness, this spirit was carried further by his successor. Almost immediately the arbitrary setting aside of the sons of the first marriage of John Lord of the Isles, was to produce results the horror of which Scotland has not yet forgotten. ------------------------------------- The story of Clan Donald is at the centre of the story of Gaeldom. The western mainland and the Isles of Scotland were, for over four hundred years, a flourishing political and cultural unity -- the Lordship of the Isles. And Clan Donald was at its head. Tradition marks its beginning in the twelfth century with Somerled, the greatest of the heroes of the Gaels and the progenitor of Clan Donald. But the story begins further back, with the peoples who made Scotland, and ends with the Jacobite Risings and their bitter aftermath. On Skye we tell the story of Clan Donald at its zenith, for 'in their time was great peace and wealth in the Isles thro the ministration of justice.' It is this spirit we celebrate and which lives on as long as there are MacDonalds to remember it. -------------------------------------- His descent is given as follows in O'Hart's "Iriah Pedigrees," 3rd Edition. Coll-Vulas, The One Hunded and Twenty-First Monarch of All Ireland (grand-son of Conn Ceadeath, variously called "enthathach, Constantine Centimachus, and Conn of the Hundred Battles, the one hundred and tenth Monarch of Ireland, A.D., 122-157, killed bhy the King of Ulster, A.D., 157), had: (RIN30438) Bredius, or Gillebreide), Phylarcha, or Chieftain of Clan MacDonnell, a warrior of great renown, lineal ancestor of (RIN30423) Sumerledus MacDonnell (variously called Samlairle, Savary, Somerled and Samuel), the eighth and greatest Thane of Argyle, temp., 1140. Founder of the Kingdom of the Isles; lord of Cantyre: lord of the Hebrides. He m. Sabina, daughter of Olad the Red, King of the Isle of Man, with whom he got the Isles, and Man, and was killed in battle, 1164, having issue by Sabina: Randal (or (Rannald), MacSorley MacDonnell, King of the Isles: lord of Oergeal and Cantyre, founder of the Cistereian Monastery, and benefactor of the Abbey of Paisley, who had: (RIN30425) Aongus (or Aeneas) McDonnell, of the Isles, temp. 1211, who had: Domhnall (or Donald), MacDonnell, Lord of the Isles, who had: Alexander MacDonnell, who had: Domhnall MacDnnell, who had: Aongus (or Aeneas) Mor Macdonnell, lord of the Isles, who had: Aeneas Oge MacDonnell, lord of the Isles, who was in command of 2000 men under Bruce, at the battle of Bannockburn, 1314, who had: Randal (or Reginald) MacDonnell, who had: Shane MacDonnell, who had: Eoin Mor MacDonnell, lord of the Isles, d. 1387, who had, besides Eoin Oge: Alexander MacDonnell progenitor of the MACDONNELLS of KIPPOCH. From this Alexander was lineally descended: 1. Allan MacDonald, of Moidart and Keppock: the last undisputed representative of the Clanranald family. He had: 2. Ivan MacAllen MacDonald, of Keppock, who had: 3. Alexander MacDonald, of Kinloch-Moidaus, called Chief of Clanranald. He removed from Keppock into Ireland. His son: 4. Ranald MacDonald, of Kinloch-Moidart, also called Chief of Clanranald. He had: 5. Donald MacDonald, d. 1746, who was father of 6. Alexander MacDonald, of Baltimore, Maryland. He was the twenty-first and last lineal Chief of Clanranald, of Lochaber, and laird of Keppoch. His 7. Daughter m. Thomas Evans, D.D.S., of Baltimore, Md., and of Paris, France, who was created a Marquis of the Holy Roman Empire. Ref: Americans of Royal Descent 973D2ba pg 146 from RIN23297 Robert II to and through the MacDonalls -------------------------- Descent of the McDanells- Paul, his son was Hoakon, Earl of the Orkneys; his daughter was Ingibjorg IV who married Olaf Bitling, King of the Southern Isles; his her son Ragnhilda who married Somerharlidh, King of Argyll. about 1157; and their three sons were: Eufgall, Ergus, and Raghnall. Raghnall had a son Donal, and Donal had a son Aenghus Mor MacDomhnaill (circa 1263) and Aenghus had a son by the same name (Aenghus Og who died in 1325; Aenghus Og who died in 1325 had a son Eoin (RIN 98216) who married Margaret, daughter of Robert II of Scotland. Eoin (98216) and Margaret (RIN23517) had four children- 1. Donnel of Isla c. 1411 2. Alastar Carrach 3. Marcus who was the ancestor of the MacDonnells of Knocknacloy of Colttyar?? 4. Eoin Mor md. abt 1400 to Margery Bissett her became the ancestor of the Earls of Antrim (RIN38642)
  
  === Source ===
  Wikipedia:
  eh.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Islay,_Lord_of_the_Isles
  
  === This is NOT John/Iain Fraoch First of Glencoe! ===
  THAT John/Iain is his illegitimate brother born of Miss MacHenry/MacEanruig and Angus Og, who was the first Lord of Glencoe (a title inherited from his mother). THIS John/Iain is "Lord of the Isles," son of Angus and Agnes O'Cathan, and he inherited the title from his father since he was the legitimate son. If you know you are descended from one or the other make sure you have the right person!
  
  === My 15th ===
  Great Grandfather
  
  === 7th Lord of the Isles John "The Good" Macdonald ===
  1 - On a broken cross shaft found on the island of Texa off Islay is carved what is probably the oldest surviving likeness of a Macdonald. It depicts a typical fourteenth- century Celtic prince, wearing a quilted coat with chain-mail and a conical helmet, and armed with a great sword and a battle -axe. This is the Cross of Ranald, son of John of Islay,Lord of the Isles,by his marriage to Amy Macruari, the heiress to the great Lordship of Garmoran, a vast inheritance of lands between the Great Glen and the Outer Hebrides.
  Amy was discarded in 1354 and John was married to Princess Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II , married in 1357.
  In 1335 the Lord of the Isles received Skye from Edward Balliol. The next year the charter was confirmed by Edward III of England. When David II had restored his power he anulled the charter giving Skye to Ross.
  A contract was executed, 12th December 1335, between Baliol and the Lord of the Isles. By it Baliol gave to John, Lord of the Isles, his heirs and assigns, the islands of Mull, Skye, Islay, and Gigha, the lands of Kintyre and Knapdale, with other islands and territories; and also the wardship of the heir of the Earl of Atholl, at that time a child of three years. The Lord of the Isles bound himself, and his heirs, to be the liegement of Baliol, and his heirs. John of the Isles was received into the protection of Edward III . The Lord of the Isles appears to have submitted to David II, on his return home from France, as he obtained from David a charter, dated at Air, 12th June 1344, granting and confirming the island called Yle (Islay), the islands of Geday, Jura, Colinsey (Colonsay), Tiryad (Tiree), Colla (Coll), and Lewes (Lewis), with all the small islands to them belonging, the lands of Morimare, Louchabre (Lochaber), durdomon, and glenchomyr, and the keeping of the King's castles of Kernoborgh, Iseleborgh, and Dunchonall, with the lands and small islands thereto belonging, to be held by the said John, and his heirs, in fee and heritage. Edward III entered a treaty at Newcastle, 13th July 1354, the Steward of Scotland , the Lord of Douglas , Thomas de Murref , and Johan des Yles, being the principal persons named for its observance. John, Lord of the Isles, in 1354, entered into an indenture with John of Lorne, Lord of Argyll, by which John of Lorne gave up to John of the Isles, all claim to all the lands and castles following, of which John of the Isles had obtained charters from King David II or his father King Robert I , namely, the castles of Kerneburcch and Hystylburch, with all their islands and rights, the whole island of Mule, the castle of Dunconill, with all its pertinents and island in the superior part of Duray, the Island of Tereyd, &c. Edward III entered a treaty for the liberation of King David II 3rd October 1357, an inviolable truce, for ten years, betwixt England and Scotland, was agreed on, in which truce were to be included Edward Baliol and John of the Isles, and all other allies and adherents of the King of England. John of the Isles obtained a confirmation of all donations and concessions made by whomsoever to him of whatsoever lands, tenements, annualrents, and possessions, 4th July 1362; and John of Yle, Lord of the Isles, signed an instrument at Inverness, 15th November 1369, by which, in consideration of the pardon of his former transgressions, granted by King David II, he became bound to make satisfaction for all injuries or damages done by him to the King's subjects, to give obedience to the laws himself, and to oblige his sons, and his vassals, and all the inhabitants of his estates, to do the same, and to answer readily to the King's officers for all taxes and contributions imposed or to be imposed. For fulfilling the premises, he engaged to deliver, as hostages, within the castle of Dunbarton, his son, by a daughter of the Steward of Scotland, named Donald; a grandson, named Angus, being the son of his deceased son, John; together with a natural son of his own, named Donald. And further, the Earl of Strathern, Steward of Scotland, became surety for him, and appended his seal to the instrument, along with the seal of the said John, Lord of the Isles. King Robert II, his father-in-law, now ascended the throne of Scotland, granted a charter, dated at Scone in the time of the parliament held there, 9th March 1371-2, to our beloved son, John del Yle, all the lands of 300 marks, whichI were of the deceased Alan, the son of Roderick, within his kingdom, namely, the lands of Modoworth, Arrassag (Arisaig), Moreovyr (Moray), Knodeworte (Knoydart), Oviste, Barrech (Barra), Rume (Rhum), Eggeth (Eigg), and Heryce (Harris). He also granted three charters, 6th June 1376, to our beloved son, John del Yle, of the island of Colonsay, and lands of Lochaber, on John's resignation, and of the King's lands of Kintyre and half of Knapdale, to be held by the said John, and Margaret, our beloved daughter, his wife. He died in 1387-8. He married Margaret, fourth daughter of King Robert II., by whom he had a son, Donald, and two daughters
  
  2 - John had some dispute with the Regent concerning certain lands which had been granted by Bruce, he joined the party of Edward Baliol and the English king. A formal treaty was concluded on the 12th of December 1335, and confirmed by Edward III on the 5th October 1336, that pledged support in consideration of a grant of the lands and islands claimed by the Earl of Moray. But the intrigues of Edward failed and Scotland was entirely freed from the dominion of the English. In 1341, David II was recalled from France to assume the undisputed sovereignty of his native country. Upon his accession to the throne, David concluded a treaty with John.
  But in 1346, Ranald of the Isles was slain at Perth by the Earl of Ross. John, who had married Ranald's sister Amy, immediately laid claim to the succession. The government was unwilling to allow the claim considering him already too powerful and evaded the recognition of his claim.
  But a remarkable change took place in the different parties which at that time divided Scotland. The king of Scotland now appeared a mere tool or partisan of King Edward, and even covertly allowed the endeavors of the English king to overturn the independence of Scotland. Its effect was to throw into active opposition the party which had supported the throne and the cause of independence. But as soon as the English party became identified with the royal faction, John of the Isles abandoned it, and joined with the party he had openly opposed. The head of the national party, the Steward of Scotland, cemented their union by giving to the Lord of the Isles his own daughter in marriage. In 1366, the northern barons broke out into open rebellion, and refused either to pay the tax imposed, or to obey the king's summons to attend parliament. David applied to the Steward to put down the rebellion. The Steward felt that he would be more effective by steady opposition to the court than by openly taking part with the insurgents. Therefore, he accepted the commission, but his efforts were only partially successful. The Earls of Mar and Ross and other northern barons laid down their arms as well as John of Lorn and Gillespie Campbell. But John, secure in the distance and inaccessible nature of his territories, refused to yield. King Edward was forced to turn his attention to his territories in France; and thus David found himself at liberty to turn his forces against the Isles. Robert the Steward, believing that the continuance of the rebellion might prove fatal to his party, persuaded John to meet the king at Inverness, where an agreement was reached. John agreed to submit to the royal authority and pay his share of all public burdens, and promised to put down all others who should attempt to resist. As token, he gave hostages to the king for the fulfillment of this obligation. The accession of Robert Stewart (the Steward) to the throne of Scotland in 1371 brought the Lord of the Isles into close connection with the court; and during the remainder of his life gave his support to the government as his father Angus had done under that of King Robert Bruce.
  The advice that the Bruce left for the guidance of his successors concerning the Lord of the Isles was clearly dictated by sound political wisdom. He recommended that under no circumstances should the extensive territories ever again be concentrated in the person of one individual. But, John's claim was too great to be overlooked. Robert Stewart had not been on the throne for a year when he granted to his son-in-law a feudal title to all those lands which had formerly belonged to Ranald the son of Roderick. King Robert did, however, persuade John, who had been twice married, to spread his lands amongst his offspring which was the usual practice of families, but also to render the children of both marriages feudally independent of one another. King Robert confirmed a charter granted by John to Reginald, the second son of the first marriage, where the lands of Garmoran (the dowry of Reginald's mother) were to be held by the descendants of the eldest son of the first marriage. A short time afterwards, John resigned into the king's hands nearly the whole of the western portion of his territories, and received from Robert charters of these lands in favor of himself and the issue of his marriage with the king's daughter. After this period, little is known of the history of John, who is supposed to have died about the year 1380.
  (http://www.celtic-twilight.com/atlanta/clans/macdonald/index.htm)
  
  3 - The Branches of the Clan-Donald here, viz., the children of John, (lord of the Isles), Reginald and Godfrey, the three sons of Amie mac Rory; Donald og and John and Angus and Alexander, four sons of the daughter of Galtur (Robert), king of Alban.
  The Clan Donald, Clan Ranald, and Clan Godfrey meet at John, Lord of the Isles. [3]
  
  === !BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenb ===
  !BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Vol. 2, Second Edition, John Philip Wood, Esq., Editor, Edinburgh, 1813, pp. 6-8. !John, Lord of the Isles, who succeeded him, and is designed John, Lord of the Isles, son of Angus, in a grant of two marks of land, called Lefenmarg, he made to the monastery of Sadale. In the minority of David II., the extent of his territory, and its remoteness, enabled him to remain in a state of dubious allegiance. Baliol, by mighty offers of advantage, won him over, in 1335, to acknowledge himself the vassal of Scotland. A contract, in form of indenture, was executed, 12th December 1335, between Baliol and the Lord of the Isles. By it Baliol, as far as in him lay, hielded to John, Lord of the Isles, his heirs and assigns, the islands of Mull, Sky, Ila, and Gigha, the lands of Kintyre and Knapdale, with other islands and territories; and also the wardship of the heir of the Earl of Atholl, at that time a child of three years old. On account of which concessions, the Lord of the Isles, bound himself, and his heirs, to be the legitimate of Baliol, and his heirs, and to aid them, at all times, to the unmost, against all their enemies. Thus did Baliol, in order to secure the fidelity of the Lord of the Isles, increase his power and influence, and extend it even unto Atholl, the centre of Scotland. John of the Isles was received into the protection of the English King, 3d December 1337, and a safe conduct granted for his coming into England to treat with Edward III. The Lord of the Isles appears to have submitted to David II., on his return home from France, as he obtained from David a charter, dated at Air, 12th June 1344, reciting, quod super finali concordia inter nos et Johannem de Yle, consanguineum nostrum carissimum, habito prius diligenti tractatu communique utilitate reul nostri, ac tranquillitate ejusdem previsis, granting and confirming to the said John, pro homagio et servitio suo, the island called Yle, the islands of Geday, Jura, Colinsey, Tiryad, Colla, and Lewes, with all the small islands to them belonging, the lands of Morimare, Louchabre, durdomon, and glenchomyr, and the keeping of the King's castles of Kernoborgh, Iseleborgh, and Dunchonall, with the lands and small islands thereto belonging, to be held by the said John, and his heirs, in fee and heritage. Edward III. issued a commission to Walter de Berminham, Justiciary of Ireland, to treat with John de Insulis, to come in the King's peace, 3d November 1346. In the treaty entered into at Newcastle, 13th July 1354, the Steward of Scotland, the Lord of Douglas, Thomas de Murref, and Johan des Yles, were the principal persons named for its observance. John, Lord of the Isles, in 1354, entered into an indenture with John of Lord, Lord of Argyll, by which John of Lorn gave up to John of the Isles, all claim to all the lands and castles following, of which John of the Isles had obtained charters from King David II. or his father King Robert I., namely, the castles of Kerneburcch and Hystylburch, with all their islands and rights, the whole island of Mule, the castle of Dunconill, with all its pertinents and island in the superior part of Duray, the Island of Tereyd, &c. Edward III. issued another commission for treating with John of the Isles, 31st March 1356; and in the treaty for the liberation of King David II., 3d October 1357, an inviolable truce, for ten years, betwixt England and Scotland, was agreed on, in which truce were to be included Edward Baliol and John of the Isles, and all other allies and adherents of the King of England. John of the Isles obtained a confirmation of all donations and concessions made by whomsoever to him of whatsoever lands, tenements, annualrents, and possessions, 4th July 1362; and John of Yle, Lord of the Isles, signed an instrument at Inverness, 15th November 1369, by which, in consideration of the pardon of his former transgressions, granted by King David II., he became bound to make sitaifaction for all injuries or damages done by him to the King's subjects, to give obedience to the laws himself, and to oblige his sons, and his vassals, and all the inhabitants of his estates, to do the same, and to answer readily to the King's officers for all taxes and contributions imposed or to be imposed. For fulfilling the premises, he engaged to deliver, as hostages, within the castle of Dunbarton, his son, by a daughter of the Steward of Scotland, named Donald; a grandson, named Angus, being the son of his deceased son, John; together with a natural son of his own, named Donald. And further, the Earl of Strathern, Steward of Scotland, became surety for him, and appended his seal to the instrument, along with the seal of the said John, Lord of the Isles. King Robert II, his father-in-law, now asended the throne of Scotland, granted a charter, dated at Scone in the time of the parliament held there, 9th March 1371-2, to our beloved son, John del Yle, all the lands of 300 marks, wich were of the deceased Alan, the son of Roderick, within his kingdom, namely, the lands of Modoworth, Arrassag, Moreovyr, Knodeworte, Oviste, Barrech, Rume, Eggeth, and Heryce. He also granted three charters, 6th June 1376, to our beloved son, John del Yle, of the island of Colowsay, and lands of Lochaber, on John's resignation, and of the King's lands of Kintyr and half of Knapdale, to be held by the said John, and Margaret, our beloved daughter, his wife. He died in 1387-8. He married Margaret, fourth daughter of King Robert II., by whom he had a son, Donald, and two daughters.
  
  === He was called Good John of the Isles. Hi ===
  He was called Good John of the Isles.
  High Chief of the Donald Clan.
  1st Lord of the Isles.
  
  === Iain MacDonald, Lord of the Isles; assum ===
  Iain MacDonald, Lord of the Isles; assumed the style of an independent sovereign but resumed his allegiance to Robert II King of Scots 1369. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  LORD OF THE ISLES (VII)
  
  John, Lord of the Isles, son and heir, in 1335 espoused the cause of Baliol, but subsequently submitted to David II. He m. 1stly (Papal disp. 4 June 1337), Eupheme, daughter of Roderick MacRuare of Garmoran, whom he divorced. By his 2nd wife, Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II, he was father of [Donald, the 8th Lord of the Isles]. [Complete Peerage]
  
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  John Macdonald, of Isla, first Lord of the Isles (d 1386?), was the son of Angus Og Macdonald, who died at Islay about 1329, and was buried at Icolmkill, by Margaret, daughter of Guy O'Cathan. The Macdonalds trace their descent from Donald, elder son of Raginald, second son of Somerled of Argyll, king of the Isles. On account of a dispute with the regent regarding certain lands, John of Isla joined the party of Edward Baliol, to whom, in consideration of a grant of the lands of Mull, Skye, Isla, Gigha, Kintyre, Knapdale, &c., he, by indenture at Perth on 12 Sept 1335, engaged to be his liege, and to be enemy to his enemies. About the same time he also obtained a safe-conduct to visit Edward III of England. On 20 Sept 1337 Edward III gave orders for the release of his galleys, crew, and goods, which had been arrested on suspicion that they were those of an enemy, 'whereas,' so it was declared, ' he had always been the king's liege.' On the return, however, of David II from France in 1341, John of Isla signed a treaty pledging him his support, and in 1342 sent him a present of falcons.
  
  John of Islay married Amy, sister of Ranald, son of Rory of the Isles, and on the murder of Ranald in 1346 she became his heir, whereupon her husband, uniting her posessions to his own, assumed the title of Lord of the Isles. This arrangement was displeasing to the king, but he set the royal authority at defiance, and again transferred his support to the party of Baliol. On 31 March 1356 Edward III empowered certain envoys to treat with him and his allies to join the service of the king of England. On 1 Aug 1357 he received a safe-conduct from Edward III for three of his servants to trade in England and Ireland, and other parts of the king's dominions with their vessel. On 8 May of the same year he was named as a hostage for David II, and he was included in the ten years' truce between David and England signed at Berwick on 8 Oct.
  
  Before the return of David II from England John of Isla abandoned the party of Baliol, and, having divorced his first wife, married Margaret, daughter of Robert, high steward of Scotland. It was at one time supposed that the ground of the divorce was consanguinity, but this has been disproved by the discovery of a dispensation from the pope for the first marriage in 1337. A dispensation for the second marriage was also granted in 1350. Nothwithstanding his new relationship to the royal family he still, however, retained his independence, and in 1366 for fomenting rebellion, and refusing to pay his contribution for the support of the crown, a declaration was made against him by parliament. In 1368 he was commanded to appear before the king in person and give security for his conduct, and on his failing to do so his father-in-law, the steward - who had failed to keep his engagement to reduct the disturbed districts to subjection - was detained in custody. The king then proceeded against him in person, whereupon on the persuation of the steward he agreed to meet the king at Inverness, and there came under an obligation on 15 Nov 1369 both to give obedience to the king and his officers, and to put down all resistance to the royal authority within his territories.
  
  On the accession of his father-in-law, the steward, to the throne in 1370, John of the Isles resigned a great part of his territories into the king's hands, and received from him a new charter in favour of himself and his heirs by marriage with the king's daughter. He was also confirmed in possession of the Scottish heritage of the house of Somerled by charter at Scone on 9 May 1372. The result was that the children of the second marriage were rendered feudally independent of the children of the first marriage. Godfrey, the eldest surviving son by the first marriage, made an unsuccessful attempt to resist this arrangement, but Ranald, the second son, acquiesced without opposition, and in reward received a grant of the North Isles, Garmoran, and other lands.
  
  John of the Isles died about 1386 at Ardtornish, Morven, and was buired in Iona with great splendour. He had made many liberal grants to the chruch there, and was styled by the ecclesiastice 'the good John of Isla.' By his first wife he had three sons and one daughter: John, who predeceased him, leaving one son Angus, who died without issue; Godfrey, who was left portionless, but subsequently siezed Uist and Garmoran from the children of Ranald, and of whom the descendants are supposed to be extinct; Ranald or Reginald, ancestor of the Macdonalds of Glengarry, and of all Macdonalds claiming to be Clanranalds; and Mary, said to have been married, first, to one of the Macleans of Duart, and secondly to Maclean of Coll. By his second wife he had three sons: Donald, second lord of the Isles; John Mor, tanastair of Isla, ancestor of the Macdoneels, earls of Antrim, and the Macdonalds of Sanda; and Alexander, lord of Lochalsh, known as 'Alastair Carrach,' ancestor of the Macdonalds of Keppoch, Dalchoisnie, &c. He had also a natural son Donald. [Dictionary of National Biography XII:480-481]
  
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  John, who succeeded, was undoubtedly one of the most distinguished of his line. He did not, like his father, engage in the great epoch-making battle, but his long life illustrated the exercise of farsighted and on the whole successful diplomacy. Loyalty to the Scottish throne was a question of expediency rather than of principal with the descendant of a line of chiefs who regarded themselves as hereditary Kings of the Scottish Gael, as well as Lord of Innsegall. Seeking to exercise independent sway within the Celtic sphere, he clearly saw that English influence in Scotland with its natural correlative, a weak executive, would serve his purpose best. This undoubtedly was his chief motive in expousing the cause of Baliol. Randolph refused to confirm him in his possessions. Hence it was that on the 12 September 1335 John entered into a treaty of alliance with Edward Baliol, by which he was put into possession of the lands inherited by his father and others. This led to an alliance with the English King which continued for several years, and in the records of 1337 are found frequent traces of friendly intercourse between them. On the return of David Bruce from France to assume his father's sceptre, John was forfeited in the lands of Gigha, Isla, Jra, and Colonsay, all of which were granted by the King to Angus of Ardnamurchan. When the King, however, resolved to invade England in 1346, wishing to bring the whole military force of the kingdom into action, he pardoned John and confirmed him in all his lands. John appears next fighting at the head of a strong body of Highlanders under the French banner at Poictiers in 1356. The Scots contingent sustained great losses, and the Lord of the Isles was taken prisoner. From that time until December of the following year he was in captivity, for the most part in England, when he obtained a safe-conduct for his return home from the English King. Two years after this he took a prominent part in promoting the treaty for the liberation and ransom of David II. His marriage with the Stewart's daughter naturally led him to espouse the policy of that personage, and secured for him further favours from the Crown. In 1360 he was appointed Constable of Edinburgh Castle and in 1364 he occupied the high office of Seneschall or High Steward of the King's Household during the imprisonment of Robert, the Stewart, who had incurred the royal displeasure on account of his opposition to the King's marriage with Margaret Drummond or Logie. The exactions in connection with the ransom of the King were found oppressive, expecially in the Highlands, and John, though recently a high official under the Crown, refused to pay the tax, or attend the meeting of the Estates. At last, after years of open and successful defiance, the High Steward prevailed upon the Lord of the Isles to meet the King at Inverness, where, in 1369, an instrument of allegiance was drawn up, and John submitted himself to the pleasure of the King. After the accession of Robert II in 1371, owing to the close connection by the marriage with the reigning family the relations between the Crown and the Lord of the Isles were of a friendly nature. One of the first acts of King Robert was to confirm to John the lands of Moidart, Arisaig, Morar, Knoydart, Uist, Barra, Rum, Eigg, and Harris. He subsequently received several other charters of lands on the Mainland and in the Islands. After this little is recorded of him in the annals of his house. He is known as the 'Good John of Isla' on account of his munificence to the Church. He died, according to the Annals of the Four Masters, at Ardtornish Castle in 1387, and was buried in Iona. [The Scots Peerage V:37-39]
  
  === the macIains of glencoe
  
  The MacIains of ===
  the macIains of glencoe
  
  The MacIains of Glencoe were named after Iain (Gaelic meaning John)"Fraoch" Macdonald son of Angus Og, Lord of the Isles. Iain Fraoch (Gaelic meaning Heather)was given Glencoe as his inheritance in the traditional Celtic style of dividing the father's lands among all his sons. The MacIains of Glencoe were the victims of the most infamous massacre in Scottish history. Even more than the other branches of Clan Donald, the people of Glencoe were isolated and slower to change than the world around them. While other clan chiefs were converting to the Saxon feudal lord system, the MacIain chiefs presided in the old Celtic sense, living among their people more like a father than a feudal lord. The Glencoe MacDonalds were mostly Catholic and Jacobites (Jacob is Latin for James) loyal to King James in exile. The clans around them had become Presbyterian Covenanters, loyal to King William. In the previous centuries the Catholic Church (especially King James VI) had suppressed the Protestant Reformation by heresy trials and execution of those who dared challenge the authority of the Bishops. As leaders of the Protestant reformation Clan Campbell suffered greatly under King James VI. In response to Royal religious supresion Scotland gave birth to a church run by council, or presbytery, rather than bishops. These Protestants signed a Covenant that they would respond to the years of suppression by burning Cathedrals, destroying records, and massacring Catholics. Clanranald, Glengarry, and Keppoch all felt the brunt of this war on their religion, but none more than the MacIains of Glencoe. []
  
  === Information listed in Peerage (UK) ===
  Information confirmed in documentation of the Peerage (UK): http://www.thepeerage.com/p14693.htm#i146930
  
  === 1329, Assumed the title of Lord of the I ===
  1329, Assumed the title of Lord of the Isles Supported the Balliols against Robert the Bruce and was allied with King Edward, II of England
  
  === !of Isla !#68-p28-29; !#93-v35-p36; !#15 ===
  !of Isla !#68-p28-29; !#93-v35-p36; !#150-1967-p87,1592; !#189-v5-p36-40; !#226-v2-p7,8; !#459-v2-p283; !#552-v2-t93; !#605-v3-p181; !#602-p17,18,20,26; !#2135-p153; !#3103-p149;
  
  === Notes ===
  John of Islay (or John MacDonald) (Scottish Gaelic: Eòin Mac Dòmhnuill or Scottish Gaelic: Iain mac Aonghais Mac Dhòmhnuill) (died 1386) was the Lord of the Isles (1336–1386) and chief of Clan Donald. In 1336, he styled himself Dominus Insularum, "Lord of the Isles"; because this is the first ever recorded instance of the title in use, modern historians count John as the first of the later medieval Lords of the Isles, although this rather broad Latin style corresponds roughly with the older Gaelic title Rí Innse Gall ("King of the Isles"), in use since the Viking Age, and for instance, the even more similar Latin title dominus de Inchegal ("Lord of the Hebrides"), applied to Raghnall Mac Somhairle in the mid-12th century. In fact John is actually styled Rí Innsi Gall or King of the Isles shortly after his death in a contemporary entry in the Irish Annals of Ulster.
  Biography
  John was the son of Aonghas Óg, an Islay-based nobleman who had benefited from king Robert I of Scotland's attacks on the MacDougall (Mac Dhùghaill) rulers of Argyll and their Comyn allies, and had been given Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, Duror and Glencoe, turning the MacDonalds from the Hebridean "poor relations" into the most powerful kindred of the north-western seaboard. The loyalty of Aonghas to Robert, however, did not mean that John's loyalty to Robert's son and successor David II would follow suit. After Edward Balliol's coup against the Bruce regime in 1333, Edward attempted to court John. In 1336, Edward confirmed the territories which the Islay lords had acquired in the days of Robert I; and additionally, Edward awarded John the lands of Kintyre, Knapdale, Gigha, Colonsay, Mull, Skye, Lewis, and Morvern, held by magnates still loyal to the Bruces. John, however, never provided Edward with real assistance. Although Balliol's deposition by the supporters of David meant that the grants made to John void, John's pre-1336 possessions were in fact confirmed by King David in 1343. Moreover, in 1346, John inherited the great Lordship of Garmoran through his marriage to Amie mac Ruari after the death of her brother Raghnall Mac Ruairidh. This meant that John's dominions now included all of the Hebrides except Skye, and all of the western seaboard from Morvern to Loch Hourn. John continued to build his power based by allying himself with Robert II of Scotland, another west highland magnate who was the designated heir of King David. After David went into English custody in 1346, Robert acted as the de facto ruler of Scotland north of the River Forth. In 1350, John was given Robert's daughter Margaret Stewart in marriage, and received Knapdale and Kintyre as dowry. However, Robert was the senior partner, and John had to divorce his first wife Amie; his sons Godfrey, John and Ranald by Amie were to be passed over in the succession in favor of any children by the marriage with Margaret. After the capture of the king and death of John Randolph at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, John and Robert worked together taking control of the huge earldom of Moray, bringing MacDonald power into Lochaber and Stewart power into Badenoch.David returned to Scotland in 1357, and resented these incursions into an earldom which David regarded as within his rights of disposal; the terms of the original grant of Moray to Thomas Randolph in 1312 stipulated that the earldom would revert to the crown upon lack of issue. By 1368, King David had decided that an aggressive policy was needed in the north. In 1369, he marched to Inverness, where John submitted to his authority. John's submission, though, was followed swiftly by David's death on 22 February 1371. David was succeeded by John's close ally Robert. David had wished either to retain control of the earldom or to grant the earldom to either John or George Dunbar, the sons of Isabella Randolph, sister of the last earl. However, King Robert made sure that Badenoch remained within his own control and that John kept Lochaber. When the earldom was granted to John Dunbar by a parliament held at Scone in early 1372, the grant consisted only of the lowland part around Inverness. Robert also ensured that John's control of the Mac Ruairidh inheritance was legally recognized by charter, and in 1376 issued charters confirming John's control of Colonsay, Kintrye and Knapdale, and granted Lochaber to John and his Stewart wife together. Soon after 1376, John's heir Domhnall may have been the de facto ruler. John lived until 1386, when he died at Ardtornish Castle in Morvern. He was buried in Iona. John's power had been built on both the loosening of royal authority in north-western Scotland after the First War of Scottish Independence and, more importantly, through allying with the right people at the right time. The success of John was so great that his successors could maintain a distance from the crown that outlived the weak monarchy of the 14th century.
  John was also a great cultural and religious patron. Although the Bishop of the Isles, based at Snizort on Skye, was outside his control and to some extent acted as a political rival, John did control Iona, the spiritual homeland of Scottish Christianity. The monastic establishment of Iona was run with John's approval by the MacKinnon (Mac Fhionnghuin) kindred. John also founded an Augustinian priory at Oronsay, an act unique in the period.
  Family
  By his first wife Amie, he had the following: GodfreyJohn, married Ellen, daughter of Gillespic Campbell.Ranald, d. 1386, married a daughter of Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.
  **FYI (In 1350, John MacDonald Lord of the Isles was given Robert the Bruce's daughter Margaret Stewart in marriage, and received Knapdale and Kintyre as dowry. However, Robert was the senior partner, and John had to divorce his previous wife Amie (Godfrey's mother); his sons by Amie (inc.Godfrey) were to be passed over in the succession in favour of any children by the marriage with Margaret)**
  By his second wife Margaret, he had the following:Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles, d. 1423, married Mary, daughter of Sir Walter Leslie.John Mór Tanister, d. 1427, married Marjorie Bisset, daughter of Sir Hugh Bisset.Alastair Carrach, d. c. 1440, married Mary, daughter of Malcolm, Earl of Lennox.Angus, died without issue.Hugh. Thane of Glentilt.MarcusMary, married Lachlan Maclean of Duart. Elizabeth, also known as Margaret, married Angus Du Mackay, 7th of Strathnaver.
  
  === AFN: 8P5G-WS ===
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  PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE, VOL 6, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 8P5G-WS ===
  Ancestral File Number: 8P5G-WS
  
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  === Nickname: Iain JOHN MacDonald
  Name ===
  Nickname: Iain JOHN MacDonald
  Name Suffix: 1st Lord Of The Isles
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === First Lord of the Isles ===
  First Lord of the Isles
  
  === Clan MacDonald of the Isles www.tartans. ===
  Clan MacDonald of the Isles www.tartans.com/clans/MacDonald/isles.html states: His [Angus Og] son John assumed the title of Lord of the Isles in 1354. His son Donald of Harlow followed as 2nd Lord of the Isles. Pedigrees of the Scottish Clans clancameron.simplenet.com/

• m. 4 JUN 1337 in Scotland

• m. 14 JUN 1350 in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland

1. Donald MacDonald - 8th Lord of the Isles, b. ABT 1351 in Isle of Ross, Western Isles, Scotland     d. 8 MAY 1423 in Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland
2. Agnes of the Isles Macdonald, b. 1363 in Skye Isle, Inverness-shire, Scotland     d. 9 MAR 1413 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland

1. Title: The Peerage
   Author: Lundy, Darryl . The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. (Wellington, New Zealand). Updated on 18 Dec 2022. Iain Macdonald, Lord of the Isles: ID #108062
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2. Title: Clan Donald by Donald J. MacDonald of Castleton, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland: MacDonald Publishers, 1978
   Author: Personal collection of Alice Fairhurst
   Note: p. 288 Chart shows relationship of Ranald Ban d. 1509 to father Alan d. 1505 with wife Florence MacIain of Ardnamanurchan to great grandfather Ruari or Roderick d. c. 1481 to Alan d. c. 1429 to Ranald d. 1389 (foundeer of Clan Ranald) to John Lord of the Isles who m Amie MacRuari.
   Page: Shows relationships.
   
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    Note: Extensive history and genealogy of the family that originates with Uisdean (Hugh) McDonald, Chief of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland, who died in 1498.
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16. Title: THE MACDONALDS
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    Note: Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles Oransay Tombs.jpg 18th century illustration of some of the tombs of Oronsay Priory, founded by Donalds's father John sometime before 1358 Predecessor John of Islay, Lord of the Isles Successor Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross Born Scotland Died 1423 Islay, Scotland Spouse Mary Leslie, Countess of Ross House Clan Donald Father John of Islay, Lord of the Isles Mother Margaret of Scotland Donald, Lord of the Isles (Gaelic: Dómhnall; died 1423), was the son and successor of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald. The Lordship of the Isles was based in and around the Scottish west-coast island of Islay, but under Donald's father had come to include many of the other islands off the west coast of Scotland, as well as Morvern, Garmoran, Lochaber, Kintyre and Knapdale on the mainland. Donald was the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland and first cousin of King Robert III; he took pride in his royal blood, even adopting the royal tressure to surround his coat of arms. While it is customary to portray the Lords of the Isles as divorced from the mainstream of Scottish political life, and as representatives of a brand of lordship distinct from the rest of Scotland, this view obscures the fact that Donald was only one of many magnates who held large lordships with little interference from the crown in late 14th and early 15th century Scotland.[1] The Douglas kindred of southern Scotland and the Albany Stewarts had similar roles as Donald. Contents [hide] 1 Early rule 2 Conflict with the Stewarts 3 Ross claims 4 Marriage and children 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Early rule[edit] Donald spent some of his first years as Lord of the Isles suppressing a revolt by his brother John Mór. John was Donald's younger brother, and resented his meagre inheritance. Although he was recognised as heir-apparent (tànaiste), he only received patches of land in Kintyre and Islay. The rebellion started in 1387 and went on into the 1390s, and John obtained the support of the MacLean kindred. However, John and the MacLeans were eventually forced to submit to Donald, and by 1395 John Mór had been forced into Ireland. There he entered the service of King Richard II of England and later established a MacDonald lordship in Antrim. Conflict with the Stewarts[edit] Suppression of the revolt enabled Donald to turn his attention northwards and eastwards. Most of the area to the north and east of the Lordship, that is Skye, Ross, Badenoch and Urquhart, was under the control of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, famously known as the "Wolf of Badenoch". The Stewarts had been building up their power in the central Highlands and north of Scotland since the death of John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray in 1346. Alexander had acquired control of the lordship of Badenoch, the earldom of Buchan and the Justiciarship of Scotia. He had been appointed "Lieutenant of the North", giving him the flexibility to exercise total control over most of Scotland north of the mounth. Alexander was at once the de facto ruler of northern Scotland as well as the means by which the crown itself exercised control. However, there had been complaints over the activities of his caterans (war bands). More importantly, Alexander's position had become threatening not only to the crown, but also to the Euphemia I, Countess of Ross, her son Alexander and the titular Dunbar Earl of Moray. Late in 1388, soon after becoming Guardian of the Kingdom, Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife (created Duke of Albany in 1398) deprived Alexander of the Justiciarship. The assault of Alexander's position continued into the 1390s. Donald and his brother Alexander of Lochaber were in a perfect position to benefit. In 1394, the latter entered a 17-year agreement with the Earl of Moray, taking over Alexander Stewart's role as "protector" of the wealthy comital and episcopal lands in the Moray lowlands. The MacDonalds were in possession of Urquhart Castle by the end of 1395, and had given control of the Duart Castle to Maclean of Duart. The Guardian soon turned his hostility against Donald and his family. Alexander of Lochaber had been using his role as "protector" to further his own lordship, including granting episcopal lands to his military followers. In 1398, Robert Stewart (now Duke of Albany) was called upon to take action, but the well-prepared expedition in the end came to nothing. Lochaber continued his activities, and in a raid of 1402 burned the burgh of Elgin along with the manses of the canons belonging to Elgin Cathedral. For this he was excommunicated by William Spynie, bishop of Moray. Later in the year Alexander visited Spynie to seek forgiveness. Ross claims[edit] Donald himself was causing still further concern when in the same year, following the death of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, Donald pressed the claims of Mariota, Alexander Leslie's sister and Donald's wife, to the possession of Ross. Donald attempted to gain control of the earldom. Sometime after 1405 but before 1411, Donald gained control of Dingwall Castle, the chief seat of the earldom. In the year after the death of the nominal king, Robert III, Donald sent emissaries to England, to make contact with the heir of the Scottish throne, the captive James Stewart. King Henry IV of England sent his own emissaries to Donald in the following year to negotiate an alliance against Albany. With control over the principal seat of the earldom of Ross and support of the exiled heir to the Scottish throne, in 1411 Donald felt strong enough to march against Albany's main northern ally, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. At the Battle of Harlaw, Donald failed to inflict a decisive victory, and withdrew back to the western highlands. In the aftermath, Albany was able to retake Dingwall and seize control of Easter Ross. In 1415, the heir of Alexander Leslie, Euphemia II, resigned the earldom to Albany. Donald prepared for war and proclaimed himself "Lord of Ross". Although Albany appointed his own son John Stewart to the earldom, Donald's wife continued to regard herself as the rightful Countess. Donald died in 1423 in Islay. He was succeeded by his son Alexander.[2] Marriage and children[edit] He married Mary Leslie, Countess of Ross. They had at least three children: Alexander Macdonald, 10th Earl of Ross who died on 7 May 1449 Angus Macdonald Anna Macdonald who married Duncan Maclagmayn Notes[edit] Jump up ^ McNeill and MacQueen, Atlas, p. 206 Jump up ^ Henderson 1893. References[edit] Boardman, Stephen, The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371–1406, (East Linton, 1996) Brown, Michael, James I, (East Linton, 1994) McNeill, Peter G. B.; MacQueen, Hector L.; Lyons, Anna May, eds. (2000), Atlas of Scottish History to 1707 (reprinted with corrections ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Medievalists and Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, ISBN 0-9503904-1-0 Oram, Richard, "The Lordship of the Isles, 1336–1545", in Donald Omand (ed.) The Argyll Book, (Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 123–39 Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1893). "Macdonald, Donald". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 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20. Title: Eion Mor MacDonnell, Lord of AEbudae Isles married Lady Margaret Stewart
    Author: “Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to the Legitimate Issue of Kings” by Charles Henry Browning, Philadelphia, Porter & Costes, Second Edition 1891, page 528, “Pedigree CXLV”
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    Note: Robert II, King of Scotland, had by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Mure; Princess [Lady] Margaret Stewart, who m. Eion Mor MacDonnell, his second wife, Lord of the AEbudae Isles, d. 1397, and had: (9 generations from Eoin-oge MacDonnell -> Marcach MacDonnell -> Tirlough Mor MacDonnell -> Tirlough oge MacDonnell -> Donoch MacDonnell -> Eoin Carach MacDonnell -> Turlough MacDonnell -> Calvagh MacDonnell -> Hugh-Buide MacDonnell) Brian McDonnell, younger son, who had: Alexander MacDonnell, “the Constable of Wicklow” and Commander of the Gallowglasses in 1641, who m. daughter of Thomas of Archibold, of Wicklow, and had; Lt. Bryan McDonald, of Arklow, County Wicklow.He served in the army of King James II, and in 1691 removed with his family to America and settled in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle Co., Del., where he purchased 600 acres of land from Penn.He m. Mary, daughter of John Doyle, of Arklow, and, dying, in 1707, had; Bryan McDonald, fourth son, remove, about 1753, to Botetourt Co., Va., and, dying in 1757, had, by his wife, Catherine;
    
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