Lord Alexander MacDonald Of The Isles 
Alexander was born about 1398 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland. Alexander's father was Lord Donald MacDonald Of The Isles and his mother was Mariota Leslie. His paternal grandparents were Lord Iain John Of The Isles and Princess Margaret Stewart Of Scotland; his maternal grandparents were Earl Walter Leslie Of Ross and Countess Euphemia Ross. He had two sisters named Agnes and Marion. He was the oldest of the three children. He died on May 8th, 1449 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland. He was buried in 10th Earl of Ross.1 General Notes
Alexander MacDonald, 10th Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles, as both of which apparently recognised by James I on latter's release by English 1424; nevertheless ordered by James to attend a meeting with other Highland chiefs at Inverness 1427 and placed under virtual house arrest as a permanent "guest" of James at his court; later fled or was let go, gathered an army of men of the Isles and Ross and put Inverness and its environs to fire and the sword, but was defeated by James at Lochaber 23 June 1429; after pleading for mercy in penitential garb he was confined for a while in Tantallon Castle; recognised again as Earl of Ross by Jan 1435/6; Justiciar North of Forth 1438; married (as his 1st(?) of two wives(?)) Elizabeth Halyburton; probably of Dirletoun (died in or after Dec 1444). [Burke's Peerage]
Note Burke's Peerage, page 328 (above text) does not mention Elizabeth Seton as a wife, although the question marks indicate doubt as to the number and order of wives. Elizabeth Seton is mentioned on page 1480 as his wife. Alexander had a son with Elizabeth Halyburton named John (b. c1435), 11th and last Earl of Ross and last Lord of the Isles, who does not appear to be the same son that I have for Alexander and Elizabeth Seton, which is John Ross of Halkhead. Due to the fact that John of Halkhead was born c1425 (some say 1415), I would say Elizabeth Seton was 1st wife and Elizabeth Halyburton is 2nd, if at all.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1170 in Of,Morven,Argyll,Scotland d.1230
- b.~ 1225 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1296 in Kildonan Tower,Isle of Arran,Scotland
- b.1188
- b.~ 1274 in Icolmkill,Iona,Western Isles,Scotland d.1330 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland
- b.1220 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland d.1294 in Battle at Ath-Dearg (Red Ford) of Lorn
- b.~ 1255 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.1232 in Rosslyn Castle,Roslin,Midlothian,Scotland
- b.1326 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1387 in Ardtornish Castle,Lochaline,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1245 in Ulster,Ireland
- b.~ 1280 in Ulster,Ireland
- b.1364 in Western Isles,Scotland d.1423 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.1245 d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle Of Fallkirk,Fallkirk,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.1292 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle Of Halidon Hill,Scotland
- b.1263
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle,Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.1297 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.02 Mar 1315 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1278
- b.~ 1342 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1410 in Scotland
- b.1265 d.1348
- b.~ 1290 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.1355 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1261
- b.1320 in Rowallon,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1355 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1269
- b.~ 1295 in Fokeltie,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1398 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland d.08 May 1449 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.1210
- b.~ 1246 in Lesslyn,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.< 1317 in Leslie,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.1225
- b.1290 in Leslie,Fifeshire,Scotland d.<28 Nov 1324 in Leslie,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1250 in Edengarioch,Scotland d.< 1320 in Leslie,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1321 in Leslie,Fifeshire,Scotland d.27 FEB 1380/1381 in Perth,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1281 in Abernethy,Fifeshire,Scotland d.< 1317 in Abernethy,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1298 in Abernethy,Fifeshire,Scotland d.<19 Nov 1355 in Lindores Abbey,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Dundonald Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1435 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.1249 d.1323
- b.~ 1275 in Fearn,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland d.17 Jul 1333 in Battle of Halidon Hill,Berwick-on-Tweed,Northumberland,England
- b.1249
- b.~ 1309 in Fearn,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland d.9 FEB 1371/1372 in Delny,Ross-shire,Scotland
- b.Jul 1243 in Annadale,Scotland d.12 Apr 1304 in Palestine,Holy Lands
- b.~ 1282 in Carrick,Argyllshire,Scotland d.>Sep 1323 in Fearn,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland
- b.1252 in Carrick,Argyllshire,Scotland d.27 Oct 1292
- b.~ 1348 in Fearn,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland d.20 FEB 1394/1395
- b.~ 1225 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1296 in Kildonan Tower,Isle of Arran,Scotland
- b.~ 1274 in Icolmkill,Iona,Western Isles,Scotland d.1330 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland
- b.~ 1255 in Lochow,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1318 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland
- b.~ 1245 in Ulster,Ireland
- b.~ 1280 in Ulster,Ireland
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Alexander and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband.2 They had a son named John.
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Children
Lord John Ross Of Halkhead
John was born in 1425 in Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross-shire,Scotland. He died in Hawkhead,Renfrewshire,Scotland.
Alexander and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1st? of 2? wives (I would say 2nd wife).1
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 328
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1480
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1480, 328
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1480
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1480, 328
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