Individual Details
Lachlan "Duart" Maclean
(Abt 1394 - Abt Nov 1472)
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[[Category:Clan MacLean]]
[[Category:Laird of Duart]]
[[Category: Battle of Lochaber]]
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=== Biographical Notes === All the genealogies agree that Lauchlin Bronnach was the seventh MacLean Chief. He was son of [[MacLean-399|Hector ''Ruadh'' MacLean]], grandson of [[MacLean-333|Lachlan Lubanach]], great grandson of [[MacLean-337|John Dubh], great great grandson of [[MacLean-338|Gillecalum]], third great grandson of [[MacLean-339|Maoliosa]], son of [[MacLean-438|Gilleain]], progenitor of the MacLeans and thus the first Chief.
At about age 18 he may have attended his father, Hector Ruadh (6th of Duart), who was second in command to the Lord of the Isles at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411 and where Hector died.
Through out his adult life he was one of John de Yle’s main advisers. His name appears on several charters of the Lord of the Isles in 1415, 1427, 1439, 1440, 1444 and in 1449. In 1450 he attended the Council of the Isles and witnessed more charters in 1456, 1461, 1463. Between 1466 and 1469 he was a witness without designation which suggests his son, [[Maclean-98|Lachlan MacLean]] was then Chief. Warriors and Priests, page 174.
Lachlan is credited with being responsable for the death of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss.Warriors and Priests, page 174.
On August 29, 1429, after a defeat by the forces of James I at Lochaber, the [[Macdonald-1568|Lord of the Isles]] submitted to the king at Holyrood. Alexander was taken captive and imprisoned at Tantallon Castle in Berwickshire, accompanied by Lachlan MacLean and others.Warriors and Priests, page 44.
On October 30, 1429 at Perth, Lachlan was given royal confirmation of three charters that hade been previously granted to his father in 1409 and grandfather in 1390. King James was attempting to befriend the highlanders instead of mititary force. MacLean-Bristol suspects that it was likely at this time that he married the earl of Mar's illegitimate daughter, Jonata Stewart. This was an important marriage as it connected Duart with one of the most powerful men to serve the king.Warriors and Priests, page 44.
Their future son, Lachlan Og became heir to his father. For this to happen it is likely that Lachlan disinherited his eldest son Donald of Ardgour.Warriors and Priests, page 44.
During Lachlan's rule the dynamic changed in the family. Large parcels of land were granted to some of the MacLean chieftans, in particular to John Garb of Coll and MacLean of Ardgour. This raised their profile and at the same time reduced that of Duart. Coll and Ardgour were now direct tenents of the Lord of the Isles. A new rivalvry was fostered between Duart and Coll, as they were first cousins perhaps they saw an opportunity to gain the Lordship of the Isles of the current line failed.Warriors and Priests, page 62.
=== Family ===
Lauchlan, by his first wife, [[Maclean-976|Margaret]], daughter of [[MacLean-403|Ferchar Maclean]], son of [[MacLean-402|Eachann Reganach MacLean of Lochbuie]] had issue:
:1) [[Maclean-434|Donald of Ardgour]]
Lauchlan, by his second wife, [[Stewart-2509|Jonata Stewart]], daughter of [[Stewart-2514|Alexander Stewart, earl of Mar]] and his wife [[Douglas-664|Isobel Douglas]] had issue:
:2) [[Maclean-98|Lachlan Og]], heir to his father.
:3) [[MacLean-520|Colin]] mar have married Mor Pauli.
:4) [[MacLean-521|John]] killed by Clann Chatain in Ardgour in 1460.
:5) [[Maclean-190|Finvola]] m. Celestine Macdonald.
:6) [[Maclean-522|Magna]] m. William MacLeod.
:7) [[MacLean-523|Neil a Roish]] pregenitor of the MacLeans of Ross.
Lauchlin Bronnach was Maclean of Duart for at least 50 years. He received the nickname "Bronnach", or swag-bellied, on account of his corpulence.
=== Sources ===: Alexander Maclean Sinclair, ''The Clan Gillean''. 1899, Haszard and Moore. http://www.archive.org/stream/clangilleanwithp00sinc#page/55/mode/2up
:Nicholas MacLean-Bristol, ''Warriors and Priests (The History of the Clan MacLean 1300-1570.'' 1995 Tuckwell Press Ltd., pp. 44, 47, 58, 60-64, 71, 173, 195.
[[Category:Clan MacLean]]
[[Category:Laird of Duart]]
[[Category: Battle of Lochaber]]
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=== Biographical Notes === All the genealogies agree that Lauchlin Bronnach was the seventh MacLean Chief. He was son of [[MacLean-399|Hector ''Ruadh'' MacLean]], grandson of [[MacLean-333|Lachlan Lubanach]], great grandson of [[MacLean-337|John Dubh], great great grandson of [[MacLean-338|Gillecalum]], third great grandson of [[MacLean-339|Maoliosa]], son of [[MacLean-438|Gilleain]], progenitor of the MacLeans and thus the first Chief.
At about age 18 he may have attended his father, Hector Ruadh (6th of Duart), who was second in command to the Lord of the Isles at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411 and where Hector died.
Through out his adult life he was one of John de Yle’s main advisers. His name appears on several charters of the Lord of the Isles in 1415, 1427, 1439, 1440, 1444 and in 1449. In 1450 he attended the Council of the Isles and witnessed more charters in 1456, 1461, 1463. Between 1466 and 1469 he was a witness without designation which suggests his son, [[Maclean-98|Lachlan MacLean]] was then Chief. Warriors and Priests, page 174.
Lachlan is credited with being responsable for the death of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss.Warriors and Priests, page 174.
On August 29, 1429, after a defeat by the forces of James I at Lochaber, the [[Macdonald-1568|Lord of the Isles]] submitted to the king at Holyrood. Alexander was taken captive and imprisoned at Tantallon Castle in Berwickshire, accompanied by Lachlan MacLean and others.Warriors and Priests, page 44.
On October 30, 1429 at Perth, Lachlan was given royal confirmation of three charters that hade been previously granted to his father in 1409 and grandfather in 1390. King James was attempting to befriend the highlanders instead of mititary force. MacLean-Bristol suspects that it was likely at this time that he married the earl of Mar's illegitimate daughter, Jonata Stewart. This was an important marriage as it connected Duart with one of the most powerful men to serve the king.Warriors and Priests, page 44.
Their future son, Lachlan Og became heir to his father. For this to happen it is likely that Lachlan disinherited his eldest son Donald of Ardgour.Warriors and Priests, page 44.
During Lachlan's rule the dynamic changed in the family. Large parcels of land were granted to some of the MacLean chieftans, in particular to John Garb of Coll and MacLean of Ardgour. This raised their profile and at the same time reduced that of Duart. Coll and Ardgour were now direct tenents of the Lord of the Isles. A new rivalvry was fostered between Duart and Coll, as they were first cousins perhaps they saw an opportunity to gain the Lordship of the Isles of the current line failed.Warriors and Priests, page 62.
=== Family ===
Lauchlan, by his first wife, [[Maclean-976|Margaret]], daughter of [[MacLean-403|Ferchar Maclean]], son of [[MacLean-402|Eachann Reganach MacLean of Lochbuie]] had issue:
:1) [[Maclean-434|Donald of Ardgour]]
Lauchlan, by his second wife, [[Stewart-2509|Jonata Stewart]], daughter of [[Stewart-2514|Alexander Stewart, earl of Mar]] and his wife [[Douglas-664|Isobel Douglas]] had issue:
:2) [[Maclean-98|Lachlan Og]], heir to his father.
:3) [[MacLean-520|Colin]] mar have married Mor Pauli.
:4) [[MacLean-521|John]] killed by Clann Chatain in Ardgour in 1460.
:5) [[Maclean-190|Finvola]] m. Celestine Macdonald.
:6) [[Maclean-522|Magna]] m. William MacLeod.
:7) [[MacLean-523|Neil a Roish]] pregenitor of the MacLeans of Ross.
Lauchlin Bronnach was Maclean of Duart for at least 50 years. He received the nickname "Bronnach", or swag-bellied, on account of his corpulence.
=== Sources ===: Alexander Maclean Sinclair, ''The Clan Gillean''. 1899, Haszard and Moore. http://www.archive.org/stream/clangilleanwithp00sinc#page/55/mode/2up
:Nicholas MacLean-Bristol, ''Warriors and Priests (The History of the Clan MacLean 1300-1570.'' 1995 Tuckwell Press Ltd., pp. 44, 47, 58, 60-64, 71, 173, 195.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1394 | Duart, Mull, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1430 | Living | |||
| Marriage | 1430 | Jonata Stewart | |||
| Death | Abt Nov 1472 | Duart, Mull, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 1737141 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Jonata Stewart (1402 - 1485) |
| Child | Lachlan "Duart" Maclean (1432 - 1498) |
| Child | Finvola Maclean (1432 - 1463) |
| Child | John MacLean (1460 - 1460) |
| Child | Colin MacLean (1463 - 1463) |
| Child | Magna Maclean (1469 - ) |
| Child | Neil "Neil a Roish" MacLean (1472 - ) |
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Donald Maclean (1430 - 1472) |
| Father | Hector "Eachuinn Ruadh" MacLean (1370 - 1411) |
| Sibling | Mary MacLean (1420 - ) |
| Sibling | John "Iain Dubh Mac Eachainn Ruaidh nan Cath" MacLean (1432 - 1463) |