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[[Category: Clan MacKenzie]]
[[Image:Maria_s_Photobox.jpg|450px|Eilan Donan]]

==Biography==}Kenneth was known as "Coinneach na Cuirc" which translates as "Kenneth of the Whittle".Skilled in whittling wood, he achieved the nickname "The Whittler". Becoming Clan chief in 1561, helped Queen Mary get access to the castle versus Alexander Gordon.
According to Alexander Mackenzie, in his "History of the Clan Mackenzie with Genealogies of the Principal Families (1879)" on page 119, Kenneth married "Lady Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John, Earl of Athol, by his lady Mary Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Argyll..."
Kenneth "na Cuirc" (the whittler) was a tenant of Little Skattil and Bawblair in 1539.(1) As heir of John of Kintail he had a charter to himself and Isabel Stewart his wife to part of the lordship of Kintail and the lands of Mekill Brann from his father 24 Apr. 1543.(2) He had a charter to the lands of Lochalsh purchased from Thomas Dingwall of Kildun 20 Nov. 1554.(3)
In 1544 Kenneth was ordered by the Earl of Huntly to lead an expedition against Donald Glas MacDonald of Moidart. Kenneth refused and the Earl ordered his army of 3,000 men to march against both men. Huntly was unsuccessful and retreated without any significant victory. Years later Kenneth embarrassed the Earl again at a skirmish known at "the affair of Dingwall Bridge". Kenneth and his father received a remission in 1551 for the imprisonment of his cousin John Glassich MacKenzie, son and heir of Hector Roy MacKenzie of Gairlock, who had died under mysterious circumstances at Eilean Donan Castle. John evidently intended to renew his father's claims to the MacKenzie lands in Kintail.
Kenneth obtained custody, by accident, of Mary Macleod the heiress of Harris and Dunvegan and refused to give her up to her lawful guardian James MacDonald of Dunyveg and the Glens and was compelled to resign her into the hands of Queen Mary 21 May 1562 with whom she remained as a maid of honor.(4) He was also one of the Highland Chiefs who met Queen Mary at Inverness in 1562 to help her obtain possession of Inverness Castle from Alexander Gordon, its governor.
He had sons, Murdoch, who died young, Colin, who succeeded him, and Roderick, who received Redcastle. He had many daughters (unnamed) who married:

Macdonald of Glengarry/Chisholm of Comar
Ross of Balnagown
Lachlan Mackintosh
Walter Urquhart of Cromarty
Robert Munro of Fowlis
Innes of Inverbreaky
After his death in June 1568, Kenneth was buried at Beauly, Inverness, Scotland


==Sources==

*(1) Exch. Rolls- XVII, pp.670,675
*(2) Reg. Mag. Sig.
*(3) Ibid
*(4) P.C. Reg.- I, 207
*History of the MacKenzies- Alexander MacKenzie, Inverness, 1894*The Scots Peerage- Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., Douglas & Co., Edinburgh, 1904-Vol.VII, pp.499-500*The Scottish Nation- William Anderson, A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, 1880* ''The Scots peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom''|volume= Vol. VII|author= Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor| publisher= D Douglas| publication-place=Edinburgh| year= 1904 |url=https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul| repository= archive.org,>[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun07paul/page/498/mode/2up Kenneth MacKenzie, 10th of Kintail, Vol 7, pg 499]*[[Wikipedia:Kenneth_Mackenzie,_10th_of_Kintail|Kenneth, 10th of Kintail]]*Source: S1 Record ID Number: MH:S500001 User ID: 53D7B0BE625E0179C84A6C80ECEF5362 Title: Geni World Family Tree Publication: MyHeritage Text: The Geni World Family Tree is found on www.Geni.com. Geni is owned and operated by MyHeritage. Media: 40000 Type: Collection Record ID Number: MH:SC500156 Page: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-40000/geni-world-family-tree?s=251931391&itemId=127093675&action=showRecord Data: Text:

Kenneth Mackenzie
Gender: Male
Birth: 1513 - Kintail, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Marriage: Spouse: Elizabeth Isabel MacKenzie (born Stewart) - 1533 - Kintail, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Death: June 6 1561 - Kintail, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Burial: Circa 1568 - Beauly, , Inverness, Scotland
Father: John Mackenzie
Mother: Elisabeth Grant of Freuchie
Wives: Elizabeth Isabel MacKenzie (born Stewart), Lady Elizabeth Stewart
Children: Colin 2nd Baron Kintail Mackenzie, Clan Chief, Margaret Mackenzie, Roderick Mackenzie, Elizabeth Mackenzie, Marjory Munro (born Mackenzie), Agnes Mackenzie, Murdoch Mackenzie, Dugal Mackenzie, Catharine Mackenzie, Janet (Mary) Mackenzie
Siblings: Janet MacLeod (born MacKenzie), John Mackenzie

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Kenneth Mackenzie
Gender: Male
Birth: 1513 - Kintail, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Marriage: Spouse: Elizabeth Isabel MacKenzie (born Stewart) - 1533 - Kintail, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Death: June 6 1561 - Kintail, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Burial: Circa 1568 - Beauly, , Inverness, Scotland
Father: John Mackenzie
Mother: Elisabeth Grant of Freuchie
Wives: Elizabeth Isabel MacKenzie (born Stewart), Lady Elizabeth Stewart
Children: Colin 2nd Baron Kintail Mackenzie, Clan Chief, Margaret Mackenzie, Roderick Mackenzie, Elizabeth Mackenzie, Marjory Munro (born Mackenzie), Agnes Mackenzie, Murdoch Mackenzie, Dugal Mackenzie, Catharine Mackenzie, Janet (Mary) Mackenzie
Siblings: Janet MacLeod (born MacKenzie), John Mackenzie

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