Individual Details
Unknown MacDonald of Keppoch
(Abt 1390 - Abt 1430)
'''Uncertainty regarding Name:''' At this early stage in the history of the families there is uncertainty and confusion regarding names. The two major source documents for this marriage: [https://archive.org/stream/bookofmackay00mack#page/n81/mode/2up The book of Mackay, page 61], by Angus Mackay; and [https://archive.org/stream/historyofmacdlor00mack#page/480/mode/2up History of the Macdonalds and lords of the isles, page 480], by Alexander Mackenzie, provide that the lady that was the second wife to [[Mackay-1314|Angus Dubh Mackay]] was a daughter of Alexander Carrach MacDonald of Keppoch, a son to John, Lord of the Isles, and his second wife Margaret Stewart. Neither mention a first name. Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage; [https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun07paul#page/160/mode/2up Vol. 5, page 160] offers no guidance either. Wikitree will hold her name as unknown unless definitive source material is found to provide her first name.
== Biography ==
The lady was born about 1390. She is stated, at her marriage to Angus Du Mackay to be a daughter of Alexander Carrach MacDonald of Keppoch, son of John, Lord of the Isles, a brother to Donald and niece to his first wife. She is noted in both the work by Mackenzie and that of Mackay (see sources).[[#S-1]] Mackenzie; page 480
It is not clear whether dispensation, the marriage being within prohibited degrees, was obtained, thus giving rise to later claims on the family. It is from this marriage that the Aberach Mackays are descended. The children from this marriage are:
* Ian Aberach Mackay, must have been born very soon after 1415 as he will lead the clan at the Battle of Drumnacoub where his father is killed in 1433. He married a daughter of Macintosh of Macintosh and became progenitor of the Aberach (near Lochnavar) Mackays.
== Footnotes ==
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== Biography ==
The lady was born about 1390. She is stated, at her marriage to Angus Du Mackay to be a daughter of Alexander Carrach MacDonald of Keppoch, son of John, Lord of the Isles, a brother to Donald and niece to his first wife. She is noted in both the work by Mackenzie and that of Mackay (see sources).[[#S-1]] Mackenzie; page 480
It is not clear whether dispensation, the marriage being within prohibited degrees, was obtained, thus giving rise to later claims on the family. It is from this marriage that the Aberach Mackays are descended. The children from this marriage are:
* Ian Aberach Mackay, must have been born very soon after 1415 as he will lead the clan at the Battle of Drumnacoub where his father is killed in 1433. He married a daughter of Macintosh of Macintosh and became progenitor of the Aberach (near Lochnavar) Mackays.
== Footnotes ==
== Sources ==
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1390 | ||||
| Death | Abt 1430 | ||||
| Reference No | 9788604 | ||||
| Reference No | 10318028 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Alexander "Lord of Lochaber" MacDonald (1365 - 1440) |
| Mother | Mary Lennox (1375 - ) |
| Sibling | Angus "Aonghas na Fearste" MacDonald (1390 - 1484) |