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Alastair Carragh MacDonald (Alexander the Strong) (d. c.1440) was a son of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure.[1] He is the eponymous ancestor of Clan MacDonald of Keppoch.

He fought alongside his brother, Donald of the Isles, at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, supporting Donald's claim to the Earldom of Ross. For his involvement in the 1431 insurrection of Donald Balloch and the Battle of Inverlochy, Alistair had a large portion of his lands confiscated, with those lands transferred to the Malcolm Beg Mackintosh, Chief of Clan MacKintosh.

Family

John, Lord of the Isles, married, secondly, Margaret, daughter of King Robert n.1 and had by her :—

7. Alexander, known as Alastair Carrach, from whom the
Macdonalds of Keppoch. There were twenty succes- sive heads of this well-known family. Ohichester, the last of the line, died in 1848.

By his wife Mary, daughter of Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, they had:

• Angus, d. c.1484, married a daughter of MacPhee of Glenpean.
• and Alexander MacAlastair aka Lord Alexander MacAlistair b. 1420

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ANGUS Macdonald, son of ANGUS Lord of the Isles & his wife --- (-Finlaggan Castle, Isla 1330). He succeeded his brother as Lord of the Isles. He fought for Robert Bruce at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. m AGNES, daughter of GUY of Cathan of Ulster & his wife ---. Angus & his wife had [three] children:

• 1. JOHN Macdonald (-1387). 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[1390]. Robert II King of Scotland granted "insulam de Colowsay" to "Johanni del Yle…et…filis nostre Margarete sponse sue" by charter dated Jul 1376[1391]. 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 (-after 8 Jan 1401). Robert II King of Scotland granted "insulam de Colowsay" to "Johanni del Yle…et…filis nostre Margarete sponse sue" by charter dated Jul 1376[1392]. 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][1393]). 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 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.
  

• c) JOHN "Ian Mor Tanisteir" (-1427). m MARJORIE Bisset, daughter of 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 . m (contract 8 Jan 1401) ANGUS Duff Mackay of Strathnaver, son of ---.
  

• 2. ALEXANDER Macdonald .
  
• 3. MARY Macdonald. m (Papal dispensation 25 May 1342) WILLIAM Earl of Ross, son of HUGH Earl of Ross & his first wife Matilda Bruce (-Delny 9 Feb 1372). http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#AngusIslesd...
  

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References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Carragh_Macdonald cites
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   2. Paul, James Balfour; Douglas of Glenbervie, Robert; Wood, John Philip (1904), 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 / edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, David Douglas. Page 40. < Archive.Org >
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   1. Source S-1Alexander Mackenzie. History of the Macdonalds and lords of the isles. With genealogies of the principal families of the name. Vol. I. Inverness: Mackenzie, 1906. archive.org
   2. Source S-2Angus Macdonald. The clan Donald. Vol. 2. Inverness: Northern Counties Printing, 1896. archive.org
   3. Source S-3Angus Macdonald. The clan Donald. Vol. 3. Inverness: Northern Counties Printing, 1896. archive.org
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