Alexander MacNaughton, of Dunderawe, Chief of Clan MacNaughton

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Name Alexander MacNaughton [1] Suffix of Dunderawe, Chief of Clan MacNaughton Gender Male

Father Duncan MacNaughton, d. 1375

Family 1

Marion (Mariota) Cardney, d. Yes, date unknown Married Type: Unmarried Partner [1]

Children

	1. Donald MacNaughton, Dean of Dunkeld & Dunblane,   d. 1439-1440

Family 2

Margaret (Mariota) MacGillegechan, d. Aft 1403

Children

+ 1. Sir Duncan MacNaughton, of Dunderawe, Dean of Dunkeld, d. Aft 1439

Notes

   The Macnachtan apparently did not agree with the other clans around Loch Awe in Glen Ara, so in due course they moved with their Chief, Alexander son of Duncan, to their newly built Castle on the promontory at the neck of Dubh Loch in Glen Shira. These lands were known as the Barony of Macnachtan and Alexander was the first Chief to be designated 'of Dunderawe' although this title pertained to the locality rather than to the castle which was later so named.

Alexander married Mariota Cairdney, daughter of John Cairdney of that Ilk and sister of Robert Cairdney, bishop of Dunkeld from1396.
In 1431, in the time of James I of Scotland (1424-1437 ), Donald Macnachtan, "son of an unmarried nobleman

(Alexander of Dunderawe ) and a Bishop's sister" held office as Dean of Dunblane

Regarding Donald's illegitimacy, it would seem that his father may have been guilty of more than one indiscretion, for in 1403, Margaret, daughter of Gillechrist called MacGillegechan, with the consent of her son and heir Fynlay Macawaran, resigned to Colin Campbell the sixth park of the lands of Acharne and Leatwea and of other lands belonging to her in heritage and formerly belonging to Alexander, Lord of the same lands. I can find no other reference to this lady but the name Macawaran in this instance would surely be derived from the Gaelic Mac - a - Bharain or son of the Baron. One assumes that Mariota was indeed the mother of Sir Duncan the heir to Dunderawe. [1]
Sources

   [S260] MacNaughton, Irvine Douglas Levarre-Waters (1937-1993), (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~levarre/lochawe/lochawe.htm).