Torquil Og MacLeod of Lewis

II TORQUIL MACLEOD OF LEWIS

History: 286-7 for the family of II Torquil MacLeod of Lewis

Genealogy

1. History of the Macleods with genealogies of the principal families of the name. By Alexander Mackenzie (1889), page 288
2. Stirnet: Macleod 06
3. Clan MacFarlane and assocoated clans genealogy

Biographical Summary

"II. Torquil Macleod, Second of Lewis, of whose history nothing is known. From him the Macleods of Lewis derive their Gaelic patronymic of Siol Thorcuil, or Torquil's descendants. Born in the reign of Alexander III., he died in that of King- Robert the Bruce. — [1306- 1329]. He married Dorothea, daughter of William, Earl of Ross, his superior in the lands of Lewis, with issue —

• Norman, his heir and successor.
• Finguala, who married Kenneth Mackenzie, III. of Kintail, with issue — Murdoch, who carried on the succession, and died in 1375.

Torquil was succeeded by his only son."

• History of the Macleods with genealogies of the principal families of the name; Alexander Mackenzie; 1889; page 286

Biographical Summary

"Traditionally the Siol Tormoid and the Siol Torcaill descend from and are named after two brothers, Tormod and Torquil, said to be sons of Leod, the eponym of the clan. However, in his paper to the Gaelic Society on 'The MacLeods of Lewis', William Matheson argued convincingly that the first Torquil of Lewis (from whom the Siol Torcaill take its name) was not a brother of the first Tormod, son of Leod, but rather his grandson by a son Murchadh (or Murdo[ch]) who had married a MacNeacail (Nicolson) heiress." (Sellar 2000).

• * W. D. H. Sellar, "Ancestry of the MacLeods Reconsidered" in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol. LV, 1997-1998, The Gaelic Society of Inverness, 2000, pp. 233-258.

Biographical Summary

Torquil MacLeod, 2nd of Lewis[1] 1249 - 1300 Suffix 2nd of Lewis Birth Bef 1249 Gender Male Died Between 1300 and 1329 Person ID I44375 Clan current Last Modified 30 Sep 2015 06:46:55 Father Leod Olafson, of Harris and Man, 1st Chief, b. Abt 1200 Mother dau. (NicArmuin) MacRaild Family ID F14395 Group Sheet Family Dorothea O'Beolan Married - Children 1. Fynvola Finguala MacLeod 2. Norman MacLeod, 3rd of the Lewes, b. Abt 1266

Notes 1 - Torquil Macleod, I. of Lewis, who was the grandson of Olave the Black, Norwegian King of Man. [http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies1.html] 2 - MacLEOD OF THE LEWES; b during the reign of ALEXANDER III (1214-49); m Dorothea, dau of William, 3rd Earl of Ross (d 28 Jan 1322/3), his feudal superior in the Lewes, and d in the reign of ROBERT I (1300-29)

Sources Mackenzies, History of the, Alexander Mackenzie, ([ History Of The Mackenzies by Alexander Mackenzie, NEW, REVISED, AND EXTENDED EDITION pub 1894 ] http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies1.html), Part 1 (Reliability: 3)