Kenneth - Coinneach na Cuirc MACKENZIE, 10th of Kintail

1513 - 1568  (55 years)

• Name	Kenneth - Coinneach na Cuirc MACKENZIE  [1]
  Suffix	10th of Kintail
  Born	1513	Ross-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LTPJ-MG5
  TitleOfNobility	[2]
  	10th Baron Kintail
  Name	Coinneach Na Cuirc of Brahan "Kenneth of the Whittle" of Brahan  [2]
  Buried	Jun 1568	Beauly, Highland, Scotland   [1]
  Died	6 Jun 1568	Inverness-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I594777391	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John - Iain MACKENZIE, 9th of Kintail,   b. 1483, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Jun 1561, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth-nic-John GRANT, of Freuchie, latterly of Kintail,   b. 1486, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 20 Jun 1543  (Age 57 years)
  Married	1506	Cromartyshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F536731276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Margaret “Majory” Elizabeth STEWART,   b. 1513, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 23 Jun 1567, Cromarty, Highland, Scotland  (Age 54 years)
  Married	1538	Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland   [3]
  Children	1. Murdoch MACKENZIE,   b. 1532, Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 1556, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom  (Age 24 years)   2. Elizabeth MACKENZIE, of Kintail,   b. Abt 1539, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 1572, Scotland  (Age ~ 33 years)   3. Marjory MACKENZIE,   b. Abt 1539, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 1578, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 39 years)   4. Sir Colin - Cam MACKENZIE, 11th of Kintail,   b. 1540, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 14 Jun 1594, Redcastle, Ross-shire, Scotland  (Age 54 years)   5. Janet Mary MACKENZIE, of Kintail, relic of Glengarry, latterly of Comar - Chisholm,   b. Abt 1542,   bur. 1592, Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland  (Age ~ 49 years)   6. Margaret MACKENZIE, latterly of Inverbrakye,   b. 1543, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. Jun 1570, Dunnachton, Invernes shire, Scotland  (Age 27 years)   7. Dugald MACKENZIE,   b. 1545, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 1558, Ross-shire, Scotland  (Age 13 years)   8. Lady Agnes MACKENZIE, of Kintail,   b. 1550, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jun 1611, Dunnachton, Inverness-shire, Scotland  (Age 61 years)   9. Roderick - Mòr MACKENZIE, of Kintail - 1st of Redcastle,   b. Abt 1555, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. 4 Nov 1615, Ross-shire, Scotland  (Age ~ 60 years)   10. Catherine-nic-Kenneth MACKENZIE, of Kintail, latterly Balnagowan,   b. 1559, Cromartyshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Apr 1592, Ross-shire, Scotland  (Age 33 years)   11. Janet-nic-Kenneth MACKENZIE, of Kintail, latterly of Castlehill,   b. 1562, Kintail, Ross-Shire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F536731663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Mackenzies were a clan from Ross-shire that had risen to prominence in the 15th century during the disintegration of the Lordship of the Isles. -- Kenneth was the only son of John MacKenzie, 9th of Kintail (d.1561) and Elizabeth, the daughter of John Grant of Grant. Kenneth married Lady Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, by Lady Janet Campbell, daughter of the Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll. His own children also made very advantageous marriages: •Colin Cam Mackenzie, who succeeded him, married Barbara Grant, daughter of John Grant of Grant. •Roderick Mackenze of Redcastle married Florence, daughter of Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis •Janet married, first, Aeneas Macdonald of Glengarry and, secondly, Alexander Chisholm of Chisholm. •Catherine married Alexander Ross of Balnagown and died on 12 April 1592. •Agnes married (contract 11 May 1567) Lachlan Mor Mackintosh of Mackintosh. •Margaret married (contract 24 November 1556) Walter Innes, son and heir of John Innes of Inverbreckie, and died in June 1570. •Elizabeth married Walter Urquhart of Cromarty. •Marjory married (contract 30 May 1574) Robert Munro, son and heir of Robert Munro of Foulis. BOOK : The History of the Mackenzies ~ Alexander Mackenzie The Plantaganet blood-royal of England was introduced later by the marriage of Kenneth Mackenzie, X. of Kintail, to Lady Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John, second Earl of Atholl, fourth in descent from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III., and father of Henry IV. of England, and this strain was strengthened and continued by the marriage of Kenneth's son, Colin Cam Mackenzie, XI. of Kintail, to his cousin Barbara, daughter of John Grant of Grant by Lady Marjory Stewart, daughter of John, third Earl of Atholl. It scarcely needs to be pointed out that, through these inter-marriages, the Mackenzies are also descended from the ancient Celtic MacAlpine line of Scottish Kings, from the original Anglo-Saxon Kings of England, and from the oldest Scandinavian, Charlemagne, and Capetian lines, as far back as the beginning of the ninth century. ____________________________________ Kenneth 'na cuire' Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail1 M, #219814, d. 6 June 1568 Last Edited=20 Apr 2016 Consanguinity Index=0.28% Kenneth 'na cuire' Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail was the son of John Mackenzie, 9th of Kintail and Elizabeth Grant.2 He married Lady Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and Lady Janet Campbell.2 He died on 6 June 1568.1 He was also reported to have died on 6 June 1561.2 Kenneth 'na cuire' Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail also went by the nick-name of 'na Cuirc' (or in English, 'of the whittle.2') He had four other daughters.2 Children of Kenneth 'na cuire' Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail and Lady Elizabeth Stewart Janet Mackenzie+2 Murdoch Mackenzie2 Roderick Mackenzie, 1st of Redcastle+2 d. a 1608 Dugald Mackenzie2 Elizabeth MacKenzie+3 Agnes Mackenzie+2 Isabel Mackenzie+2 Katherine Mackenzie+2 d. 12 Apr 1592 Sir Colin Mackenzie, 11th of Kintail+2 b. 1556, d. 19 Jun 1594 Citations [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2513. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37] [S4053] Christopher Davis, "re: Barton Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 30 October 2009. Hereinafter cited as "re: Barton Family." https://thepeerage.com/p21982.htm#i219814 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

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for Agnes Mackenzie, person ID GSDK-XK7. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for Kenneth - Coinneach na Cuirc Mackenzie, person ID LTPJ-MG5. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Sep 2024), entry for Lady Margaret “Majory” Elizabeth Stewart, person ID LTH6-HRG. (Reliability: 3).