A Brief History of Clan MacKay

  1. The Irish Kings of Dalriada (to 501 A.D.)
  2. The Tribe of Loarn (501 to 736)
  3. The Royal House of Moray (736 to 1215)
  4. The MacKays of Strathnaver (1215 to 1614)
  5. The Lords Reay (1614 - )
  6. Appendix A: Kings of Scots (844 to 1290)
  7. Bibliography

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Appendix A: Kings of Scots

(844 to 1290)

                            -----------------------------
                           |                             |
                 1. Kenneth I MacAlpin              2. Donald I
                       (844-858)                     (858-863)
                           |
      =====================+------------------------------------
     |                     |                                    |
3. Constantine I   4. Aedh Whitefoot                Run   =   daughter
 (863-877)             (877-878)           King of Strathclyde
     |                     |                              |
     |                     |                         5. Eochaid
6. Donald II       7. Constantine II                  (878-889)
 (889-900)             (900-942)
     |                     |
8. Malcolm I                ------------------------------
 (942-954)                                                |
     |                                               9. Indulf
     |-----------------------------------             (954-962)
     |                                   |                |
10. Dubh                                 |          11. Culen
 (962-967)                        12. Kenneth II      (967-971)
     |                               (971-995)            |
     |                                   |        13. Constantine III
14. Kenneth III                   15. Malcolm II      (995-997)
 (997-1005)                         (1005-1034)
     |                                   |
     |                                   |-------------------------
   Boite                             ?   |                         |
     |                     Findlaech = Donada           Crinan = Bethoc
     |               mormaer of Moray                          |
     |                               |                   16. Duncan I
  ----=====================          |                    (1034-1040)
 |                         |         |                         |
son      Gillacomgain = Gruoch = 17. Macbeth                   |
       mormaer of Moray       (1040-1057)                      |
                      |                      ------------------|
                18. Lulach                  |                  |
                 (1057-1058)         19. Malcolm III           |
                                       (1058-1093)             |
                                          |   |                |
      ------------------------------------    |                |
     |                                        |                |
20. Duncan II      ---------------------------|         21. Donald III
  (1094)          |            |              |           (1093-1097)
     |       22. Edgar   23. Alexander I  24. David I
  William    (1097-1107)  (1107-1124)    (1124-1153)
Earl of Moray                                 |
                                            Henry
                                    Earl of Northumberland
                                              |
                ------------------------------|
               |                              |
         25. Malcolm IV               26. William I
          (1153-1165)                    (1165-1214)
                                              |
                                      27. Alexander II
                                         (1214-1249)
                                              |
                                      28. Alexander III
                                         (1249-1286)
                                              |
                               Eric II  =  Margaret
                          King of Norway
                                        |
                                 29. Margaret
                                   (1286-1290)

|  descent of MacKays from Kenneth MacAlpin

These pages written and maintained by Michael MacKay.

Last updated: July 26, 1998.

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