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Even when it is accepted that Máel Coluim MacHeth was the son of Áed of Ross, this has raised further questions concerning the background of the kindred and the nature of their claims. The general consensus favours a background in Ross, and claims to the
Mormaerdom; descent from the Scots royal
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The existence of
Domnall MacHeth is dependent upon accepting that Máel Coluim MacHeth was the prisoner of Roxburgh and the husband of Somerled's sister. If this is so, then Domnall was involved in a rebellion early in the reign of Malcolm IV, was captured at Whithorn in 1156 and was, perhaps,
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But Máel Coluim, base-born son of
Alexander, affected to snatch the kingdom from his uncle , and fought against him two sufficiently fierce battles. But David, who was loftier in understanding and in power and wealth, conquered him and his
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As with the Meic
Uilleim, the MacHeths disappear from history in the years around 1200. It may be that there were no adult male MacHeths to press their claims to Ross, or that the record is incomplete. This is the period in which
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The main controversy concerning the MacHeths is their origin. The key question relates to the paternity of Máel Coluim MacHeth, the first known of the kindred. The present orthodoxy makes Máel Coluim the son of one
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The next, and last, MacHeth to be reported is
Kenneth (or Cináed), who joined with Domnall Bán mac Uilleim and an unnamed Irish prince, to invade Ross in 1215, shortly after the death of king
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If it is accepted that this Máel Coluim and the son of
Alexander I are not one and the same, Máel Coluim MacHeth appears in 1157, when it is said that he was reconciled with the king,
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were direct descendants of the aforementioned
Ferchar mac in tSagairt, Mormaer of Ross and according to one historian the
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were probably direct descendants of the aforementioned
Kenneth MacHeth. The two clans later feuded in the 15th century.
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Grant, Alexander, "The
Province of Ross and the Kingdom of Alba" in E.J. Cowan and R. Andrew McDonald (eds.)
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Máel Coluim, now presumed to be the son of
Alexander rather than MacHeth, first appears in 1124, when
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It is not certain whether it was this Máel Coluim, the royal bastard, who married a sister of
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Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges to the Canmore Kings, 1058–1266.
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In 1186, a certain Adam son of Domnall, "the king's outlaw", was killed by
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The Kingship of the Scots 842–1292: Succession and Independence.
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Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500 to 1286
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54:, who witnessed two charters in the early reign of
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439:Kingship and Unity: Scotland, 1000–1306.
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332:Barrow, p. 51; MacDonald, pp. 75–81.
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509:Tempus, Stroud, 2004.
352:Historia Ecclesiastica
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