Roderick MacLeod
b:
d: (ABT 1480/1485)
Biography
!SOURCE: William Matheson, "The MacLeods of Lewis," TRANSACTIONS OF
THE GAELIC SOCIETY OF INVERNESS, Vol. LI (1978-1980), Inverness,
Scotland, 1981, pp. 320-337 (330).
A son, ... was mortally wounded at the battle of Bloody Bay (Bagh na
Fala) off the north coast of Mull, dying at Dunvegan when on his way back
to Lewis.
!SOURCE: BURKE''S LANDED GENTRY, Eighteenth Edition, Vol. II, London,
Burke''s Peerage Limited, 1969, pp. 416-417.
!SOURCE: John Burke, Esq., HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. IV, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1977, pp. 584-592.
The eldest [son], Roderick, being killed in the battle of the Bloody Bay,
in 1480, where he was fighting in the cause of John, Earl of Ross, and
Lord of the Isles.
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section IV, "The MacLeods of Lewis", Edinburgh, Associated Clan MacLeod
Societies, 1974, p. 3.
Was so badly wounded in the Battle of Bloody Bay in Mull in 1480 that
he died on his way home at Dunvegan Castle.
!SOURCE: Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN,
Section IV, Revised Edition, "The MacLeods of Lewis", Edinburgh,
Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, 1990, p. 5.
A son... died at Dunvegan from wounds received at the battle of the
Bloody Bay, c. 1485.
!NOTE: There are two dates given for the battle of Bloody Bay, both given
by Morrison. No reason is given for the two dates.
Facts
  • (ABT 1480/1485) - Death - ; Dunvegan Castle,Skye,Scotland
Ancestors
   
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Roderick Ruaidhri MacLeod
ABT 1426 - AFT 1496
  
  
  
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Roderick MacLeod
- (ABT 1480/1485)
  
 
  
 
   
  
  
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Roderick Ruaidhri MacLeod
BirthABT 1426
DeathAFT 1496
Marriageto Margaret MacLeod
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Margaret MacLeod
Birth
Death
Marriageto Roderick Ruaidhri MacLeod
FatherJohn Iain_Borb MacLeod
MotherMargaret Douglas
CHILDREN
MRoderick MacLeod
Birth
Death(ABT 1480/1485)Dunvegan Castle,Skye,Scotland