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Clan Mackenzie
Clann Choinnich Seat		Castle Leod[4]
Historic seat	Eilean Donan Castle Redcastle
Septs of Clan Mackenzie Charles, MacLeay,[5] MacMurchie,[5] MacMurchy,[5] MacQueenie,[5] MacThearliach,[5] MacVanish,[5] MacVennie,[5] MacVinish,[5] MacVinnie,[5] MacWeeny,[5] MacWhinnie, Makiver,[5] Murchie,[5] Murchison,[5] Smart,[5] Tuach,[5]
Clan branches Mackenzie of Tarbat Mackenzie of Torridon Mackenzie of Wedellsborg
Allied clans Clan MacRae Clan MacLennan Clan Morrison Clan Matheson Clan Mackintosh
Rival clans Bains of Tulloch

The MacKenzies of Leoch were a fictional Scottish clan in the

.

Family History

In 1690,

by force while the previous laird, Donald MacKenzie, was away from home. Donald later died under mysterious circumstances before he had a chance to defend his property. Jacob married Donald's widow, Anne Grant, daughter of Malcolm Grant of Glenmoriston, and had six children by her.

Upon Jacob's death, there was some question of who would lead the clan. Jacob's eldest son,

, did not seem to have the judgment yet for leading the clan. Eventually, the brothers stuck together, and Colum became laird of the clan, while Dougal would lead the MacKenzies in battle.

During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, Colum wavered on supporting the Stuarts, seeking council with his nephew, Jamie Fraser. Before he could act on his decision, however, Colum succumbed to his disease, leaving leadership in the hands of his Jacobite brother, Dougal, as Colum's son, Hamish MacKenzie, was yet too young. Dougal threw the support of the clan behind Charles Stuart's army, ultimately leading to the clan's destruction. Though Dougal himself died on the eve of the Battle of Culloden, the men of the clan fought and died there, and in the aftermath the castle was destroyed and the clan dispersed. Hamish MacKenzie emigrated to Nova Scotia with others from the clan.

Family Tree

This is the MacKenzie family tree according to the Outlander Series.^[7]

Notes

• Hamish was the biological son of Dougal MacKenzie, though only a few people ever knew this. When it became clear that Colum could not father children, the brothers arranged it so that Dougal would get Letitia with child, and that child would be acknowledged as the son and heir of Colum MacKenzie, and future Laird of the clan.

• Dougal and Geillis were lovers and never married; their son was born out of wedlock and never acknowledged.
• For the children of
  Fraser of Lovat
  .
• For the children of William Buccleigh MacKenzie, view Roger Wakefield MacKenzie's Family Tree.

Jacob MacKenzie

Anne Grant

Ellen MacKenzie

Brian Fraser

Colum MacKenzie

Letitia Chisholm

Hamish MacKenzie

Dougal MacKenzie

Maura Grant

Molly

Tabitha "Tibby"

Margaret

Eleanor

Geillis Duncan

William Buccleigh MacKenzie

Morag Gunn

Janet MacKenzie

Ambrose MacKenzie[8]

Flora MacKenzie

Jocasta MacKenzie

John Cameron

Seonag

Hugh Cameron

Clementina

Hector Cameron

Morna

Duncan Innes

External Resources

• "An Outlander Family Tree" – Originally published in the end papers of Written in My Own Heart's Blood. Also published in The Outlandish Companion, Vol. II.

References

Category:Clans and Families Category:MacKenzie Clan