| Clan MacKinnon | |||
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| Clann MacFhionghain[1] | |||
| Motto | Audentes Fortuna Juvat (from Latin: "Fortune assists the daring").[2] | ||
| Slogan | Cuimhnich bàs Alpein (translation from Gaelic: "Remember the death of Alpin").[3] | ||
| Profile | |||
| Region | Inner Hebrides | ||
| Plant badge | Scots Pine.[4] | ||
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| Madam Anne Gunhild MacKinnon of MacKinnon | |||
| 38th Chief of the Name and Arms of MacKinnon.[5] (Mac Fhionghain[1]) | |||
| Historic seat | Caisteal Maol | ||
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Clan MacKinnon (Scottish Gaelic: Clann MhicFhionghain [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ vĩçˈkʲiŋɣɛn]) is a Highland Scottish clan from the islands of Mull and Skye, in the Inner Hebrides.
Popular tradition gives the clan a Dalriadic Gaelic origin. The 19th-century historian W. F. Skene named the clan as one of the seven clans of Siol Alpin, who according to Skene could all trace their ancestry back to Alpin, father of Cináed mac Ailpín.[7] Popular tradition has been until recently to consider Cináed mac Ailpín the first King of Scots and a Gael, however recent research speculates Cináed was a Pictish king and possibly even a Pict himself.[8] Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk speculated that Clan MacKinnon belonged to the kindred of Saint Columba, noting the MacKinnon arms bore the hand of the saint holding the Cross, and the several Mackinnon abbots of Iona.[9]
Though little is known of the early history of the clan, it is likely to have served under the Lords of the Isles.[7] After the forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles in 1493 the clan would have gained some independence,[7] and was at various times allied or at war with neighbouring clans such as the MacLeans and the MacDonalds.[10] The clan supported the Jacobites in the 17th and 18th centuries, and tradition has the chief of the clan aiding in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie in his flight to France.[11] Because of their support for the last Jacobite rising the MacKinnon chiefs lost the last of their ancient clan lands.[11]
- ^ a b Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta" (docx). Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ^ Smibert, pp. 145–147.
- ^ MacKinnon, pp. 192–195.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
scotclanswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "MACKINNON OF MACKINNON, CHIEF OF MACKINNON". Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ All referred to in Downie and Mackinnon's Genealogical Account of the Family of Mackinnon (2nd edition, Edward Stanford, London, 1883).
- ^ a b c Skene, pp. 258–260.
- ^ Johnston, Ian. "First king of the Scots? Actually he was a Pict" Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. The Scotsman. 2 October 2004. Retrieved on 16 November 2007
- ^ Moncreiffe, pp. 70–71.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
gregory-p80–81was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Eyre-Todd 1923.
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