Muiredach mac Muredach, Mormaer of Levenax (Lennox)

1. MURDOCH . m ---, daughter of ALWYN & his wife ---. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by a Celtic poem which is addressed to "O Leamhan Alun oge, the son of Muireadhach…descendant of "Lughaidh of Liathmhuine" and "the Mormaer of Leamhan…son of Ailin’s daughter"[138]. Murdoch & his wife had one child:

a) ALWYN (-before 1199). A Celtic poem is addressed to "O Leamhan Alun oge, the son of Muireadhach…descendant of "Lughaidh of Liathmhuine" and "the Mormaer of Leamhan…son of Ailin’s daughter"[139]. Earl of Lennox. He is named in his son’s charter (see below). m ---. The name of Alwyn’s wife is not known. Alwyn & his wife had [three] children:

i) ALWYN (-1225 or before). He succeeded his father as Earl of Lennox. "Alewin comes de Levenax filii et heres Alewini comitis de Leuenax" donated "ecclesiam de Kamsi" to the church of Glasgow by undated charter witnessed by "Maldoueni filio et herede nostro…Dunegall filio nostro, Gillescop Galbrad nepote nostro…Malc filio Gillescop…"[140].

- see below.

ii) ETH (-after 1193). "…Dunec, Malcolmo filio eio, com. Gilleb, Eth filio com. de Leueñ…" witnessed the undated charter, dated to 1193, under which "Dunecanus filius Gillebti filii Fergi" donated "totam terram de Moybothelbeg…[et] de Bethoc" to Melrose abbey[141].

iii) [--- .] m ---. [Two] children:

(a) GILLESCOP Galbraith . "Alewin comes de Levenax filii et heres Alewini comitis de Leuenax" donated "ecclesiam de Kamsi" to the church of Glasgow by undated charter witnessed by "Maldoueni filio et herede nostro…Dunegall filio nostro, Gillescop Galbrad nepote nostro…Malc filio Gillescop…"[142]. It is not known whether the witness "Malc filio Gillescop" was the son of Gillescop Galbraith.
(b) [RODARC . "Alwinus comes de Leuenax" donated "ecclesie de Kilpatrick…" to Paisley monastery by undated charter, witnessed by "Maldoveno, Malcolmo filiis meis, Maldoveno decano de Levenax, Rodarco nepote meo…"[143]. It is not known whether Rodarc was the brother of Gillescop.]

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Notes ◦Muredach, and his father and grandfather before him, were chieftains (probably Mormaers) of the Leamhnaigh. As Arkil of Northumberland had been granted large tracts of land in the area by King Malcolm III, Muredach's marriage was probably an arrangement to bring together the old and new leading families of the region. [7]

Sources 1.[S498] The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.586

2.[S492] http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal37864, (Website defunct as at 18 Mar 2008)

3.[S524] "The House of Lennox", Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p1 (Reliability: 3)

4.[S682] Pedigrees of the Scottish Clans From Irish and Scottish Ms. Senchus Fer nAlban History of the Men of Alba (Scotland) 10th century, John D McLaughlin, (http://members.aol.com/lochlan4/pedigree.htm), Genealogy of the Mormaers of Lennox (Reliability: 3)

5.[S541] http://www.stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Lennox1 & Temp06 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S593] "History of Lakey", Gilbert Marlow Lakey, (http://members.cox.net/benchrest/Genealogy.html)

7.[S541] http://www.stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Lennox1 (Reliability: 3)

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