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Clan Mackenzie
Clann Choinnich
Crest: A mount in flames Proper
Motto	Luceo non uro (I shine not burn)
Slogan	Tulach Àrd (The high hill or The high knoll or "The high hillock)
Profile
Region	Highland
District	Ross-shire
Plant badge	variegated holly or deergrass
Chief
John Ruaridh Grant Mackenzie
5th Earl of Cromartie (Caber Feidh)
Seat	Castle Leod
Historic seat	Eilean Donan Castle Redcastle
Septs of Clan Mackenzie Charles, Charleson, Clunes, Clunies, Cross, Iverach, Iverson, Ivory, Kenneth, Kennethson, Kinnach, Kynoch, MacAulay, Macaweeney, MacBeolain, MacBeath, MacBeth, MacConnach, MacCure, Maceur, MacIver, MacIvor, MacKenna, MacKenney, MacKerlich, MacKinna, MacKinney, MacKinnie, MacLeay, MacMurchie, MacMurchy, MacQueenie, MacThearliach, MacVanish, MacVennie, MacVinish, MacVinnie, MacWeeny, MacWhinnie, Makiver, Murchie, Murchison, Smart, Tuach,
Clan branches Mackenzie of Kintail (historic chiefs) Mackenzie of Seaforth (historic chiefs) Mackenzie of Cromarty (current chiefs) Mackenzie of Achilty Mackenzie of Allangrange Mackenzie of Applecross Mackenzie of Ardloch Mackenzie of Ardross and Dundonnel Mackenzie of Ballone Mackenzie of Belmaduthy Mackenzie of Berkeley Square Mackenzie of Brea Mackenzie of Cleanwaters Mackenzie of Coul Mackenzie of Dailuaine Mackenzie of Darien Mackenzie of Davochmaluag Mackenzie of Delvine Mackenzie of Dolphinton Mackenzie of Dundonnel (Old) Mackenzie of Fairburn Mackenzie of Fawley Court and Farr Mackenzie of Findon and Mountgerald Mackenzie of Flowerburn Mackenzie of Gairloch Mackenzie of Glack Mackenzie of Glenbervie Mackenzie of Glen Muick Mackenzie of Groundwater Mackenzie of Gruinard Mackenzie of Highfield Mackenzie of Hilton Mackenzie of Brae Mackenzie of Kernsary Mackenzie of Kilcoy Mackenzie of Killichrist Mackenzie of Kincraig Mackenzie of Letterewe Mackenzie of Lochend Mackenzie of Loggie Mackenzie of Mornish Mackenzie of Mountgerald Mackenzie of Muirton and Meikle Scatwell Mackenzie of Ord Mackenzie of Pitlundie and Culbo Mackenzie of Portmore Mackenzie of Redcastle Mackenzie of Royston Mackenzie of Scatwell Sliochd Alastair Chaim Mackenzie of Suddie Mackenzie of Tarbat Mackenzie of Torridon Mackenzie of Wedellsborg
Allied clans Clan Stewart Clan MacRae Clan MacLennan Clan Morrison Clan Matheson Clan Mackintosh
Rival clans Clan Munro Clan MacLeod of Lewis Clan MacLeod of Assynt Clan Ross Clan Rose Clan MacDonald Clan MacDonell of Glengarry Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh Clan MacDonald of Keppoch Clan MacDonald of Clanranald Bains of Tulloch

MacKenzies are charming as larks in the field—but sly as foxes, with it.

Drums of Autumn

The MacKenzies of Leoch were a fictional Scottish clan in the Outlander series. Although many descendants still live as of the latest installment in the series, the clan seat at Castle Leoch was abandoned and the clan dispersed after the failed Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Family History

In 1690, Jacob MacKenzie took Castle Leoch 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, Colum MacKenzie, was weakened by a debilitating illness, but his younger brother, Dougal MacKenzie, 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.

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 Ellen MacKenzie, see 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

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.