- The Meic
Uilleim (
MacWilliams) were the
Gaelic descendants of
William fitz Duncan,
grandson of Máel
Coluim mac Donnchada, king of Scots. They were excluded...
-
Domhnall I, Earl of Mar, also
known by the name
Domhnall mac Uilleim (Anglicized as "Donald, William's son"), was the
seventh known mormaer of Mar in...
-
Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic:
Alaxandair mac Uilliam;
Modern Gaelic:
Alasdair mac Uilleim;
nicknamed "the Peaceful" by
modern historians; 24
August 1198...
- all of
these have male and
female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all
Mac-
names become Nic- if the
person is female. Some of the
Scottish Gaelic surnames...
- the Meic
Uilleim,
after William Comyn, jure
uxoris Earl of Buchan,
Justiciar of
Scotia and
Warden of
Moray defeated Gille Escoib MacUilleim. However,...
- has been
compellingly supposed and is
presumed that
Domnall mac Uilleim, and the Meic
Uilleim clan that
repeatedly rebelled against later Scottish kings...
-
MacWilliams and
MacWilliam are English-language surnames. They are
derived from the
Gaelic Mac Uilleim, a
patronymic form of a
Gaelicized form of the English...
-
related to the
activities of the
MacUilleim [
MacWilliam]
branch of the
Scottish royal dynasty. One of
their number,
Gofraidh mac Domhnaill, had come from Ireland...
- this Adam
mac Domnaill was a son of
Domnall mac Uilleim. However, his
identification is not certain. One
reading would give his name as Áed
mac Domnaill...
- at
Byland Abbey before King David's death, but
Domnall mac Uilleim,
first of the Meic
Uilleim, had
considerable support in the
Province of Moray. Another...
