Post by King Adam Aberdeen I on Feb 6, 2010 9:54:55 GMT -6
There are claims that the Robertsons are the oldest documented clan in Scottish history, descended from the Celtic Earls of Atholl, who in turn were from a line of the kings of Dalriada. Conan, the second son of Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl inherited extensive lands including Glenorchie.
There are Robertsons in many parts of Scotland with a concentration in Struan, Isle of Skye. The present chief is Iain Robertson, son of Alexander.
The clan adopted the motto, "Virtutis gloria merces" (Glory is the reward of valour).
The Donnachaidhs, the "Children of Duncan", their ancestors were known to the Romans as the Kaledonioi, one of the eleven tribes of the northern Pictish nation. The Kaledonioi inhabited that part of Scotland known as Atholl in Perthshire. One of the first recorded entries on this people occurred in the year 84 A.D., when they fought in the great battle known as Mons Graupius against the Romans.
The Clan Donnachaidh descends from King Malcolm II who reigned from 1005 to 1034 and was the last king in the direct male line to descend from Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Scots and Picts in 843 A.D. and is considered the founder of Scotland. One of Malcolm's three daughters, Bethoc, married Crinan, the secular hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld. Through her, the Abbot's son, Duncan, was installed by Malcolm as the King of Cumbria in 1018.
After Malcolm II's murder by his nobles at Glamis, Duncan killed his opponents and seized the throne as King Duncan I. His first cousins, Macbeth and Thorfinn the Raven Feeder, Norwegian Earl of Orkney, united to advance MacBeth's claim to the throne through his mother, another daughter of Malcolm II. Duncan reigned from 1034 until he was defeated in battle by their combined armies and killed by MacBeth in August 14, 1040 near Elgin.
Scotland was then ruled by Thorfinn in the northern districts and MacBeth in the southern districts. Malcolm, Duncan's eldest son, rebelled twice against MacBeth in an effort to gain the throne. His grandfather, Crinan, was slain in 1045 near Dunkeld "with nine times twenty heroes" as he led an aborted attempt to put his grandson on the throne. The second attempt was more successful as Malcolm, at the head of an English Saxon army defeated and killed MacBeth while his Norwegian allies were engaged elsewhere and Malcolm ascended the throne in 1057 as King Malcolm III Ceann Mor (Canmore).
In 1068, Malcolm took as his second wife, Margaret, later known and revered as St. Margaret of Scotland. She had fled England with her brother Edgar Aetheling after the Norman Conquest. During Malcolm's 37 year reign, the first events now known as Highland Games were held on the Braes of Mar to choose the best available men to serve as his servants and soldiers. His death in battle in December 1093 and the death of his wife, several days later brought on a turbulent time which saw Malcolm's eldest son, King Duncan II murdered by Malcolm's brother Donald Bane, Lord of the Isles, in order to become king.
Another son, Edgar, finally secured the throne in 1097 with the help of another English army of Saxons and Normans led by his mother's brother, Edgar Aetheling. King Malcolm III's hereditary possessions devolved on his youngest brother, Maelmare, the first celtic Earl of Atholl and on his death, the earldom passed to Malcolm III's namesake, the second son of his first marriage. This Malcolm, the younger brother of the slain King Duncan II is the recognized progenitor of the Clan.
Malcolm (brother of King Duncan II) and his wife, Hextilda, daughter of Uchtred FitzWaldeve and Bethoc of Scotland. Malcolm died in 1198 with his son, Henry, succeeding to the title of 3rd Earl of Atholl.
Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl, and his wife, Margaret, had two daughters (Isabel and Fernelith) and a son, Conan. Conan, the great great great grandson of King Duncan I would be granted territorial possessions in Scotland and become Conan of Glenerochee.
Descended from the Celtic Earls of Atholl, the stout Duncan (Donnachadh Reamhair), from whom the Robertsons would take their Gaelic patronymic, led his men to fight for King Robert at Bannockburn which culminated in Bruce's famous victory at Bannockburn in 1314 over the English King’s army. The most precious clan relic, the celebrated rock crystal charm stone of the clan, the "Clach na Brataich" or "ensign stone", was unearthed when the chief's standard pole was pulled from the ground while on the march to Bannockburn. It has been carried by all chiefs since then when leading the clan to battle.
Stout Duncan had four sons - Robert, Patrick, Thomas, and Gibbon. The eldest son, Robert, became the second Chief, with"De Atholia" or "of Atholl" as a territorial designation. The barony of Struan, which gave a landed title to him, was created by an English-Scot charter. It was granted to Robert Duncanson by that charter, hence he became Robert of Struan.
Robert of Struan had two sons and three daughters. Robert, Margaret, Duncan, Aliza, and Elisabeth. It would be the eldest son, Alexander, who would become the chief upon his Father’s death.
Alexander of Struan had four sons. Daniel, Tomas, Andrew, and Iain. Daniel would die in battle, as would Tomas, and Andrew.
Iain Robertson of Struan is the reigning Chief.
The Clan plant badges are the bracken fern and fine leafed heath, which are common in the clan territory on the southern side of Loch Rannoch.
The Clan war cry "Garg'n Uair Dhuisgear" is gaelic for "Fierce when Roused". This war cry relates back to the Chief's coat of arms which contain three silver wolf heads on a blood red shield supported by a serpent and a dove. These supporters identify the origin of the clan as being descendants of Saint Columba since in Scots heraldry, the dove or columba signifies descent from this Saint.
Alexander's privy seal also contained the serpent and dove supporters with the proverb "be wise as the serpent and gentle as the dove." Some portions of the clan still use that seal as their own.
While the history of the clan of necessity had to be martial in order to fend off stronger and land hungry neighbors, the Robertson clan is well known for its love of music. The clarsach or harp was the ancient musical instrument of the celtic people.
MUSIC - Some well known tunes are "Robertson's Rant", "Robertson of Ladykirk", "Robertson of Lude", “The Garb of Old Gaul”, “Laird of Struan's Salute” , “Coming of the Robertsons…An Ribean Gorm, and “ the Blue Ribbon", also called "The Robertson March".
The most prominent are Duncan and Reid but others that may be septs include:
Collier, MacDonachie, MacRobie, Colyear, MacWilliam, Donnachie, MacIver, Reed, Donachie, MacIvor, Robb, Donnachie, MacLagan, Roberts, Duncanson, MacLaggan, Robson, Dunnachie, MacRob, RoyInches, MacRobb, Stark, MacConachie, MacRobbie, Tannoch, MacConnichie, MacRobert, Tannochy....
Sex, power, mystery and blood - Gripping, untold stories about the Robertson Clan. Alexander and Iain's intertwined lives were played out amidst the terror, carnage, sexual intrigue, and crisis of Alexander's tyrannical rule of the Clan, when few aristocrats would have safely bet on their own heads.
6 foot 3 inches, 185 pounds of sinew and muscle; Dark hair and slate-grey eyes; Arrogant, cold-hearted bastard, with nerves of steel, that carries a nay-care attitude toward the people he vows to protect.
Born in the late spring, probably June 21st, the bastard son of Lord Alexander Robertson, a direct descendant of Conan, son of Henry 3rd Earl of Atholl and Emily Bunnok , a village girl, the daughter of a simple farmer.....
He is from Dun Durroch, Struan province, Lands of Clan Robertson. He was born in the late spring, a bastard of Lord Alexander Robertson, a direct descendant of Conan, son of Henry 3rd Earl of Atholl, who had already sired several legitimate heirs. While Lord Alexander acknowledged his existence, he did nothing to secure any sort of upbringing for his child... Iain got what Iain wanted; by his own means.
Iain Robertson stands 6 foot 3 inches, 185 pounds of sinew and muscle. The dark hair and slate-grey eyes contain an air of mysticism. By the very acts of his nature, many have called him an arrogant, cold-hearted bastard with nerves of steel, that carries a nay-care attitude toward the people he vows to protect. At the very mention of the word “bastard” he simply laughs and says… “Not faer laeng!!”
Some of his favorites:
o books - The Travels of Marco Polo, La Vita Nuova, and Perlesvaus, also called Li Hauz Livres du Graal (The High History of the Holy Grail) which he has in his library...
o games - marbles and hide-go seek
o color - blue
o favorite meal - dinner
o food and drink - wine or mead and suckling pig, or partridge
o dessert - marzipan - a confection consisting primarily of sugar and ground almonds.
There are Robertsons in many parts of Scotland with a concentration in Struan, Isle of Skye. The present chief is Iain Robertson, son of Alexander.
The clan adopted the motto, "Virtutis gloria merces" (Glory is the reward of valour).
The Donnachaidhs, the "Children of Duncan", their ancestors were known to the Romans as the Kaledonioi, one of the eleven tribes of the northern Pictish nation. The Kaledonioi inhabited that part of Scotland known as Atholl in Perthshire. One of the first recorded entries on this people occurred in the year 84 A.D., when they fought in the great battle known as Mons Graupius against the Romans.
The Clan Donnachaidh descends from King Malcolm II who reigned from 1005 to 1034 and was the last king in the direct male line to descend from Kenneth MacAlpine, who united the Scots and Picts in 843 A.D. and is considered the founder of Scotland. One of Malcolm's three daughters, Bethoc, married Crinan, the secular hereditary Abbot of Dunkeld. Through her, the Abbot's son, Duncan, was installed by Malcolm as the King of Cumbria in 1018.
After Malcolm II's murder by his nobles at Glamis, Duncan killed his opponents and seized the throne as King Duncan I. His first cousins, Macbeth and Thorfinn the Raven Feeder, Norwegian Earl of Orkney, united to advance MacBeth's claim to the throne through his mother, another daughter of Malcolm II. Duncan reigned from 1034 until he was defeated in battle by their combined armies and killed by MacBeth in August 14, 1040 near Elgin.
Scotland was then ruled by Thorfinn in the northern districts and MacBeth in the southern districts. Malcolm, Duncan's eldest son, rebelled twice against MacBeth in an effort to gain the throne. His grandfather, Crinan, was slain in 1045 near Dunkeld "with nine times twenty heroes" as he led an aborted attempt to put his grandson on the throne. The second attempt was more successful as Malcolm, at the head of an English Saxon army defeated and killed MacBeth while his Norwegian allies were engaged elsewhere and Malcolm ascended the throne in 1057 as King Malcolm III Ceann Mor (Canmore).
In 1068, Malcolm took as his second wife, Margaret, later known and revered as St. Margaret of Scotland. She had fled England with her brother Edgar Aetheling after the Norman Conquest. During Malcolm's 37 year reign, the first events now known as Highland Games were held on the Braes of Mar to choose the best available men to serve as his servants and soldiers. His death in battle in December 1093 and the death of his wife, several days later brought on a turbulent time which saw Malcolm's eldest son, King Duncan II murdered by Malcolm's brother Donald Bane, Lord of the Isles, in order to become king.
Another son, Edgar, finally secured the throne in 1097 with the help of another English army of Saxons and Normans led by his mother's brother, Edgar Aetheling. King Malcolm III's hereditary possessions devolved on his youngest brother, Maelmare, the first celtic Earl of Atholl and on his death, the earldom passed to Malcolm III's namesake, the second son of his first marriage. This Malcolm, the younger brother of the slain King Duncan II is the recognized progenitor of the Clan.
Malcolm (brother of King Duncan II) and his wife, Hextilda, daughter of Uchtred FitzWaldeve and Bethoc of Scotland. Malcolm died in 1198 with his son, Henry, succeeding to the title of 3rd Earl of Atholl.
Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl, and his wife, Margaret, had two daughters (Isabel and Fernelith) and a son, Conan. Conan, the great great great grandson of King Duncan I would be granted territorial possessions in Scotland and become Conan of Glenerochee.
Descended from the Celtic Earls of Atholl, the stout Duncan (Donnachadh Reamhair), from whom the Robertsons would take their Gaelic patronymic, led his men to fight for King Robert at Bannockburn which culminated in Bruce's famous victory at Bannockburn in 1314 over the English King’s army. The most precious clan relic, the celebrated rock crystal charm stone of the clan, the "Clach na Brataich" or "ensign stone", was unearthed when the chief's standard pole was pulled from the ground while on the march to Bannockburn. It has been carried by all chiefs since then when leading the clan to battle.
Stout Duncan had four sons - Robert, Patrick, Thomas, and Gibbon. The eldest son, Robert, became the second Chief, with"De Atholia" or "of Atholl" as a territorial designation. The barony of Struan, which gave a landed title to him, was created by an English-Scot charter. It was granted to Robert Duncanson by that charter, hence he became Robert of Struan.
Robert of Struan had two sons and three daughters. Robert, Margaret, Duncan, Aliza, and Elisabeth. It would be the eldest son, Alexander, who would become the chief upon his Father’s death.
Alexander of Struan had four sons. Daniel, Tomas, Andrew, and Iain. Daniel would die in battle, as would Tomas, and Andrew.
Iain Robertson of Struan is the reigning Chief.
The Clan plant badges are the bracken fern and fine leafed heath, which are common in the clan territory on the southern side of Loch Rannoch.
The Clan war cry "Garg'n Uair Dhuisgear" is gaelic for "Fierce when Roused". This war cry relates back to the Chief's coat of arms which contain three silver wolf heads on a blood red shield supported by a serpent and a dove. These supporters identify the origin of the clan as being descendants of Saint Columba since in Scots heraldry, the dove or columba signifies descent from this Saint.
Alexander's privy seal also contained the serpent and dove supporters with the proverb "be wise as the serpent and gentle as the dove." Some portions of the clan still use that seal as their own.
While the history of the clan of necessity had to be martial in order to fend off stronger and land hungry neighbors, the Robertson clan is well known for its love of music. The clarsach or harp was the ancient musical instrument of the celtic people.
MUSIC - Some well known tunes are "Robertson's Rant", "Robertson of Ladykirk", "Robertson of Lude", “The Garb of Old Gaul”, “Laird of Struan's Salute” , “Coming of the Robertsons…An Ribean Gorm, and “ the Blue Ribbon", also called "The Robertson March".
The most prominent are Duncan and Reid but others that may be septs include:
Collier, MacDonachie, MacRobie, Colyear, MacWilliam, Donnachie, MacIver, Reed, Donachie, MacIvor, Robb, Donnachie, MacLagan, Roberts, Duncanson, MacLaggan, Robson, Dunnachie, MacRob, RoyInches, MacRobb, Stark, MacConachie, MacRobbie, Tannoch, MacConnichie, MacRobert, Tannochy....
Iain Robertson - The Bastard
Sex, power, mystery and blood - Gripping, untold stories about the Robertson Clan. Alexander and Iain's intertwined lives were played out amidst the terror, carnage, sexual intrigue, and crisis of Alexander's tyrannical rule of the Clan, when few aristocrats would have safely bet on their own heads.
6 foot 3 inches, 185 pounds of sinew and muscle; Dark hair and slate-grey eyes; Arrogant, cold-hearted bastard, with nerves of steel, that carries a nay-care attitude toward the people he vows to protect.
Born in the late spring, probably June 21st, the bastard son of Lord Alexander Robertson, a direct descendant of Conan, son of Henry 3rd Earl of Atholl and Emily Bunnok , a village girl, the daughter of a simple farmer.....
He is from Dun Durroch, Struan province, Lands of Clan Robertson. He was born in the late spring, a bastard of Lord Alexander Robertson, a direct descendant of Conan, son of Henry 3rd Earl of Atholl, who had already sired several legitimate heirs. While Lord Alexander acknowledged his existence, he did nothing to secure any sort of upbringing for his child... Iain got what Iain wanted; by his own means.
Iain Robertson stands 6 foot 3 inches, 185 pounds of sinew and muscle. The dark hair and slate-grey eyes contain an air of mysticism. By the very acts of his nature, many have called him an arrogant, cold-hearted bastard with nerves of steel, that carries a nay-care attitude toward the people he vows to protect. At the very mention of the word “bastard” he simply laughs and says… “Not faer laeng!!”
Some of his favorites:
o books - The Travels of Marco Polo, La Vita Nuova, and Perlesvaus, also called Li Hauz Livres du Graal (The High History of the Holy Grail) which he has in his library...
o games - marbles and hide-go seek
o color - blue
o favorite meal - dinner
o food and drink - wine or mead and suckling pig, or partridge
o dessert - marzipan - a confection consisting primarily of sugar and ground almonds.
