Malcolm Macbeth (Mackbeth) d. 23 October 1168

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Lineage	Macbeth
Sex	Male
Full name (at birth)	Malcolm Macbeth
Other last names	Mackbeth
Other given names	Milcolm
Parents ♀ Grouch MacLulach ♂ Hugh Farquarson (Macbeth, Melbaeda) b. before 1070 d. 1093

Events

child birth: ♀ Gormflaeth MacEth

child birth: ♂ Donald MacHeth

1145 child birth: Morven, Scotland, ♂ Angus Macrory (MacKay) b. 1145 d. 1210

between 1157 and 1168 title: Earl of Ross

23 October 1168 death:

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In c. 1130, both Malcolm MacHeth (MacEth) and Earl Angus rebelled against King David^{Ref needed !} I when he imposed new feudal laws upon the Moraymen's pre-existing ancient kingdom. In the rebellion that followed, Earl Angus was defeated^{Ref needed !} and slain but Malcolm MacHeth (MacEth) escaped to the isles where he was protected by Somerled, Lord of the Isles. There, Malcolm MacHeth (MacEth), married Lord Somerled's sister, who gave birth to Donald and Gormiath (Blue eyes) MacHeth (MacEth), c. 1130. While scholars believe that Gormiath MacHeth (MacEth) married Harold Maddadarson, Norse Earl of Orkney and Caithness.

The Mackaymen's rebellion continued without interruption from c. 1130 to c. 1134, until Malcolm MacHeth (MacEth) was captured and imprisioned by King David I^{Ref needed !}, at the Roxburgh Castle. Twenty-two years later, his son, Donald MacHeth (MacEth), was captured^{Ref needed !} in a similar Mackaymen's rebellion hence imprisoned along with his father at the Roxburgh Castle, c. 1156. One year later, Malcolm MacHeth (MacEth) was released from the Roxburgh Castle prison by Malcolm IV and given the title of First Earl of Ross, c. 1157.

This title was later rescinded as punishment^{Ref needed !} due to the Morymen's rebellious disloyalty to King David I. Then, Malcolm IV: (1) banished the ancestors of the Mackay's from their ancestral home, and (2) gave the Mackay's ancient land to Normans and Saxons who were loyal to the Crown. Here, the Mackay's men, women, and children fled north, while others escaped into Argyll, Islay, and Galloway. Note, according to Scots Peerage c. 1910, the first of the MacEths to settle in the Strathnaver region was Iye MacEth, Chamberlain to Walter de Baltrodi, Bishop of Caithness. This Iye (Aodh) Walter de Baltrodi produced a daughter, Conchar.