Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

6 HISTORICAL NOTICES.
to age due notice in the records of the country j
it began first to be known as a leading name in
the thirteenth century ; and we find in 1263
Gillise Machd-ghillean (Gillise Maclean) of
Duart heading his followers at the battle of
Largs, and contributing to the victory gained
by Alexander III. over Haco of Norway at that
place. For a couple of centuries subsequently
the chiefs of Maclean, by reason of marriage
alliances, as well as from political views, appear
to have identified themselves with the interests
of Macdonald of the Isles ; and such was their
standing amongst the barons of the Hebredian
Prince's court, that the Lords of Duart held for
ages by hereditary right and by general consent
the honors of Ceaun-Britheambh na Moid (chief
judge of council) in peace, and lieutenant-general
in war, honors of which it would appear they
always proved themselves eminently worthy.
The first close alliance of which any histo-
rical notice exists, between the Lords of the
Isles and the chiefs of Duart, is the marriage of
Lachlan Lubaneach with Lady Margaret, daugh-
ter of John Rex Hebudum, by the Princess Mar-
garet, daughter of Robert II. King of Scotland.
The manner in which the young chief of Mac-
lean secured to himself the daughter of the proud
potentate of the Isles is characteristic of the
times ; it also shows the power possessed by the
Lord of Duart at that remote period. It would