Clan Murray

Murray is the name of a Scottish clan in the Highlands, who played a major role in Scottish history.

History

The Murrays are descendants of Flemish nobles Freskin de Moravia (also progenitor of the Clan Sutherland and Douglas ). In the 12th century followed by some Flemish and Norman nobles of the invitation of the Scottish king to settle in Scotland. Freskin and his son was gifted with extensive lands in Moray and married into the old line of Celtic Mormaer of Moray. Then they took the name ' de Moravia ' to what is Latin for ' of Moray '.

The descendants of William de Moravia Freskins great-grandson finally received the title of Lords of Bothwell. Your name walked slowly to easily writable ' Moray ', or equally significant modifications thereof derived from the Kingdom of Moray, until the end of the 13th century a local Kingdom.

The name Murray derived possibly from the Pictish word Moritreb from, with respect to the Kingdom of Moray. It was a lot bigger than the present County of Moray and ran along the coast of the Moray Firth, north of the Grampian Mountains. MacMurray, Moray, Murry, Morrow, and Morogh are all variants of the surname.

Castles

  • Blair Castle was built in 1269 and is still the seat of the Chiefs of Clan Murray, Duke of Atholl. The castle is every year the venue for the spring meeting of the Atholl Highlanders in which his Grace, the Duke of Atholl, acting as patron. The Atholl Highlanders put the last private Regiment in the UK dar.
  • Balvaird Castle was built around 1500 for the Murrays of Tullibardine, Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield.
  • Bothwell Castle was until 1362 owned by the Morays of Petty until it passed by marriage to Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas passed.
  • The Murrays of Atholl had also Huntingtower Castle and were owners of Falkland Palace. John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl spent much of his life in both residences, mainly because his parents at that time still in the magnificent Dunkeld House ( which no longer exists today ) lived. His son, the famous Jacobite General Lord George Murray resided, to assist in the last Jacobite rebellion of 1745 at Huntingtower up to his decision, the young pretender Charles Edward Stuart (aka " Bonnie Prince Charlie ").

Chief

His Grace Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl, Marquess of Atholl, Marquess of Tullibardine, Earl of Atholl, Earl of Tullibardine, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Viscount of Balquhidder, Viscount of Glenalmond, Lord Murray of Tullibardine.

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