In total there are four tartans associated with the Mackenzie name: the Mackenzie tartan (depicted in the image), the modern Mackenzie dress, the Mackenzie hunting, and the Mackenzie Millenium. Clan Mackenzie Tartanįeaturing dashing blues and greens, with flashes of red or purple and white, the Mackenzie Tartan is the regimental tartan of the Seaforth Highlanders raised by the Earl of Seaforth in 1778. Essentially, the government in Edinburgh used Clan Mackenzie to keep the rowdy Highlanders up north in line.Ī Mackenzie clansmen. At the height of their power, Clan Mackenzie were one of the most influential clans in the whole of Scotland.Īs royal agents to generations of Scottish kings, many viewed Clan Mackenzie as the monarchy’s strong men in the north. Clan Mackenzie’s territory stretched from their origins in Kintail, to eventually dominate the Ross-shire landscape and the Isle of Lewis. He rose to power as a supporter of the Crown and against the formidable Clan MacDonald. The earliest recorded chief of Clan Mackenzie is Alexander Mackenzie, the 6th Baron of Kintail who lived in the 15th century. The name Mackenzie is believed to have derived from the Gaelic name MacCoinneach (son of Kenneth) which translates as ‘son of the fair bright one’. Recently studies have concluded Clan Mackenzie was started by 11th century Celtic chief, Gilleoin na h’Airde, who was a direct descendent from the ancient High Kings of Ireland, and also that Clan Mackenzie shares its ancestry with Clan Matheson and Clan Anrias. Their allegiance to royalty saw them rewarded with great swathes of territory across Ross-shire, and their descendants would eventually become British aristocrats. Scotland Clan Map: Clan Mackenzie Territories and Castlesįriends of the monarchy, Clan Mackenzie was a force to be reckoned with in the north of Scotland.The Mackenzie Name: Origin and Survival.
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