Clan Brodie

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Clan Brodie
coat of arms

Clan member crest badge - Clan Brodie.svg
Motto : Unite ("unity")
portrait
region Lowlands
district Moray
Plant badge Evergreen
Gaelic names Brothaigh
Chief


Brodie of Brodie coat of arms.svg
Alexander Brodie of Brodie
27. Chief of Clan Brodie
Historic seat Brodie Castle


Brodie is the name of a Scottish clan in Moray .

origin of the name

The name is derived from the Gaelic word 'brothaig', which means digging . The name is probably based on a moat that stretches from the village of Dyke to Brodie Haus. The name would therefore be of geographical origin.

Clan seat: Brodie castle

History of the clan

Although all important documents that could shed light on the history of the family and the clan were either burned or carried away during the destruction of the family seat by Lord Lewis Gordon Marquis of Huntly , around the year 1311 Michael, Thane of Brodie and Dyke received the lands his father Malcolm, guaranteed by King Robert de Bruce . Even his father Malcolm was Thane of Brodie under King Alexander III. of Scotland . Another document from the time of King Robert de Bruce testifies that Michael Brodie quarreled with the powerful Abbey of Pluscarden in order to expand his domain and influence. The following generations were anxious to expand their influence through marriage . Except for a few local conflicts, especially with the Gordons , the Brodies lived in peace. In 1650 Alexander Brodie of Brodie ( 1617 - 1680 ) tried to get King Charles II as king to Scotland. In 1727 his namesake Alexander Brodie of Brodie became Lord Lyon King of Arms . The family seems to have shied away from public office. In 1980 , Ninian Brodie of Brodie gave the clan's ancestral home, Brodie Castle , to the National Trust for Scotland .

Chief
Alexander Tristan Duff Brodie of Brodie. Clan seat is the Brodie Castle.

The clan's motto is Unite . The badge shows a right hand holding arrows in the air. The plant of the clan is the evergreen .

photos

  • Clan badge with slogan

  • Coat of arms of the Brodie of Brodie

  • Genealogical table of the chiefs of Clan Brodie

  • Clan plant: evergreen

Subgroups

  • Brodie of Lethen
  • Brodie of Eastbourne

literature

  • Lachlan Shaw: The History of the Province of Moray. William Auld, Edinburgh 1775.
  • John Grant, William Leslie: A Survey of the Province of Moray; Historical, Geographical, and Political. Isaac Forsyth, Aberdeen 1798, ( digitized version ).
  • Ian Grimble: Scottish Clans & Tartans. Hamlyn, London et al. 1985, ISBN 0-600-31935-0 .

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