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Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Kennedy

Kennedy Clan Tattoos - Cunedda, a chief of the Votadinni tribe of Lothian, was sent by the Saxon leader Vortigern, to to south-west Scotland to establish settlements to resist Picto-Scottish sea-raids. These settlements spread as far south as north Wales. In the Celtic language, Cunedda was rendered as Cinneidigh (meaning ugly or grim-headed), and the name gradually became associated with the district of Carrick in Ayrshire. Gilbert Mac Kenedi witnessed a charter granting lands in Carrick to the Abbey of Melrose in the early part of the reign of William the Lion, while Gillespie Kennedy is named as senechal if Carrick in charters during the reign of Alexander II. The Kennedys claimed blood relationship with the Earl of Carrick and supported Bruce in the War of Independence. They were rewarded when Robert II confirmed john Kennedy of Dunure as chief of his mane and Baillie of Carrick in 1372. His direct descendent, Giolbert was created Lord Kennedy around 1457 and was one of the regents of the infant James III.

Sir David, third Lord of Kennedy, was created Earl of Cassillis on 1509 and died at Flodden in 1513. Gilbert, third Earl, was one of four Scottish commissioners who were poisoned at Dieppe on their return from the marriage of Mar, Queen of Scots to the Dauphin in 1558. He had inherited his title at the age of twelve when one of his first acts was to sign, under duress, the death warrant of Patrick Hamilton, the first Scottish Protestant martyr. The fourth Earl earned an infamous reputation by 'roasting' Alan Stewart, Abbot of Crossraguel, in the black vault of Dunmore in order to obtain tract of abbey land.

Clan Kennedy Motto: Avise La Fin
From French: Consider the end

See also: Claddagh, Thistle Tattoos, Scottish Lion Tattoo Designs, Welsh Dragon Tattoos, Scottish Tattoo Designs, Celtic Tattoo Designs, Family Crests, Fish

 

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