Clan MacQueen

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MacQueen tartan, as published in the Vestiarium Scoticum, in 1842.
MacQueen tartan, as published in the Vestiarium Scoticum, in 1842.[1]

Clan MacQueen is a Scottish clan.

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[edit] Origin

The surname MacQueen is an Anglicization of Mac Shuibhne (Gaelic), meaning son of Shuibhne.[2] Suibhne was a Gaelic byname meaning 'pleasant'.[2] Suibhne could also be used as a Gaelic equivalent of the Old Norse byname Sveinn, meaning 'boy' or 'servant'.[2]

[edit] History

A group of MacQueens were thought to have provided an escort for a marriage between an heiress of Clan Ranald and a chief of Clan MacKintosh. After the marriage many of the MacQueens settled in the Findhorn Valley, and were known as Clan Revan. This group became part of the confederation of clans known as Clan Chattan. By the sixteenth century this group had possession of lands in Corrybrough.[3]

There were numerous MacQueens on Skye and Lewis, another branch of MacQueens held lands at Castle Sween in Argyll.[3]

Starting in about the eighteenth century the clan's fortune begain to fail and many MacQueens were forced emigrated to overseas, ultimately even the chief was thought to have emigrated to New Zealand. Their crest is that of a wolf rampant and their motto is "constant and faithful".[3]

[edit] Clan Profile

[edit] Tartan

The MacQueen tartan was first recorded, in 1842, in the book Vestiarium Scoticum authored by the dubious "Sobieski Stuarts", under Clan Revan, named after Revan Macmulmor MacAngus MacQueen.[4] The MacQueen tartan is a reverse of the MacKeane tartan, possibly because of the two similar sounding names, even though both names have a different history.[1] The "Sobieski Stuarts", who claimed to be descendants of Bonnie Prince Charlie, maintained Vestiarium Scoticum was a reproduction of a sixteenth century manuscript, though they never provided their sources.[5] The claims of the 'Sobieski Stuarts' were attacked and have been proved to be a forgery.[6]

[edit] Septs

Septs of Clan MacQueen include:

[edit] See also

Scottish clan
Clan Chattan

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Scotland's Forged Tartans, p.49
  2. ^ a b c http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln= Retrieved on June 18, 2007
  3. ^ a b c http://www.scotclans.com/clans/MacQueen/history.html Retrieved June 18, 2007
  4. ^ http://www.cgim.org/sweeneyclan/history/tartan.html Retrieved on June 20, 2007
  5. ^ http://www.music-lovers.co.il/prague/prague_miscellaneous/prague_misc_pages/invention.html Retrieved on June 20, 2007
  6. ^ http://www.tartankilts.com/The_Tartan_Ban.asp Retrieved on June 20, 2007
  7. ^ a b c d e f http://electricscotland.com/webclans/septs.htm Retrieved on July 22, 2007

[edit] References

Works cited
  • Stewart, Donald C. & Thompson, J Charles. Scotland's Forged Tartans, An analytical study of the Vestiarium Scoticum. Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980. ISBN 0-894595-67-7
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