2I.. MALDOUEN/MELDIONNETH (MACHEDETH 1)-

Meldionneth was described as the "good and discreet judge" who in 1128 aided in settling a dispute as to the bounds of Kirkness. The evidence (as far as it goes) seems to suggest that the immediate ancestors of Alwin were not only Celtic chiefs but were Mormaors of their own district.

Lennox Tartan

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3I. MUREDACH (MACHEDETH 1, MALDOUEN 2)

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4I. ALWIN- d. before 1199

4I. ALWIN (MACHEDETH 1, MALDOUEN 2, MUREDACH 3)

d. before 1199

Muredach Albanach, an ancient bard who flourished between 1180 and 1225 refers in a poem to Alwin as son of Muredach, both apparently being styled Mormaors of Lennox. His poem corroborates the genealogy of 1450. There are no charters of the first Earl Alwin known to exist in any form, but there can be little doubt that he was Earl for a time and did grant lands to the church of Kilpatrick, though the date is uncertain. The poem by Muredach Albanach adds little to our knowledge of him except that his chief seat was at Balloch, afterwards a residence of the Earls.

Balloch Castle- Loch Lomond- c.1808

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5I. ALWIN (MACHEDETH 1, MALDOUEN 2, MUREDACH 3, ALWIN 4)

m. EVA, d. of Gilchrist, Earl of MENTEITH
d. before 1217

He is first noticed in a charter from himself to the church of Kilpatrick of the lands of Cochnach and others which is of uncertain date, but, must have been before 1199 the year when Jocelyn, Bishop of Glasgow died who was present at the granting. Two of Alwin's sons, Maldouen and Malcom, were witnesses.(1) Between 1208 and 1214 he, as son and heir of Alwin, Earl of Lennox, bestowed the church and the church lands of Campsie upon the church of Glasgow. He also, at some unknown date, granted to Maldouen, Dean of Lennox, the lands of Luss, which afterwards came by marriage into possession of, and still belong to, the ancient family of Colquhoun.

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Ref:

(1) Cart. de Levenax- 12; Reg. de Passelet 157

The Scots Peerage- Vol. V, pp.224-31