Marriage and Children
Before marriage he had a child with the daughter of MacLean of Kingerloch:
- Donald Maclean, 1st Laird of Ardgour sometimes called Mac-Mhic-Eachainn Chinnghearloch. He was born out of wedlock and brought up among his mother's people.
By his first wife, Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Mar, possibly Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, he had:
- Lachlan Og Maclean, his heir and successor as 8th Clan Chief.
By his second wife, Fionnaghal, daughter of William MacLeod of Harris, he had two sons:
- Neil Maclean of Ross
- John Garbh Maclean, 1st Laird of Coll
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