Editing Leod (section)

===Clans Mackenzie and Ross===
The first earl of Cromartie's 17th century genealogical account of the MacLeods relates how Leod ("Leodus") was a son of Harald, son of Godred Donn. When the Isle of Man passed into the possession of the Scots, [[Alexander III of Scotland|Alexander III]] granted Lewis, Harris, [[Waternish]], and [[Minginish]] to Harald. Leod later succeeded his father to the lands as his father's only son. Cromartie's account also states how Leod's wife was Adama, daughter of [[Fearchar, Earl of Ross]]. However, according to Sellar, there is no record of a son of Harald named ''Leod'', nor is there any record of a daughter of Fearchar named ''Adama''. Sellar also noted that there is no record of the grant of lands by Alexander III. Sellar went so far as to state that Leod's wife, father, and the grant, were nothing but figments of Cromartie's imagination.<ref name="ref-Sellar"/> The manuscript history of the [[Clan Ross|Rosses]] of [[Balnagown]] also notes Leod. This account, according to the 19th-century historian [[W.F. Skene]], is older than that of Cromartie's.<ref name="S1-354355"/> The manuscript states that a [[King of Denmark]] had three sons who came to the north of Scotland—Gwine, Loid, and Leandres. Gwine conquered the [[braes]] of [[Caithness]]; Loid conquered Lewis, and was the progenitor of the MacLeods; and Leandres conquered "Braychat be the sworde".<ref>{{citation |editor=Baillie, W.R. |title=Ane breve cronicle of the earlis of Ross, including notices of The Abbots of Fearn, and of The Family of Ross of Balnagown |year=1850 |location=[[Edinburgh]] |pages=30–31 }}</ref> Skene stated that ''Gwine'' likely was meant to refer to the eponymous ancestor of the [[Clan Gunn]], and that ''Leandres'' refers to the Gilleandres whom "Clan Andres, or old Rosses" took their name.<ref name="S1-354355">{{cite book |author=Skene, William Forbes |author-link=William Forbes Skene |title=Celtic Scotland: a history of Ancient Alban |volume=3 |edition=2nd |year=1899 |location=[[Edinburgh]] |publisher=David Douglas |url=https://archive.org/details/celticscotlandhi03skenuoft |pages=[https://archive.org/details/celticscotlandhi03skenuoft/page/354 354]–355 }}</ref>