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Robert Roy MacGregor, um anglicismo para o gaélico Raibeart Ruadh ou Robert Vermelho ou Ruivo, (Glengyle, [1] Stirling, 1671 – Glen Shira, 28 de Dezembro de 1734), mais conhecido por apenas Rob Roy, do clã MacGregor, foi um rebelde jacobita escocês cuja vida lendária o transforma num salteador muito popular, do tipo do inglês ...
Robert Roy MacGregor (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero.
2 de jan. de 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of Rob Roy MacGregor, the 18th-century cattle herder who became a notorious thief and a folk hero. Discover how he was persecuted by the Duke of Montrose, how he fought for his clan, and how he inspired a famous cocktail and a walking trail.
- Austin Harvey
Rob Roy was a noted Highland outlaw whose reputation as a Scottish Robin Hood was exaggerated in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy (1818) and in some passages in the poems of William Wordsworth. He frequently signed himself Rob Roy (“Red Rob”), in reference to his dark red hair.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7 de mai. de 2024 · For centuries the ‘Wild MacGregors’, cattle rustlers and brigands, were the plague of the Trossachs in Scotland. The most famous, or infamous, member of the clan was Robert MacGregor, who acquired the name of ‘Roy’ early in life due to his mop of red curly hair.
4 de jul. de 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of Rob Roy MacGregor, the 18th-century Scottish folk hero and outlaw, who inspired novels, poems and films. Discover how he became a symbol of Highland culture and resistance against the Lowland elite.
6 de mai. de 2024 · Outlaw and folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor became a clan leader and, in 1701, acquired land on Loch Lomondside and at Balquidder, where he prospered as a legitimate cattle dealer. A...
