The final MacWilliam revolt of 1230 was crushed with shocking brutality. An infant girl -- reportedly the last surviving member of the MacWilliam line -- was brought to Forfar and had her head dashed against the market cross. The act, recorded by contemporaries with some horror even for the age, was designed to extinguish the claimant line permanently. Whether the child was indeed a MacWilliam is debated, but the extinction of the dynastic threat was complete. The MacWilliam revolts had lasted from 1179 to 1230.
MacWilliam infant killed; adult rebels executed
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