Laoghaire MacKenzie is first introduced in Outlander as a fair young maiden at Castle Leoch, infatuated with Jamie Fraser and hugely jealous of Claire. She goes on to have two daughters, Joan and Marsali, with her second husband, and four grandchildren – Germain, Joan, Félicité, and Henri-Christian – whom she has never met. Contents 1 Personal History 2 Events of the Novels 2.1 Outlander 2.2 Dragonfly in Amber 2.3 Voyager 2.4 Drums of Autumn 2.5 An Echo in the Bone 3 Personality 4 Physical Appearance 5 Relationships 5.1 John Robert MacLeod 5.2 Hugh MacKenzie 5.3 Simon MacKimmie 5.4 Jamie Fraser 5.5 Joseph Boswell Murray 6 Name 7 Trivia 8 TV Series 8.1 Appearances 8.2 Gallery 9 References exp-player-logo Personal History Not much is known about Laoghaire's early life. At sixteen, she remembers Jamie from when he lived at Castle Leoch as a teenager, when she herself was no more than ten.[2] Her father, who brought her to Colum requesting she be punished for loose behavior, was likely a tenant of the MacKenzie, and so Laoghaire probably grew up near the castle and its inhabitants. Events of the Novels Outlander Main: Outlander (novel) Laoghaire ostensibly falls in love with the strapping young Jamie when he takes her place in a public beating. When Jamie weds Claire, Laoghaire not only places an ill-wish under Claire's pillow, but also sends Claire to meet Geillis Duncan just as the fiscal's wife is about to be tried for witchcraft; consequently, Claire gets dragged into the proceedings as well and is almost killed. Dragonfly in Amber Main: Dragonfly in Amber In October of 1745, Colum tells Claire that Laoghaire married one of his tacksmen, Hugh MacKenzie of Muldaur, six months earlier. Colum offers to arrange a punishment for Laoghaire to right the wrong she did to Claire in Cranesmuir, but Claire declines. Voyager Main: Voyager Laoghaire bore no children by her first husband, Hugh MacKenzie, but had two daughters with her second husband, Simon MacKimmie, who died in prison after the Rising. After Jamie returns from prison and indentured servitude, Jamie's sister, Jenny, arranges a marriage between Laoghaire and her grieving brother. The marriage, however, is a failure, and Jamie leaves Laoghaire. Upon Jamie and Claire's return to Lallybroch, Laoghaire appears and claims Jamie as her own husband, shooting him in the arm and demanding that he divorce Claire. After the dust has settled, and with assistance from Ned Gowan, Jamie's marriage to Laoghaire is declared invalid – as Claire was clearly still alive – and he agrees to pay her a yearly fee and provide a dowry for each of her two daughters. Drums of Autumn Main: Drums of Autumn Laoghaire is present when Brianna first visits Lallybroch in June 1769, trying to wheedle money out of Jenny and Ian. She is told by Amyas Ketterick that Jamie was seen riding near Balgriggan, and though she tells Jenny and Ian this they don't believe her. Once she sees Brianna and hears that she is Jamie's daughter she becomes spiteful and furious, demanding to know who Brianna's mother is and suggesting that Brianna could be playing them false in an attempt to obtain money from Jenny and Ian. After Brianna's mother is confirmed to be Claire, Laoghaire accuses Brianna of being a 'witch's spawn' and warns the Murrays to be wary of her. A furious Brianna reveals Laoghaire's role in Claire's arrest for witchcraft in Crainsmuir over twenty years ago, and before leaving Laoghaire tells Brianna that as Jamie's daughter his debts are her debts. She tries to take Ellen's pearls as the payment promised to her by Jamie, but is stopped by Jenny. An Echo in the Bone Main: An Echo in the Bone Laoghaire subsequently takes up a relationship with her servant, Joey. Her daughter Joan, who wishes to join a convent, blackmails her mother into marrying the man. Personality By her actions at age sixteen, Laoghaire paints herself as covetous and vengeful, though at the same time very naive and immature. In middle age she seems to have retained the former qualities. However, her personality in the books is presented through select points of view, primarily Claire's, and so any redeeming qualities she may have are frequently overshadowed by her involvement as antagonist to the series' main heroine. Other aspects of her character are gleaned through brief dialogue later on. Through her daughter, Marsali, Claire learns that Laoghaire's husband was violent with her and her daughters. When Jamie approaches her years later to apologize for deceiving her in their marriage, however unwittingly, Laoghaire's primary justification for her interest in Joseph Murray, the crippled man she has taken as lover, is that he needs her, and Jamie never did. What is not in doubt, is that Laoghaire loves her daughters, and the grandchildren she has never met. She goes so far as to beg Claire, with bribery, to return to America to attend to Henri-Christian, whose enlarged tonsils pose a serious threat to his health. Physical Appearance Laoghaire has fair hair and skin, pale blue eyes, and a round, pretty face. As an adult pushing forty, her body has thickened around the middle and her face is plump and weathered, her once moonbeam-colored hair dulled to an ashy blonde. Still, she is a handsome woman, and tall for a Scot. Relationships John Robert MacLeod John MacLeod is a married man from Killiecrankie with whom Laoghaire had an affair as a teenager, though at the time she didn't know he was married. Hugh MacKenzie Hugh Mackenzie was Laoghaire's first husband and a tacksman of Colum MacKenzie. He was killed at the Battle of Culloden. They were married for a year, and had no children. Simon MacKimmie Main: Simon MacKimmie Simon MacKimmie was Laoghaire's second husband. They married two years after her first husband was killed, and he is the father of Marsali and Joan. He was the owner of Balriggan, the estate where Laoghaire continues to live. Marsali's memories of him are not pleasant, as she remembers his violent temper. Simon was arrested when the children were very young, and he died in prison. Jamie Fraser Main: Jamie Fraser Laoghaire first met Jamie Fraser while he was living at Castle Leoch for a year as a teenager, and she developed a crush on him. Upon his return to Leoch in 1743, Jamie took a beating on her behalf, trying to save her from humiliation, which she mistakenly interpreted as a sign of reciprocated love. Jamie then went with his uncle Dougal to collect rents, and returned married to Claire Fraser, which outraged Laoghaire. She put an ill-wish under Jamie and Claire's bed, and later forged a note from Geillis Duncan begging Claire to come tend to her. Her interference nearly got Claire killed during the ensuing witch trial, a fact which Claire chose not to share with anyone, including Jamie. In late 1764, after Jamie had returned to Lallybroch from prison and indentured servitude, his sister Jenny Murray arranged a marriage between him and Laoghaire. However, the marriage was a failure, and within a year Jamie left Laoghaire and moved to Edinburgh. Jamie later recalled that he seemed to always say the wrong thing, and that Laoghaire seemed to fear him when he tried to be close to her. Years later, Laoghaire admitted that she knew Jamie did not need her, wouldn't truly look at her, and that lack made her turn away from him. Upon Claire's return in November 1766, Laoghaire was furious and shot Jamie in the arm. After Jamie began to recover, Ned Gowan settled matters between Laoghaire and Jamie, drawing up a contract stating that Jamie would continue to support Laoghaire and her daughters until and unless Laoghaire should remarry, as well as provide a dowry for each of the girls. Their marriage was declared invalid and Jamie left Scotland with Claire a short time later. Jamie and Claire returned to Lallybroch in January 1778. While there, Jamie paid Laoghaire a visit and apologized for marrying her when he was incapable of loving her. They began arguing and Laoghaire attacked him. Laoghaire's servant, Joey, tried to defend her but was no match for Jamie, who fought back against Joey until coming to his senses, ashamed that he would strike a crippled man. As Laoghaire consoled Joey, Jamie noticed that they seemed more intimate than a mistress and her servant ought to be, and realized they were having an affair. In March 1778, Claire and Laoghaire made a deal—Claire would go to Philadelphia to perform emergency surgery on Laoghaire's grandson, and Laoghaire will marry Joey, thus giving up Jamie's alimony. Joseph Boswell Murray Joseph "Joey" Murray was Laoghaire's lover following her annulled marriage to Jamie Fraser, and eventually became her fourth husband. He was a hired man at Balriggan. One of his legs was shorter than the other and his spine is twisted, making physical labor difficult for him. Laoghaire hesitated to marry him because doing so would stop Jamie's contractual payments to her, thus running the risk that she would lose Balriggan if she couldn't keep it up. Joan sought Jamie's help in the matter so that she could become a nun using her dowry money, and Laoghaire eventually agreed to marry Joey if Claire would return to America to help her grandson. Name Laoghaire (LEER ee, LAIR ee, L'Heery) may come from the Old Irish name Laegaire, which may mean "calf-herder". Name of two saints and a king of Tara.[3] MacKenzie is the anglicized form of MacCoinnich, a Gaelic patronymic name meaning "son of Coinneach". The personal name Coinneach means "handsome" or "comely".[4][5] MacKimmie is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Shimidh, a patronymic from a Gaelic equivalent to the name Simon,[6] from Σιμων (Simon), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard".[7] Fraser may be derived from Fredarius, Fresel or Freseau. Another suggestion is that the Frasers were a tribe in Roman Gaul, whose badge was a strawberry plant.[8] Murray is derived from the region in Scotland called Moray meaning "seaboard settlement".[9] Trivia TV Series Main: Outlander (TV series) Actress Nell Hudson portrays Laoghaire in the STARZ Outlander television series. Appearances Season One Castle Leoch (Episode) The Way Out The Gathering The Reckoning By the Pricking of My Thumbs The Devil's Mark Season Two The Fox's Lair Season Three First Wife Season Four Down the Rabbit Hole

Laoghaire MacKenzie introduceres første gang i Outlander som en smuk ung jomfru på Castle Leoch, forelsket i Jamie Fraser og enormt jaloux på Claire. Hun fortsætter med at have to døtre, Joan og Marsali, med sin anden mand og fire børnebørn - Germain, Joan, Félicité og Henri-Christian - som hun aldrig har mødt. Indhold 1 Personlig historie 2 Romanernes Begivenheder 2.1 Outlander 2.2 Dragonfly i rav 2.3 Voyager 2.4 Efterårets trommer 2.5 Et ekko i knoglen 3 Personlighed 4 Fysisk udseende 5 Relationer 5.1 John Robert MacLeod 5.2 Hugh MacKenzie 5.3 Simon MacKimmie 5.4 Jamie Fraser 5.5 Joseph Boswell Murray 6 Navn 7 Trivia 8 TV-serier 8.1 Optrædener 8.2 Galleri 9 Referencer exp-spiller-logo Personlig historie Ikke meget er kendt om Laoghaires tidlige liv. Som sekstenårig husker hun Jamie fra da han boede på Castle Leoch som teenager, hvor hun selv ikke var mere end ti.[2] Hendes far, som bragte hende til Colum og bad om, at hun blev straffet for løs opførsel, var sandsynligvis lejer af MacKenzie, og derfor voksede Laoghaire sandsynligvis op i nærheden af ​​slottet og dets indbyggere. Romanernes begivenheder Outlander Hovedside: Outlander (roman) Laoghaire forelsker sig tilsyneladende i den omspændende unge Jamie, da han overtager hendes plads i et offentligt tæsk.Da Jamie gifter sig med Claire, lægger Laoghaire ikke kun et dårligt ønske under Claires hovedpude, men sender også Claire for at møde Geillis Duncan, netop da finansmandens kone er ved at blive retsforfulgt for hekseri; Følgelig bliver Claire også trukket ind i sagen og bliver næsten dræbt. Dragonfly i rav Hoved: Dragonfly i rav I oktober 1745 fortæller Colum Claire, at Laoghaire giftede sig med en af ​​hans slæbmænd, Hugh MacKenzie fra Muldaur, seks måneder tidligere. Colum tilbyder at arrangere en straf for Laoghaire for at rette op på den uret, hun gjorde mod Claire i Cranesmuir, men Claire afslår. Voyager Hoved: Voyager Laoghaire fødte ingen børn med sin første mand, Hugh MacKenzie, men havde to døtre med sin anden mand, Simon MacKimmie, som døde i fængslet efter opstanden. Efter Jamie vender tilbage fra fængslet og kontrakteret trældom, arrangerer Jamies søster, Jenny, et ægteskab mellem Laoghaire og hendes sørgende bror. Ægteskabet er imidlertid en fiasko, og Jamie forlader Laoghaire. Da Jamie og Claire vender tilbage til Lallybroch, dukker Laoghaire op og hævder Jamie som sin egen mand, skyder ham i armen og kræver, at han skal skilles fra Claire. Efter at støvet har lagt sig, og med assistance fra Ned Gowan, bliver Jamies ægteskab med Laoghaire erklæret ugyldigt – da Claire tydeligvis stadig var i live – og han indvilliger i at betale hende et årligt gebyr og give en medgift til hver af hendes to døtre.Efterårets trommer Hoved: Efterårets trommer Laoghaire er til stede, da Brianna første gang besøger Lallybroch i juni 1769 for at forsøge at hive penge ud af Jenny og Ian. Hun får at vide af Amyas Ketterick, at Jamie blev set ride i nærheden af ​​Balgriggan, og selvom hun fortæller Jenny og Ian dette, tror de hende ikke. Når hun ser Brianna og hører, at hun er Jamies datter, bliver hun ondskabsfuld og rasende, og kræver at vide, hvem Briannas mor er og antyder, at Brianna kunne spille dem falsk i et forsøg på at få penge fra Jenny og Ian. Efter at Briannas mor er bekræftet som Claire, anklager Laoghaire Brianna for at være en 'hekses gyde' og advarer Murrays om at være på vagt over for hende. En rasende Brianna afslører Laoghaires rolle i Claires arrestation for hekseri i Crainsmuir for over tyve år siden, og før hun forlader Laoghaire fortæller Brianna, at som Jamies datter er hans gæld hendes gæld. Hun forsøger at tage Ellens perler som betalingen lovet hende af Jamie, men bliver stoppet af Jenny. Et ekko i knoglen Hoved: Et ekko i knoglen Laoghaire tager efterfølgende et forhold til sin tjener, Joey. Hendes datter Joan, som ønsker at slutte sig til et kloster, afpresser sin mor til at gifte sig med manden. Personlighed Ved sine handlinger i en alder af seksten maler Laoghaire sig selv som begærlig og hævngerrig, men på samme tid meget naiv og umoden. I middelalderen ser hun ud til at have bevaret de tidligere kvaliteter.Men hendes personlighed i bøgerne præsenteres gennem udvalgte synspunkter, primært Claires, og derfor bliver enhver forløsende kvalitet, hun måtte have, ofte overskygget af hendes engagement som antagonist til seriens hovedheltinde. Andre aspekter af hendes karakter er hentet gennem kort dialog senere. Gennem sin datter, Marsali, lærer Claire, at Laoghaires mand var voldelig mod hende og hendes døtre. Da Jamie flere år senere henvender sig til hende for at undskylde for at have bedraget hende i deres ægteskab, dog ubevidst, er Laoghaires primære begrundelse for hendes interesse i Joseph Murray, den forkrøblede mand, hun har taget som elsker, at han har brug for hende, og det gjorde Jamie aldrig. Hvad der ikke er tvivl om, er, at Laoghaire elsker sine døtre og de børnebørn, hun aldrig har mødt. Hun går så langt som at bede Claire med bestikkelse om at vende tilbage til Amerika for at passe Henri-Christian, hvis forstørrede mandler udgør en alvorlig trussel mod hans helbred. Fysisk fremtoning Laoghaire har lyst hår og hud, lyseblå øjne og et rundt, smukt ansigt. Som en voksen, der skubber fyrre, er hendes krop blevet tykkere omkring midten, og hendes ansigt er fyldigt og forvitret, hendes engang månestrålefarvede hår sløvet til en askeblond. Alligevel er hun en smuk kvinde, og høj for en skotte.Relationer John Robert MacLeod John MacLeod er en gift mand fra Killiecrankie, som Laoghaire havde en affære med som teenager, selvom hun på det tidspunkt ikke vidste, at han var gift. Hugh MacKenzie Hugh Mackenzie var Laoghaires første mand og Colum MacKenzies tacksman. Han blev dræbt i slaget ved Culloden. De var gift i et år og havde ingen børn. Simon MacKimmie Hovedperson: Simon MacKimmie Simon MacKimmie var Laoghaires anden mand. De giftede sig to år efter hendes første mand blev dræbt, og han er far til Marsali og Joan. Han var ejer af Balriggan, godset hvor Laoghaire fortsat bor. Marsalis minder om ham er ikke behagelige, da hun husker hans voldsomme temperament. Simon blev arresteret, da børnene var meget små, og han døde i fængslet. Jamie Fraser Hovedperson: Jamie Fraser Laoghaire mødte Jamie Fraser første gang, mens han boede på Castle Leoch i et år som teenager, og hun blev forelsket i ham. Da han vendte tilbage til Leoch i 1743, fik Jamie tæsk på hendes vegne og forsøgte at redde hende fra ydmygelse, hvilket hun fejlagtigt tolkede som et tegn på gengældt kærlighed. Jamie tog derefter med sin onkel Dougal for at indsamle huslejer og vendte tilbage gift med Claire Fraser, hvilket forargede Laoghaire. Hun satte et dårligt ønske under Jamie og Claires seng og forfalskede senere en seddel fra Geillis Duncan, der bad Claire komme og passe hende.Hendes indblanding fik næsten Claire dræbt under den efterfølgende hekseproces, en kendsgerning som Claire valgte ikke at dele med nogen, inklusive Jamie. I slutningen af ​​1764, efter at Jamie var vendt tilbage til Lallybroch fra fængslet og kontrakteret trældom, arrangerede hans søster Jenny Murray et ægteskab mellem ham og Laoghaire. Ægteskabet var dog en fiasko, og inden for et år forlod Jamie Laoghaire og flyttede til Edinburgh. Jamie huskede senere, at han altid lod til at sige det forkerte, og at Laoghaire syntes at frygte ham, når han prøvede at være tæt på hende. År senere indrømmede Laoghaire, at hun vidste, at Jamie ikke havde brug for hende, ikke rigtig ville se på hende, og at mangel fik hende til at vende sig væk fra ham. Da Claire vendte tilbage i november 1766, blev Laoghaire rasende og skød Jamie i armen. Efter at Jamie begyndte at komme sig, afgjorde Ned Gowan sagen mellem Laoghaire og Jamie, idet han udarbejdede en kontrakt om, at Jamie ville fortsætte med at støtte Laoghaire og hendes døtre, indtil og medmindre Laoghaire skulle gifte sig igen, samt give en medgift til hver af pigerne. Deres ægteskab blev erklæret ugyldigt, og Jamie forlod Skotland med Claire kort tid senere. Jamie og Claire vendte tilbage til Lallybroch i januar 1778. Mens han var der, aflagde Jamie Laoghaire et besøg og undskyldte for at have giftet sig med hende, da han ikke var i stand til at elske hende. De begyndte at skændes, og Laoghaire angreb ham.Laoghaires tjener, Joey, forsøgte at forsvare hende, men var ingen match for Jamie, som kæmpede tilbage mod Joey, indtil han kom til fornuft, og skammede sig over, at han ville slå en forkrøblet mand. Da Laoghaire trøstede Joey, lagde Jamie mærke til, at de virkede mere intime, end en elskerinde og hendes tjener burde være, og indså, at de havde en affære. I marts 1778 indgik Claire og Laoghaire en aftale - Claire ville tage til Philadelphia for at udføre en akut operation på Laoghaires barnebarn, og Laoghaire vil gifte sig med Joey og dermed opgive Jamies underholdsbidrag. Joseph Boswell Murray Joseph "Joey" Murray var Laoghaires elsker efter hendes annullerede ægteskab med Jamie Fraser og blev til sidst hendes fjerde mand. Han var ansat hos Balriggan. Hans ene ben var kortere end det andet, og hans rygsøjle er snoet, hvilket gør fysisk arbejde vanskeligt for ham. Laoghaire tøvede med at gifte sig med ham, fordi det ville stoppe Jamies kontraktlige betalinger til hende og dermed risikere, at hun ville miste Balriggan, hvis hun ikke kunne holde det op. Joan søgte Jamies hjælp i sagen, så hun kunne blive nonne ved at bruge sine medgiftspenge, og Laoghaire indvilligede til sidst i at gifte sig med Joey, hvis Claire ville vende tilbage til Amerika for at hjælpe sit barnebarn. Navn Laoghaire (LEER ee, LAIR ee, L'Heery) kan komme fra det gamle irske navn Laegaire, som kan betyde "kalvehyrder".Navn på to helgener og en konge af Tara.[3] MacKenzie er den angliserede form af MacCoinnich, et gælisk patronymisk navn, der betyder "søn af Coinneach". Det personlige navn Coinneach betyder "smuk" eller "pæn".[4][5] MacKimmie er en angliciseret form af det gæliske Mac Shimidh, et patronym fra en gælisk svarende til navnet Simon,[6] fra Σιμων (Simon), den Nye Testamentes græske form af det hebraiske navn שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on), hvilket betød "han har hørt".[7] Fraser kan være afledt af Fredarius, Fresel eller Freseau. Et andet forslag er, at Fraserne var en stamme i det romerske Gallien, hvis mærke var en jordbærplante.[8] Murray er afledt af regionen i Skotland kaldet Moray, der betyder "kystbebyggelse".[9] Trivia TV serier Hovedside: Outlander (tv-serie) Skuespillerinden Nell Hudson portrætterer Laoghaire i tv-serien STARZ Outlander. Optrædener Sæson 1 Castle Leoch (episode) Vejen ud Forsamlingen Regnskabet Ved at stikke mine tommelfingre Djævelens mærke Sæson to Rævens hule Sæson tre Første kone Sæson fire Ned i kaninhullet