Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri

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Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri, King of the Hebrides and Argyll, was the son of Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill and brother of Ailean mac Ruaidhri. He fought on the side of Haakon IV of Norway for control of the Hebrides against other Scottish claimants.[1][2] While fighting the English in Ireland, he allegedly killed Jordan d'Exeter off Connaught in 1258.[3]

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Citations

  1. ↑ Sturla Þórðarson, 1214-1284. The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland. 
  2. ↑ MacLean, John Patterson (1889). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, Etc.. R. Clarke & Company. 
  3. ↑ Woolf, "Dead Man", p. 85.

References

  • Woolf, Alex (2007), "A Dead Man at Ballyshannon", in Duffy, Seán, The World of the Galloglass: War and Society in the North Sea Region, 1150-1600, Dublin: Four Courts Press, pp. 77–85, ISBN 1-85182-946-6 
Uí Ímair
Earls of Orkney,
vassals of the
Kings of Norway etc.
Uí Ceinnselaig and Uí Briain
Crovan dynasty
Crovan dynasty -
Mann and the North Isles
Clann Somhairle,
Clan Macruari and
Clan MacDougall -
South Isles
^ Speculative ** North Isles only
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