Dubgall mac Somairle
Male, Deceased Person
Who is Dubgall mac Somairle?
Dubgall mac Somairle was a 12th-century Scottish nobleman. The son of Somairle mac Gille Brigte, regulus of Argyll, Dubgall is the eponymous progenitor of Clan MacDougall.
According to the Chronicles of Mann, in 1155 he accompanied his father Somairle in an expedition against Goraidh mac Amhlaibh, King of Mann and the Isles. In 1175, he was one of the Scottish magnates accompanying King William the Lion to York. In the same year, he and his chaplain Stephan made a pilgrimage to St Cuthbert at Durham, donating two gold rings to the Cathedral Priory. The Chronicles of Mann alleged that the men of the Isles chose Dubgall to be their King, but this may have been a later concoction, and Dubgall is never given a title in any contemporary source. It has been suggested that he was the founder of the bishopric of Argyll, though more likely this took place under his brother Ragnall.
It is not known when Dubgall died. Dubgall is not mentioned again after 1175, but may have lived long afterwards, perhaps even into the 13th century. He appears to have had the following sons,
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- Also known as
- Dugald
- Dougal, Somerled's son
- Dubhghall mac Somhairle
- Dugall
- Parents
- Children
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on July 23, 2013
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