ruler. Somerled was asked by Thorfinn Ottarson, a Manx chief, to allow Somerled's son, Dugall, to be appointed king of Man and the Isles. Somerled agreed...

isles began plotting with an emerging and forceful figure – Somerled, Lord of Argyll. Somerled's parental origins are obscure, but it is known that he had...

MacPhee, Kathleen M. (2004). Somerled: Hammer of the Norse. Glasgow: NWP. ISBN 1-903238-24-2. Marsden, John (2000). Somerled and the emergence of Gaelic...

which had been ruled by various Scottish clans following the death of Somerled in 1164.: 48–49  In 1266, Scotland fought the short but consequential Scottish-Norwegian...

historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland. It began with Somerled in the 12th century and thereafter the title was held by a series of his...

with Somerled taking control of the southern Hebrides. Two years later Somerled completely ousted Godred Olafsson and re-united the kingdom. Somerled built...

their challenge with the aid of a neighbour, Somerled of Argyll. This threat soon dissipated, because Somerled was beset with more pressing concerns: his...

Sorley and Somerled are masculine given names in the English language, Anglicizations of Scottish Gaelic Somhairle and Norse Sumarlidi. Sorley is an Anglicised...

isles, and the whole of Kintyre and Knapdale. In the mid 12th century, Somerled, the husband of Godred Crovan's granddaughter, led a successful revolt...

possibly an unknown "relation of theirs, called Somerled, [who] was then also a King in the Sudreys". This Somerled, who died in 1230, may have been a brother...

"King of the Isles" and "Lord of Argyll and Kintyre". Ranald's father, Somerled was styled "King of the Hebrides", and was killed campaigning against Malcolm...

Randal John Somerled McDonnell, 8th Earl of Antrim KBE (1911–1977) was a diplomat, activist, soldier and administrator. He became chairman of the National...

sept of Clan MacAlister of Scotland. The family is said to descend from Somerled, Lord of the Isles. The seat of the clan was at Menstrie Castle in Menstrie...

Celtic Somhairle MacGillebride (Somerled), King of Cinn Tìre (Kintyre), Argyll and Lorne, on the Isle of Man. Somerled sailed his fleet of 53 birlinns...

nephew of Somerled, the great 12th century leader of the Scottish Gaels. Through an ingenious strategy, Maurice secured the marriage of Somerled to the daughter...

from Somerled back to Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, King of the Isles, but this has received little attention. The Orkneyinga saga refers to Somerled having...

to the formal acknowledgement of Norwegian control of Argyll, in 1098. Somerled, the brother-in-law of Norway's governor of the region (the King of the...

O'Neill, the daughter of Conn O'Neill. He is also known in English as Somerled and Somerled of the yellow hair. MacDonnell could neither read nor write. When...

Iain Somerled MacDonald MacCormick (28 September 1939 – 19 September 2014) was a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. MacCormick was born in Glasgow...

Norse-Gael named Somerled, detached the whole of the Suðreyjar from Norway and transformed it into an independent kingdom. After Somerled's death in 1164...

Islesmen and Dubliners. Somerled was slain in the encounter, apparently by local levies, and his forces were routed. Somerled first appears on record...

Sumairlid, Dubhgall mac Somhairle, Dubhgall mac Somhairlidh, Dugald mac Somerled, and Dugald MacSorley. The Gaelic personal name Dubgall is derived from...

River Shiel, and, according to legend, was the site of a battle between Somerled and a Norwegian warrior named Torquil. "Acharacle". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba...

University led to the conclusion that Somerled has possibly 500,000 living descendants. Sykes deduced that despite Somerled's reputation for having driven out...

in the Orkney Islands. Recent research suggests that the Celtic warrior Somerled, who drove the Vikings out of western Scotland and was the progenitor of...

MacDougall takes its name from Dubgall (Dougall), the son of Somerled. After Somerled's death at the Battle of Renfrew in 1164, Dougall held most of Argyll...

chiefs. Somerled who had married Raghnailt, the daughter of Olafr, was approached by a number of men headed by Thornfinn Ottarsson. Somerled agreed to...

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1164) was a twelfth-century King of the Isles, succeeding the warrior Somerled. He was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles and a member of the...

Argyle (now Argyll): the Gaelic coast. Half a century later, however, Somerled, the husband of Godred Crovan's granddaughter, led a successful revolt...