Name: Dougall (Dugall) Macdougall, 15th. Laird of Dunollie, son of John MacDougall, 14th. Laird of Dunollie and Lorn, and Anne MacLeod
Born: 1527 in Ergadia, Argyll, Scotland
Married: about 1549 in Argyll, Scotland to Elspay Campbell
Children: (5)
Iain MacDougall 1554–1572 • K826-NLB
Thomas MacDougall 1555–1604 • L6T9-698
Duncan MacDougall, 16th. of Dunollie and of Lorn
1556–1616 • KHTQ-HHT
Agnes MacDougall 1558–Deceased • LV2N-224
Janet MacDougall 1565–1635 • KHN5-WMW
Death: 12 Apr 1586 in Dunollie, Argyll, Scotland
Burial: 1586 in Ardchattan Priory, Argyll, Scotland
Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
The Clan MacDougall takes its name from Dougall, the son of Somerled who was killed at the Battle of Renfrew in 1164. After Somerled's death, Dougall held most of Argyll as well as the islands of Mull, Lismore, Jura, Tiree, Coll and others.
The Celtic first name Dougall, or Dugald is derived from the Gaelic dubh-gall, which means black stranger. Dougall's royal descent was acknowledged by the king of Norway and Dougall himself was styled as 'King of the South Isles and Lord of Lorne'.
One of Dougall's sons seems to have been Óspakr-Hákon, a man installed as King of the Isles by Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway in 1230. A certain son of Dougall was Duncan, who was in turn the father of Ewan. Duncan and Ewan built many castles to defend their territory.
These included Dunstaffnage Castle, Dunollie Castle and Duntrune Castle on the main land. Whilst on the islands they built Aros Castle, Cairnburgh Castle, Dunchonnel Castle and Coeffin Castle. Dunollie Castle is believed to have been fortified since the 6th century and became the seat of the chief of Clan MacDougall.
Duncan also built Ardchattan Priory and it was here that the MacDougall chiefs were buried until 1737. source: Wikipedia, Clan Macdougall
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