Dunollie Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, 15th. Century
Name: Duncan MacDougall, 2nd. Chief of Clan MacDougall, Lord of Dunollie and Lorn, "King of the Isles"
Born: 1177 on Isle of Ergadia, Argyll, Scotland
Married: about 1197 in Argyll, Scotland to Margaret MacLachlan
Children: (6) Lady Lorn, Ewen, 3rd. Chief of Clan MacDougall, Alexander, Malcolm, Gill, and Duncan MacDougall
Died: 1248 in Argyll, Scotland
Buried: 1248 in Ardchattan Priory, Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland
Duncan assumed the patronymic "MacDougall". He was also known as "de Ergadia" i.e. of Argylle. He was a local King in the Hebrides and had his main seat at Dunstaffnage Castle. He founded the Priory of Ardchattan. Second Chief of the clan and son of Dougall. Called King Duncan in the Norse sagas, he was ruler of Argyll (Ergadia) held as vassal under the King of Scots, and Regulus of the Isles which he held as vassal under the King of Norway. He founded Ardchattan Priory about 1240 and is believed to have built many of the MacDougall castles of that era. His major stronghold seems to have been Dunstaffnage but he probably had fortified Dunollie's promontory as well. Duncan died in 1248.
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