Clan MacDougall

Clan MacDougall is a Highland Scottish clan consisting of the descendants of Dugald, son of Somerled, who ruled Lorne and the Isle of Mull in Argyll in the 13th and early 14th centuries. Clan MacDougall is a Scottish clan traditionally associated with the lands of Argyll and Lorne in Scotland. Like the Clan Donald or MacDonald and all of its MacDonald branches, the MacDougalls are also descended from the King Somerled. The clan takes its name fro... more

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Dubgall mac Somairle

Dubgall mac Somairle (Modern Dubhghall mac Somhairle; Anglicized: "Dugald" or "Dougal, Somerled's son") was a 12th century Scottish nobleman. The son of Somairle mac Gille Brigte, regulus of Argyll, Dubgall is the eponymous progenitor of Clan MacDougall (Clann Dubhghaill, literally "Children of...
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