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Alan mac Ruaidhrí

English (default): Alan, Scots Gaelic: Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí
Also Known As: "Mac Ruaridh"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Garmorran, Scotland
Death: after circa 1263
Garmorran, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill, Lord of Kintyre and NN
Husband of N.N.
Father of Christiana; Roderick MacRuare of Garmoran and Lachlan
Brother of Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri

Occupation: Hebridean Chief
Managed by: Douglas John Nimmo
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About Alan mac Ruaidhrí

REGINALD, son of SOMERLED Lord of Argyll & his wife --- of Man (-after 1192). m FONIE, daughter of ---. "Reginaldus filius Sumerled dominus de Inchegal…et uxor mea Fonie" donated cows and other revenue to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1361]. Reginald & his wife had [three] children:

  • 1. DONALD (-Island of Kerrara 1249, bur Iona).
  • 2. RUAIRI . Balfour Paul states that "Roderick" inherited "North Kintyre, Bute and the lands of Garmoran, extending from Ardnamurchan to Gleneig", previously the possessions of his paternal uncle Angus, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1379]. The Annals of Ulster record that "the sons of Raghnall, son of Somurlech” fought "the men of Sciadh" [Skye] in 1209 "wherein slaughter was inflicted on them"[1380]. m ---. The name of Ruairi’s wife is not known. Ruairi & his wife had two children:
  • a) DUGALD (-1268). The Saga of Eirspennill’s Hakon Hakon’s son records that "John, Duncan’s son, and Dugald, Ruadri’s son" met Alexander II King of Scotland in 1248 and "endeavoured…that the king should give them the title of king over the northern part of the Hebrides"[1381]. The Saga of Eirspennill’s Hakon Hakon’s son names "king Dugald, Alan Dugald’s brother, Angus and Murchaid" among those who met Haakon IV King of Norway when he invaded in 1263, adding in a later passage that the king gave "to [Dugald] the dominion that king John had had"[1382]. The Icelandic Annals record the death in 1268 of "Dubgallus rex Hebudum"[1383]. m ---. The name of Dugald’s wife is not known. Dugald & his wife had one child:
  • b) ALAN (-after 1263). The Saga of Eirspennill’s Hakon Hakon’s son names "king Dugald, Alan Dugald’s brother, Angus and Murchaid" among those who met Haakon IV King of Norway when he invaded in 1263[1384]. m ---. The name of Alan’s wife is not known. Alan & his wife had three children:
  • i) CHRISTIANA . Robert I King of Scotland confirmed land "de Knodworache" to "Roderico filio Alani" by charter dated to [1320], which names "Cristina de Mar filia quondam Alani filii Roderici"[1385]. m DUNCAN of Mar son of ---.
  • ii) RUAIRI . Robert I King of Scotland confirmed land "de Knodworache" to "Roderico filio Alani" by charter dated to [1320], which names "Cristina de Mar filia quondam Alani filii Roderici"[1386].
  • iii) LACHLAN .

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Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí (died ×1296) was a leading figure in the thirteenth-century kingdoms of the Isles and the Scotland. He was a son of Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill, and thus a member of the Clann Ruaidhrí branch of Clann Somhairle. Ailéan was a brother of Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí, King of Argyll and the Isles, a significant figure who held power in the mid thirteenth century. At the time, the rulers of the Isles were fiercely independent of the Scottish Crown, and owed nominal allegiance to the distant Norwegian Crown. In 1259, Dubhghall's daughter married the son of King of Connacht, and Ailéan is recorded to have commanded the woman's tocher of one hundred and sixty gallowglass warriors.

Ailéan died at some point before 1296. His widow, Isabella, eventually married Ingram de Umfraville (died 1321×) as her second husband. Ailéan had three children: his sons Lachlann (fl. 1297–1307/1308) and Ruaidhrí (died 1318?) were illegitimate, whilst his daughter Cairistíona (fl. 1290–1318) was legitimate. Ailéan's descendants continued to be factors in Scottish history well into the fourteenth century.

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Alan mac Ruaidhrí's Timeline

1253
1253
Scotland (United Kingdom)
1263
1263
Garmorran, Scotland
1305
1305
Garmorran, Scotland
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