Aonghas Óg Eoin

Aonghas Óg (died 1490) was a Scottish nobleman who was the last independent Lord of the Isles. Aonghas became a rebel against both his father and against the Scottish crown, in a civil clan war which would see the end of the independent Lordship of the Isles.

Angus was born the bastard son of John of Islay, Earl of Ross (Eoin). In time, Aonghas would become a rebel against both his father and against the Scottish crown. He is not to be confused with his namesake, Aonghas Óg, Lord of Islay, who fought alongside Robert the Bruce.

Aonghas married Isobella Campbell daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. (name also seen as Mary)

In 1490 Aonghas had his throat cut while he was sleeping. The murderer was his Irish harpist, Art O'Carby, who carried out the act for reasons which remain unclear.

Refs

• MacDougall, Norman, "Achilles' Heel? The Earldom of Ross, the Lordship of the Isles, and the Stewart Kings, 1449-1507", in Edward J. Cowan & R. Andrew McDonald (eds.), Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era, (Edinburgh, 2000), pp. 248–75
• Oliver, Neil, A History of Scotland, Phoenix, London (2010) ISBN 0753826631
• Oram, Richard, "The Lordship of the Isles, 1336-1545", in Donald Omand (ed.) The Argyll Book, (Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 123–39

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonghas_Óg
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2218.htm#...