Genealogy Projects tagged with Somerled on the Geni Family Tree

Somerled, “King of the Isles” Descent Line

Somerled, a Celtic chief, acquired the Western Isles in the mid-1100s and assumed the title “King of the Isles”. His son Reginald was the first whose title "Lord of the Isles" is attested in a contemporary document. Although Angus the fourth Lord was the first to acknowledge the subjection of the Isles to the kings of Scotland, no Scottish peerage over the region was created until 1476[1354]. T...