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Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri (died 1268),〔Martin (2014); Duffy (2007); Woolf (2007); Simms (2000a).〕 also known as Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí,〔Oram (2013).〕 was a leading figure in the thirteenth-century Kingdom of the Isles. He was a son of Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill, and thus a member of Clann Ruaidhri. Dubhghall was active in Ireland, and is recorded to have conducted military operations against the English in Connacht. In 1259, the year after his victory over the English Sheriff of Connacht, Dubhghall's daughter was married to Aodh na nGall Ó Conchobhair, son of the reigning King of Connacht. This woman's dowry consisted of a host of gallowglass warriors commanded by Dubhghall's brother, Ailín. This record appears to be the earliest notice of such soldiers in surviving sources. The epithet of Dubhghall's son-in-law, ''na nGall'' can be taken to mean "of the Hebrideans", and appears to refer to the Hebridean military support that contributed to his success against the English. The careers of Dubhghall and his Clann Somhairle kinsman, Eoghan Mac Dubhghaill, exemplify the difficulties faced by the leading Norse-Gaelic lords in the Isles and along western sea-board of Scotland. In theory, these regions formed part of the greater Norwegian commonwealth. However, during the tenures of Dubhghall and Eoghan, successive thirteenth-century Scottish kings succeeded in extending their own authority into these Norse-Gaelic regions. Whilst Eoghan eventually submitted to the Scots, Dubhghall steadfastly supported the Norwegian cause. Recognised as a king by the reigning Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway, Dubhghall was one of the leading figures in the failed 1263 campaign against the Scots. Although Dubhghall is last recorded resisting the encroachment of Scottish overlordship, the Scots succeeded in wrenching control of the Isles from the Norwegians in 1266. Dubhghall may have died in exile in Norway, where his son, Eiríkr, was an active baron. ==Clann Ruaidhri== Dubhghall was a son of Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill, Lord of Kintyre (died 1247?),〔Brown (2004) p. 77 tab. 4.1; McDonald (2004) p. 181; Sellar (2000) p. 194 tab. ii.〕 the eponym of Clann Ruaidhri, a branch of Clann Somhairle.〔McDonald (2007) p. 110; Raven (2005) p. 56.〕 By second decade of the thirteenth century, Ruaidhri may have been the leading member of Clann Somhairle.〔Woolf (2007) pp. 80–82.〕 The little that is known of Dubhghall's father suggests that, much like Dubhghall himself, Ruaidhri operated against the looming threat of Scottish overlordship of Argyll and the Isles. Although Ruaidhri appears to have originally held power in Kintyre, the Scottish Crown seems to have expelled him from the region in the 1220s.〔Oram (2011a) pp. 186, 189; Woolf (2007) pp. 81–82; Woolf (2003) p. 178.〕 In Ruaidhri's place, Alexander II, King of Scotland (died 1249) appears to have planted Ruaidhri's younger brother, Domhnall, an apparently more palatable candidate from the Scots' perspective.〔Oram (2011a) p. 186.〕 This dramatic projection of Scottish royal authority may have also resulted in the king's establishment of the Clann Dubhghaill lordship of Argyll which appears on record not long afterwards.〔Woolf (2007) p. 82.〕 By the mid point of the thirteenth century, Clann Dubhghaill—yet another branch of Clann Somhairle—was represented by Eoghan Mac Dubhghaill (died c. 1268×1275),〔McDonald (2004) p. 180.〕 whilst Dubhghall himself represented Clann Ruaidhri.〔McDonald (2004) p. 181.〕 Although it is possible that Dubhghall's power base was located in Garmoran〔Sellar (2000) p. 206; Cowan (1990) p. 115.〕 and perhaps the Uists,〔Sellar (2000) p. 206.〕 there is uncertainty as to how and when these territories entered into the possession of his family.〔Raven (2005) pp. 56–57.〕 Later leading members of Clann Ruaidhri certainly possessed them, but evidence of custody before the mid thirteenth century is lacking.〔Raven (2005) p. 57.〕 In theory, these territories could have been awarded to the kindred following the Scots' acquisition of the Isles in 1266.〔Raven (2005) p. 57.〕 On the other hand, the family's position in the Isles may have stemmed from its marital alliance with the Crovan dynasty, concluded at some point before Ruaidhri's expulsion from Kintyre.〔Raven (2005) pp. 57–58; Woolf (2003) p. 178.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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