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Lord of the Isles
The Lord of the Isles ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Triath nan Eilean ''or'' Rìgh Innse Gall)) is a title of Scottish nobility with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland. It emerged from a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of galleys. Although they were, at times, nominal vassals of the Kings of Norway, Ireland, or Scotland, the island chiefs remained functionally independent for many centuries. Their territory included the Hebrides, (Skye and Ross from 1438), Knoydart, Ardnamurchan, and the Kintyre peninsula. At their height they were the greatest landowners and most powerful lords in the British Isles after the Kings of England and Scotland.〔At their height the Lords of the Isles were thus of comparable power to the Geraldines or perhaps even the O'Neill dynasty of Late Medieval Ireland.〕
The end of the MacDonald Lords came in 1493 when John MacDonald forfeited his estates and titles to King James IV of Scotland. Since that time, the title has been held by the Duke of Rothesay, the eldest son and heir apparent of the King of Scotland, which title since the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain is now borne by the Prince of Wales. Thus Prince Charles is the current Lord of the Isles. The only island still in the possession of the MacDonalds is tiny Cara off Kintyre, which is owned by the MacDonalds of Largie, a small remnant of a once vast family inheritance.
==Armorials==
The arms adopted by the Lord of the Isles varied over time, but the blazon given and illustrated〔http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2011_02_01_archive.html〕 in the "Armorial of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount" (1542) is: ''Or, an eagle displayed gules beaked and armed sable overall a lymphad sable''.
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