Person:Domhnall mac Raghnaill (1)

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Domhnall mac Raghnaill was a Hebridean noble in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. He is the eponymous progenitor of Clan Donald (Clann Dhòmhnaill, "Children of Donald"). For this reason some traditions accumulated around him in the later Middle Ages and early modern period. His vast impact on culture and in the centuries remains today. Despite his role as the historical figurehead of one of the world's most famous kindreds and surnames, there is almost no contemporary evidence yielding certain information about his life.

His place in the genealogical tradition of the MacDonalds is the only reason for believing in his existence, a genealogical tradition that not all historians have accepted. Beyond his actual existence, there is little that is certain. Three entries in Irish annals may discuss him, though he is never named; a praise poem surviving from the early modern period may be descended from a poem originally written for him; a miracle in a Manx chronicle may or may not have Domhnall as its subject; and a doubtful charter surviving from a similarly late era was allegedly issued by him.

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-1250 son of Rögnvald from him the name MacDonald is derived. Donald held the mainland territories of Kintyre, Morvern and Ardnamurchan with the island of Islay. His son Alastair Mòr (+1290) is progenitor of Clan Alastair of Loup and and Alexanders of Menstrie, Earls of Stirling, probably he was also that Alexander de Ergadia, who became bound to receive Margaret of Norway as their sovereign, in the event of the demise of King Alexander III. 1284. Alastair Mòr married a daughter of Red John Cumyn (the one whom Robert the Bruce slew), and was father of John of Lorne.

Lord of the Isles Donald mac Reginald of the Isles was ancestor of the clan Donald (MacDonald).1 He was born circa 1175. He was the son of Lord of the Isles Reginald mac Somerled of the Isles and Fonia of Moray.1,2 Lord of the Isles in Scotland, between 1207 and 1250.2 He died circa 1250.2

Donald of Islay died in 1250. Donald had apparently arranged for his son and heir Angus Mor MacDonald to marry a daughter of Sir Colin Campbell (Cailein Mor) of Lochawe. Angus Mor's Campbell lady bore him three sons, Alasdair Og, Angus Og and John. Angus Mor was the great-grandson of Somerled while his wife was grand-daughter of Sir Gillespic Cambel. Sir Gillespic held lands both in Argyll and eastern Scotland and his father is said to have been Dugall Mc'Duibne whose nickname 'Cam Beul' gave rise to the Cambel name.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Domhnall mac Raghnaill, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.