Somerled
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Argyll |
United Kingdom | |
Died | Renfrew |
United Kingdom | |
Place of burial | Iona, United Kingdom |
Spouse | Ragnhildis |
Great grandchildren | Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí |
Aonghus Mór | |
Children | Ragnall mac Somairle |
Dubgall mac Somairle | |
Bethóc, Prioress of Iona | |
Aonghus mac Somhairle | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1291395 |
Somerled Life story
Somerled, known in Middle Irish as Somairle, Somhairle, and Somhairlidh, and in Old Norse as Sumarliði, was a mid-12th-century warlord who, through marital alliance and military conquest, rose in prominence and seized control of the Kingdom of the Isles.