Eóghan of Argyll

Eóghan's name as it appears on folio 114v of AM 40 fol (Codex Frisianus): "Jon Dungaðarson".^[1]

Eóghan MacDubhghaill (Anglicized: Ewan MacDougall, Ewan of Argyll or Ewan of Lorne) was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and warrior who was styled "King of the Isles", "Lord of Argyll". He was the son of Donnchadh, son of Dubhghall, son of Somhairle mac Gille Brighde.

According to Scandinavian sources, after the death of Harald Olafsson in 1248, King Haakon IV of Norway appointed Eóghan as King of the Isles, though within a year that title went to Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri.^[2]

In response to Eóghan's assumption of this title perhaps, in 1249 King Alexander II of Scotland launched an expedition against Eóghan after the latter refused to renounce his homage to King Haakon IV of Norway. Alexander II fell ill and died on this expedition, but Eóghan seems to have been temporarily deprived of his Argyll possessions.

In 1250, Eóghan tried to obtain rulership of the Isle of Man, but was expelled by the inhabitants. He then travelled to Norway, hoping for recognition as King of the Isles. This attempt was unsuccessful. By 1255, King Henry III of England had secured a deal for Eóghan whereby he regained Lorne and came into full Scottish allegiance.

When Haakon campaigned against the Scots in 1263, Eóghan refused the Norwegian king service and remained a Scottish loyalist. After Haakon's defeat at the Battle of Largs, Eóghan regained formal recognition as ruler of the Isles. His last recorded appearance is in 1268.

Eóghan's son Alexander followed him as Lord of Argyll. His daughter, Maria (died 1302), married three times: 1st Magnus Olafsson King of Mann, 2nd Maol Íosa II, Earl of Strathearn, 3rd Sir William FitzWarin.

He may have been the Mac Somurli responsible for the death of Jordan de Exeter during a pirate raid in Connemara in 1258.

Notes

↑ Unger (1871) p. 535; AM 45 Fol (n.d.).
↑ Woolf, "Dead Man", p. 84.

References

"AM 45 Fol". Handrit.is. n.d. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
Sellar, W. D. H., "MacDougall, Ewen, lord of Argyll (d. in or after 1268)", in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 5 Dec 2006
Woolf, Alex (2007), "A Dead Man at Ballyshannon: War and Society in the North Sea Region, 1150-1600", in Duffy, Seán, The World of the Galloglass, Dublin: Four Courts Press, pp. 77–85, ISBN 1-85182-946-6
Unger, CR, ed. (1871). Codex Frisianus: En Samling Af Norske Konge-Sagaer. Oslo: P.T. Mallings Forlagsboghandel – via HathiTrust.

Preceded by Donnchadh	Lord of Argyll 1244 x 1248-c. 1268	Succeeded by Alasdair

Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles

Uí Ímair	Gofraidh Ímar Amlaíb Conung Amlaíb mac Gofraid^ Amlaíb Cuarán Maccus mac Arailt Gofraid mac Arailt Ragnall mac Gofraid Amlaíb mac Sitriuc Ímar mac Arailt^ Echmarcach mac Ragnaill^ Gofraid mac Sitriuc and Fingal mac Gofraid

Earls of Orkney, vassals of the Kings of Norway etc.	Ketill Flatnose^ Gilli Sigurd the Stout Håkon Eiriksson Thorfinn the Mighty Magnus Barelegs Sigurd Magnusson Óspakr Ögmundsson

Uí Ceinnselaig and Uí Briain	Murchad mac Diarmata Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó Domnall mac Taidc

Crovan dynasty	Godred Crovan Lagmann mac Gofraid Olaf Godredsson Godred the Black Somerled

Crovan dynasty - Mann and the North Isles	Rögnvaldr Óláfsson (fl. 1164) Ragnvald Godredsson Olaf the Black Gofraid Donn** Harald Olafsson Rögnvaldr Óláfsson (d. 1249) Harald Godredsson Magnus Olafsson

Clann Somhairle, Clan Macruari and Clan MacDougall - South Isles	Dubgall mac Somairle Ragnall mac Somairle Donnchadh mac Dubhghaill Dubgall mac Dubgaill Somairle mac Dubgaill Ruaidhri mac Raghnaill Eóghan of Argyll Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri

^ Speculative ** North Isles only

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