Global InformationDubhghall mac Suibhne information
Dubhghall mac Suibhne | |
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| Noble family | Clann Suibhne |
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| Father | Suibhne mac Duinn Shléibhe |
Dubhghall mac Suibhne (fl. 1232×1241 – 1262) was a Scottish landholder in Argyll, and a leading member of Clann Suibhne.[note 1] He was a son of Suibhne mac Duinn Shléibhe, and appears to have held lordship of Knapdale from at least the 1240s to the 1260s, and may have initiated the construction of Skipness Castle and Lochranza Castle.
During Dubhghall's career, Clann Suibhne fell prey to the Stewarts, one of Scotland's most powerful families. By the 1240s, the Stewarts appear to have gained lordship in the Firth of Clyde and Cowal, whilst Alexander II, King of Scotland attempted to extend royal authority into Argyll and the Isles. It is in the context of this Scottish encroachment into Argyll that Dubhghall first appears on record, in an appeal to Pope Innocent IV for papal protection in 1247.
Although Alexander II's campaign to annex Argyll and the Isles came to an immediate halt on his death in 1249, his son and successor, Alexander III, renewed hostilities in the 1260s. By this time, it was Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith who spearheaded the Stewarts' westward advance. Charter evidence dating to 1261 and 1262 reveals that Dubhghall resigned the Clann Suibhne lordship into Walter Stewart's hands. Whether this transfer was the result of a military operation against Clann Suibhne is unknown. The fact that some members of the kindred were unwilling to subject themselves to Stewart domination is evinced by the ensuing career of Dubhghall's nephew, Murchadh Mac Suibhne.
- ^ a b c Munro; Munro (1986).
- ^ Butter (2007).
- ^ Murray (2005); Easson (1986).
- ^ a b Jennings (1994).
- ^ MacDonald, IG (2013).
- ^ Boardman (2006); Tabraham (2005); McDonald (2004); McDonald (1997); Roberts (1997); Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments (1992); Munro; Munro (1986); Barrow (1980).
- ^ Murray (2005).
- ^ Easson (1986).
- ^ Roberts (1997).
- ^ McDonald (2004).
- ^ Boardman (2006); Tabraham (2005); McDonald (1997); Munro; Munro (1986); Barrow (1980).
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