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| Name: | Aonghas MAC SOMHAIRLE |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Somerled + (1113-1164) |
| Mother: | Ragnhild + OLAFSDATTER (1117- ) |
| Birth | 1150 | |
| Death | 1210 (age 59-60) |
Aonghas mac Somhairle (English: Angus, son of Somerled) (c. 1150-1210) was a son of Somerled and Ragnhildis, daughter of Olaf I Godredsson, King of Mann and the Isles and Ingeborg Haakonsdottir daughter of Haakon Paulsson, Earl of Orkney.[1] Aonghas succeeded his father, inheriting lands in Garmoran, Skye, Rum, Eigg, Bute and Arran and became known as Lord of Bute and Arran.[1][2] In 1192 in a battle between Aonghas and his brother Raghnall, he was victorious and many were wounded and fell.[3] He lost his lands on Bute after Alan fitz Walter was granted the lands of Bute by William I of Scotland in 1200. Aonghas was killed in battle with his three sons on Skye in 1210.[4] After the death of Aonghas and his heirs, his brother Raghnall's sons Domhnall and Ruaidhri took poscession of his lands.
[edit] FamilyBy his wife, who is unknown, their children were:
Séamus mac Aonghas (James MacRory), b. c 1195, Killed in battle in 1210 on Skye. He left a daughter Jean de Bute, who married Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland.
unknown mac Aonghas, Killed in battle in 1210 on Skye.
unknown mac Aonghas, Killed in battle in 1210 on Skye.