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ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER

Male - 1310

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  • Name ALEXANDER  [1
    Gender Male 
    _MARRIED (I)
    Death 1310  [1
    Person ID I16804  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Children 
     1. CHRISTIANA,   b. Abt 1270   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F6675  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Alexander, called "de Ergadie" KnightMac dougall of Lorn, was known territorially as 'de Ergadie,' The Macdougalls of Lorn were descended from the eldest son of Somerled. During the thirteenth century this family was probably the most powerfl in the West Highlands on both land and sea. Their ships traded to English ports, including that of Bristol. In 1284 the head of the family was Alexander of Lorn who, in that year, sat in the assembly which settled the crown on the Maid of Norway. His wife was a daughter of Sir John Comyn and an aunt of the Red Comyn slain by Bruce at Dumfries. It is probable that the family's intense and persistent opposition to the cause of Bruce was a result of that event. They were his bitterest enemies in Scotland, and he narrowly escaped death at their hands during the retreat from Methven in 1306. Sir Alasdair MacDOUGALL of Argyll a.k.a. Sir Alexander d. 1310occ: 4th Chief of Clan MacDougall; 4th Lord of Lorn; 4th of Dunollie m. COMYN of Buchan.

  • Sources 
    1. [S712] DNA Genealogy Projects, Lamont Family DNA Study (http://www.lamont-young.com/).