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- When Somerled, the 'regulus' or local ruler of Argyll, died in 1163-4 while invading the lands of the king of Scots, he left most of his Argyll lands to his eldest son, Dougall, ancestor of Clan Dougall. His younger sons, Reginald, and Angus, were left the farther reaches of his island and mainland holdings. Reginald's sons were Donald and Ruari. Donald, progenitor of Clan Donald, inherited southern Kintyre, Islay and the South Isles, while Garmoran to the north of Argyll was left to Ruari.
Donald of Islay died in 1250. Donald had apparently arranged for his son and heir Angus Mor MacDonald to marry a daughter of Sir Colin Campbell (Cailein Mor) of Lochawe. Angus Mor's Campbell lady bore him three sons, Alasdair Og, Angus Og and John. Angus Mor was the great-grandson of Somerled while his wife was grand-daughter of Sir Gillespic Cambel. Sir Gillespic held lands both in Argyll and eastern Scotland and his father is said to have been Dugall Mc'Duibne whose nickname 'Cam Beul' gave rise to the Cambel name.
When Angus Mor died between 1292 and 1300, Alasdair inherited Islay and part of Knapdale while Angus Og was left most of Kintyre and a claim to the Isle of Mull, although the latter was still in the hands of their cousins of Clan Dougall. Angus Og is said to have been a short dark haired man with a cheerful disposition and Cailein Mor's son Sir Neil Cambel of Lochawe was his uncle, being his mother's brother.
Angus Og's elder brother Alasdair Og married his cousin, the sister of the MacDougall of Lorne, but through this alliance he was obliged to oppose Robert the Bruce in alliance with Clan Dougall whose kinsman the Red Comyn Bruce had murdered. However Angus Og, after supporting the English in 1301, joined Sir Neil Campbell in assisting the Bruce in his flight through Argyll in 1306, and on his return journey from Rathlin in 1307, Angus provided men for an unsuccessful attempt to re-capture the Bruce lands in Arran.
After Robert Bruce and his allies defeated the MacDougall Lord of Lorne in a battle in the Pass of Brander by Lochawe in 1308, he then laid siege to Alasdair Og MacDonald in Castle Sween. Alastair gave himself up and was disinherited by Robert Bruce who then granted Islay to Angus Og. The scant records do not show whether Angus Og and the Campbell knights had been with the Bruce at the battle of the Pass of Brander in 1308, however their presence there as his allies and local nobles seems highly likely. Certainly both Angus Og and his Campbell cousins benefited extensively from the downfall of Clan Dougall following the battle.
With the battle of the Pass of Brander began the rise to power of both Clan Donald and Clan Campbell. Clan Dougall's loss was their gain.
See also ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonghas_M%C3%B3r
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ANGUS Macdonald (-[1296]). He succeeded his father as Lord of the Isles. A charter dated 1292 records safe conduct granted to "Anegus filius Dovenaldi et Alexander filius eius"[1358]. "Angus filius Douenaldi" donated revenue to Paisley monastery by undated charter, witnessed by "Alexandro fratre meo
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- Abt 1296
