Somerled

E1028635

Norse-Gael Scottish clan Scottish kindred historical figure king warlord

Somerled was a 12th-century Norse-Gaelic warlord and King of the Isles whose descendants founded several powerful Scottish clans and shaped the medieval history of western Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Clan Donald	0
Clan MacAlister	0
Clan MacDougall	0
Clan MacRuairi	0
Olaf Godredsson	0
Ragnhildis Óláfsdóttir	0
Somerled, King of the Isles	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norse-Gael ⓘ Scottish clan ⓘ Scottish clan ⓘ Scottish clan ⓘ Scottish kindred ⓘ historical figure ⓘ king ⓘ warlord ⓘ
conflict	Battle near Renfrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
culture	Gaelic ⓘ Norse-Scottish ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1164 ⓘ
descendant	Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ Clan MacAlister NERFINISHED ⓘ Clan MacDougall NERFINISHED ⓘ Clan MacRuairi NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	12th century ⓘ
ethnicity	Norse-Gaelic ⓘ
father	Gillebrigte NERFINISHED ⓘ Olaf Godredsson NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	Gaelic ⓘ Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Lordship of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval history of western Scotland ⓘ
knownFor	founding the dynasty of the Lords of the Isles ⓘ
legacy	ancestor of many Highland chiefs ⓘ central figure in Gaelic tradition ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in battle ⓘ
militaryRank	naval commander ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Gaelic ⓘ
notableAchievement	challenged the Kingdom of Man and the Isles ⓘ established semi-independent lordship in the Hebrides ⓘ expanded power in Argyll and the western seaboard ⓘ
notableWork	overthrow of Norse rule in parts of the Isles ⓘ
occupation	warlord ⓘ
opponent	Kingdom of Man and the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Renfrew ⓘ
positionHeld	King of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ King of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ Rí Innse Gall NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spouse	Ragnhildis Óláfsdóttir NERFINISHED ⓘ
used	galley fleets ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clan MacDonald of Islay → ancestralFounder → Somerled ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somerled, King of the Isles

Clan MacDougall → descentFrom → Somerled ⓘ

Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, Somerled) → hasNameVariant → Somerled ⓘ

subject surface form: Somerset mac Gillabrigte