Somhairle mac Gille Brighde

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Norse-Gaelic person historical figure king medieval Scottish noble warlord

Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, often anglicized as Somerled, was a 12th-century Norse-Gaelic warlord who became the powerful King of the Isles and progenitor of several prominent Scottish clans.

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Surface form Occurrences
Gille Brighde 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse-Gaelic person ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
king ⓘ
medieval Scottish noble ⓘ
warlord ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Somerled NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerled mac Gillebride NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somhairle NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norse-Gaelic sea-kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryActive 12th century ⓘ
conflict conflicts with the King of Scots ⓘ
struggle with the Kingdom of Man ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
culture Gaelic ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
deathEvent killed in battle ⓘ
deathPlace mainland Scotland ⓘ
ethnicity Norse-Gaelic ⓘ
father Gille Brighde NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit mid-12th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalReputation founding figure of several Highland clans ⓘ
knownFor being progenitor of several Scottish clans ⓘ
establishing a powerful lordship in the Hebrides and western Scotland ⓘ
language Gaelic ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
legacy founder of the Lordship of the Isles tradition ⓘ
name Somhairle mac Gille Brighde NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation ruler ⓘ
warlord ⓘ
politicalStatus semi-independent ruler between Norway and Scotland ⓘ
powerBase Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ
western seaboard of Scotland ⓘ
progenitorOf Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clan MacAllister NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clan MacDougall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clan MacRuairi NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Ragnhildis Óláfsdóttir NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseFather Olaf Godredsson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olaf the Red NERFINISHED ⓘ
title King of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord of Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, Somerled) → father → Somhairle mac Gille Brighde ⓘ
subject surface form: Somerset mac Gillabrigte
this entity surface form: Gille Brighde
Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, Somerled) → hasNameVariant → Somhairle mac Gille Brighde ⓘ
subject surface form: Somerset mac Gillabrigte