Lordship of the Isles

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feudal lordship maritime polity medieval lordship

The Lordship of the Isles was a semi-independent medieval maritime lordship centered in the Hebrides and western Scotland, ruled by powerful Gaelic-Norse chiefs who controlled sea routes and rivaled the authority of the Scottish crown.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lordship of the Isles canonical 18
King of the Isles 2
Islands of the Lordship of the Isles 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship ⓘ
maritime polity ⓘ
medieval lordship ⓘ
basedOn sea power ⓘ
capital Finlaggan ⓘ
Islay ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
controlled sea routes of the Hebrides ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
culture Gaelic-Norse culture ⓘ
dissolutionBy James IV of Scotland ⓘ
dissolved 1493 ⓘ
endTime late 15th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition Gaelic ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
governmentType clan-based polity ⓘ
hereditary lordship ⓘ
inception c. 1150s ⓘ
language Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
legalSystem Gaelic customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Scottish Islands ⓘ
surface form: Hebrides

Inner Hebrides ⓘ
Outer Hebrides ⓘ
West of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: western Scotland
militaryStrength galley fleets ⓘ
notableRuler Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross ⓘ
surface form: Alexander of Islay

Domhnall of Islay (Donald of Islay) ⓘ
surface form: Domhnall of Islay

John of Islay ⓘ
Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde) ⓘ
overlord Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
politicalStatus semi-independent ⓘ
predecessor Kingdom of the Isles ⓘ
Norse-Gaelic kingdoms of the Isles ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rivaled Scottish crown ⓘ
ruledBy Clan Donald ⓘ
MacDonald dynasty ⓘ
rulingTitle Lord of the Isles ⓘ
startTime 12th century ⓘ
successor Crown lands of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Dukedom of Argyll ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Argyll
symbol Galley of the Isles ⓘ
territoryIncludes Garmoran ⓘ
Islay ⓘ
Kintyre ⓘ
Lewis ⓘ
Mull ⓘ
Skye ⓘ
Uists ⓘ
surface form: Uist
titleHeldBy heir apparent to the British throne (modern honorific title) ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Lord of the Isles → culturalAssociation → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Clan Maclean → historicalAllegiance → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
clan MacDonald → parentDynasty → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
subject surface form: Clan MacDonald
this entity surface form: Norse-Gaelic Lords of the Isles
Macdonald of Sleat → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lordship of the Isles (tradition)
Sitric Silkenbeard → positionHeld → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Isles
Clan MacKinnon → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Finlaggan → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, Somerled) → titleHeld → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
subject surface form: Somerset mac Gillabrigte
this entity surface form: King of the Isles
Somerset mac Gillabrigte (Somhairle mac Gille Brighde, Somerled) → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
subject surface form: Somerset mac Gillabrigte
Domhnall of Islay (Donald of Islay) → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
subject surface form: Domhnall of Islay
Council of the Isles → appliesToJurisdiction → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Council of the Isles → partOf → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Council of the Isles → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Galley of the Isles → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Clan Donald → historicalPowerBase → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islands of the Lordship of the Isles
Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross → realm → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Battle of Harlaw → relatedTo → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Battle of Inverlochy (1431) → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg → partOf → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan → associatedWith → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Islay → overlordship → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
John of Islay, Earl of Ross → unitedTitle → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
John of Islay, Earl of Ross → allegiance → Lordship of the Isles ⓘ