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Burial: Isle of Iona, Scotland
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Sources: Descendants of Tuathal and his descendant, Donald Gorm mac Ranald progenitor of Clan Mac Dhomhuill / Clan MacDonald website; Patricia Lelievre - patlelievre@yahoo.ca
Murdered at Renfrew, Scotland by his nephew, Maurice mac Neil; The name 'Somerled' means: 'Summer sailor'; 'Regulus' is a ruler or thane; Descendant of Clan Conn and Clan Cholla and the royal house of Dalriada (Argyll); He and his father were forced by the Scandinavians into exile in Fermanagh, Ireland where with the help of Clan Cholla they returned to Argyll; ca. 1130, Returned to Argyll with the help of relatives of the Clan Cholla; ca. 1130, Was in refuge in the caves of Morven when he was asked by the Clan Innes to become the new warlord against the Norsemen; ca. 1140, Plotted with cousin Maurice MacNeill, a shipwright to overthrow Olaf of Man (Maurice's foster brother) and to wed Olaf's daughter Ragnhilda; Olaf allied with Somerled and they killed King Godfrey of Man by putting out his eyes; 1140, Defeated King Godfrey of Man, Ragnhilda's 1st cousin and possessed the whole kingdom of Man & the Isles; 6 January 1156, Defeated Godred of Man, son of Olaf and Somerled's brother-in-law and they divided up the Isles between thenselves; Somerled received all the Isles south of Ardnamurchan; 1158, Deposed Godred of Man and expelled the Norsemen from the Western Isles which gained independence for southwest Scotland for 4 centuries; he took the title 'Regulus of Argyll' at this time; ca. 1164, Warred against King Malcolm, IV of Scotland who plotted his death by treachery at Renfrew, Scotland; Married twice; had 2 unions between his marriages which produced illegitimate children
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