| Unknown Campbell (Wife) b. About 1255 in Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland
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 Alexander MacDonald , Lord of the Isles b. About 1272 in Icolmkill, Iona, Western Isles, Scotland
 Angus Og MacDonald , Lord of the Isles b. About 1274 in Icolmkill, Iona, Western Isles, Scotland
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In Finlaggan Castle
In Kildonan Tower
Angus Mor ("The Elder") MacDonald, Lord of Isla; became a vassal of the Scottish Crown by the 1266 treaty between Magnus IV King of Norway and Alexander III King of Scots that ended Manx independency and brought the islands off Scotland's west coast under nominal suzerainty of the Scottish Crown; supported Robert Bruce (2nd cousin of Alexander III and the latter's oral nominee for the succession) in his claim to the Scottish throne 1291-2 and died c1296, leaving Angus along with an elder son (Alexander of the Isles who accepted the office of Admiral of the Western Isles from the English Crown, opposed Robert I The Bruce, hence he (Alexander) and his seven sons were expelled from Scotland, after which their whereabouts and very existence becomes uncertain). [Burke's Peerage]
LORD OF THE ISLES (IV)
Angus (Mor), Lord of the Isles, son and heir, who was the first to acknowledge the subjection of the Isles to the Kings of Scotland, d. about 1296. [His son Alexander, 5th Lord of the Isles,] took part against Bruce and was Admiral of the Western Isles under the English Crown. [Complete Peerage VII:76-7]
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Author: Jim Weber
Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Famlies
Date: Nov 16, 2004
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