Eóghan MacDubhghaill ( Anglicized: ''Ewan MacDougall'', ''Ewan of Argyll'' or ''Ewan of Lorne'') was a 13th-century Scottish nobleman and warrior who was styled "King of the Isles", "Lord of Argyll". He was the son of

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, son of Dubhghall, son of Somhairle mac Gille Brighde. According to

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n sources, after the death of Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles in 1248, King

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appointed Eóghan as

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, though within a year that title went to Ewan's paternal second cousin,

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.Woolf, "Dead Man", p. 84. In response to Eóghan's assumption of this title perhaps, in 1249 King Alexander II, King of Scotland launched an expedition against Eóghan after the latter refused to renounce his homage to Hákon. Alexander II fell ill and died on this expedition, but Eóghan seems to have been temporarily deprived of his Argyll possessions. In 1250, Eóghan tried to obtain rulership of the

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, but was expelled by the inhabitants. He then travelled to Norway, hoping for recognition as King of the Isles. This attempt was unsuccessful. By 1255, King

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had secured a deal for Eóghan whereby he regained Lorne and came into full Scottish allegiance. When Hákon campaigned against the Scots in 1263, Eóghan refused the Norwegian king service and remained a Scottish loyalist. After Hákon's defeat at the

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, Eóghan regained formal recognition as ruler of the Isles. His last recorded appearance is in 1268. Eóghan's son

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followed him as

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. His daughter,

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(died 1302), married four times: 1st Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles, 2nd

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, 3rd Hugh,

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, 4th Sir William FitzWarin.

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References

* * Sellar, W. D. H., "MacDougall, Ewen, lord of Argyll (d. in or after 1268)", in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
, accessed 5 Dec 2006
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eoghan Of Argyll 1268 deaths 13th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles Clan MacDougall Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles People from Argyll and Bute Year of birth unknown