Clan Donald
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Clan Donald, also known as Clan MacDonald, is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493
The Battle of Harlaw as depicted in The Clan Donald volume 1 (1896), by A and A MacDonald, who assert that Donald of Islay and his army of Scottish Highlanders won a victory over the Duke of Albany and his army of Scottish Lowlanders, which resulted in the "total annihilation" of the Lowland army. However, some historians say the battle was indecisive with no clear victor and the Oxford Companion to Scottish History (2011) states that Donald of Islay was "defeated at great cost at Harlaw".
Colonsay, Inner Hebrides; loss of the Lordship of the Isles fractured MacDonald unity
Inverlochy Castle: a Campbell-dominated army camped here before their destruction on 2 February 1645 by a largely MacDonald force
Clan Donald grave marker at the site of the Battle of Culloden
Lord of the Isles
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Lord of the Isles or King of the Isles is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland. It began with Somerled in the 12th century
Clan Donald
…Mac Dòmhnaill ), is a Highland Scottish clan and one of the largest Scottish clans. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493 and two of those chiefs also held the title of Earl of Ross until 1476. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility…
Finlaggan on Islay was the seat of the Lords of the Isles under Clan Donald.
MacDonald, Lord of the Isles – a Victorian illustrator's impression
The ruins of Finlaggan Castle on Eilean Mòr, Loch Finlaggan, on the island of Islay, where the Council of the Isles met.