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Clan History

The MacDougalls are descendants of Dougall, the eldest son of Sommerled. Ewan MacDougall was King of Lorn and King of the South Isles which was a title bestowed by the King of Norway.
To protect his Kingdom he embarked on a castle building spree building the castles of Aros, Cairnburgh, Coeffin, Dunchonnel, Dunstaffnage, Dunollie and Duntrune. In 1263 during the reign of the young Scottish King Alexander 3rd, King Hakon of Norway launched an invasion with a "considerable fleet and army" intent on annexing more of Scotland. This forced Ewan to take sides and he sided with Alexander. The invasion eventually resulted in the Battle of Largs which put an end to the Norwegian plans of conquest.
The clan were supporters of William Wallace.