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Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí

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Locations relating to the life and times of Ailéan. $Coat of arms of Hákon Hákonarson as depicted on folio 216v of Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library 16II (Chronica Majora).[33][[#L3|Lewis (1987)]] p. 456; [[#T2|Tremlett; London; Wagner (1967)]] p. 72. The coat of arms concerns Hákon's coronation, and its associated caption reads in Latin: \"''{{lang|la|Scutum regis Norwagiae nuper coronati, qui dicitur rex Insularum}}''\". The coat of arms was illustrated by [[Matthew Paris]], a man who met Hákon in 1248/1249, the year after the king's coronation. The emphasise that Matthew placed upon the Norwegian realm's sea power appears to be underscored in the [[heraldry]] he attributed to Hákon.[[#I1|Imsen (2010)]] pp. 13-14, 13 n. 2."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 3]$ Coat of arms of Hákon Hákonarson as depicted on folio 216v of Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library 16II (Chronica Majora).[33][[#L3|Lewis (1987)]] p. 456; [[#T2|Tremlett; London; Wagner (1967)]] p. 72. The coat of arms concerns Hákon's coronation, and its associated caption reads in Latin: \"''{{lang|la|Scutum regis Norwagiae nuper coronati, qui dicitur rex Insularum}}''\". The coat of arms was illustrated by [[Matthew Paris]], a man who met Hákon in 1248/1249, the year after the king's coronation. The emphasise that Matthew placed upon the Norwegian realm's sea power appears to be underscored in the [[heraldry]] he attributed to Hákon.[[#I1|Imsen (2010)]] pp. 13-14, 13 n. 2."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 3]

Fifteenth-century sculpted figures of gallowglasses,[46] as depicted upon the apparent effigy of Feidhlimidh Ó Conchobhair,[47] father of Aodh na nGall, the husband of Ailéan's niece.

Locations relating to the expedition into the Lennox.

One of the rook gaming pieces of the so-called Lewis chessmen.[87] The Scandinavian connections of leading members of the Isles may have been reflected in their military armament, and could have resembled that depicted upon such gaming pieces.[88]

An excerpt from National Library of Scotland Advocates' 72.1.1 (MS 1467) showing a pedigree of Clann Ruaidhrí concerning descendants of Ailéan. The lineage runs: "Raghnall finn mac ruaidri mhic ailin mhic ruaidri mhic raghnaill mhic shomairle".[110]

Now-ruinous Castle Tioram may well have been a Clann Ruaidhrí stronghold.[115] The island the fortress sits upon is first recorded in a charter of Ailéan's daughter, Cairistíona.[116] According to early modern tradition, the castle was erected by his granddaughter, Áine Nic Ruaidhrí in the fourteenth century.[117] The castle served as the seat of the latter's Clann Domhnaill descendants the next four hundred years.[118]

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FatherDubhghall mac Ruaidhrí

SiblingDubhghall mac Ruaidhrí

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Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí was a leading figure in the thirteenth-century kingdoms of the Isles and the Scotland. He was a son of Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill, and thus a member of the Clann Ruaidhrí branch of Clann Somhairle. Ailéan was a brother of Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí, King of Argyll and the Isles, a significant figure who held power in the mid thirteenth century. At the time, the rulers of the Isles were fiercely independent of the Scottish Crown, and owed nominal allegiance to the distant Norwegian Crown. In 1259, Dubhghall's daughter married the son of King of Connacht, and Ailéan is recorded to have commanded the woman's tocher of one hundred and sixty gallowglass warriors.