Gillebride MacMargad, Thane of Argyll - Sources?

Started by Sharon Doubell on Saturday, October 24, 2020

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Sharon Doubell C

10/24/2020 at 11:29 PM

What primary sources validate this profile as a sibling of Somerled, “King of the Isles”?

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10/26/2020 at 12:17 AM

cf Gillebride MacMargad, Thane of Argyll

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10/26/2020 at 6:59 AM

This guy has a matronymic, not a patronymic, which suggests two things: 1) his mother's name was "Margad" (Margaret) or some variation thereof, and 2) she was more important than his father, or his father was unknown.

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