Dougallus mac Griogair

• Preferred Name: Dougallus mac Griogair^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
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• Death: 900 in Scotland
  
• FSID: G9JZ-83S
  
• Birth: 850 in Strathclyde Scotland at LATI: N5.7333 LONG: E5.0333
  
• Notes:

  === www.parsontech.com/genealogy from "The B ===
  www.parsontech.com/genealogy from "The Baronetage of Scotland," "Burke's Peerage," "British Authority," "O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, Irish and British." www.parsontech.com/genealogy from "The Baronetage of Scotland," "Burke's Peerage," "British Authority," O'Hart Irish Pedigrees; Anglo-Irish and Other Genealogies, (941.5 D2oha 1976 Vol. 2) pp 234-5 states that Dongallus was the eldest son of Prince Gregor and died in 900 after marriage to Spontana, sister of Duncan, a king in Ireland. However, history records that Dongallus' elder brother, Donald IV, succeeded to the throne in 893 and served 11 years before being killed in 904, so Dongallus must have been the second son.
  
  === BADGE: Giuthas (pinus sylvestris) pine. ===
  BADGE: Giuthas (pinus sylvestris) pine. SLOGAN: Ard-choille. PIBROCH: MacGregor’s Salute, and Glen Fruin. "DON’T mister me nor Campbell me! My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor!" These words, put into the mouth of the cateran, Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott, express in a nutshell much of the spirit and story of this famous clan. Strangely enough, no tribe the Highlands was more proud of its ancient name than the MacGregors, and no tribe had to suffer more for bearing that name, or was more cruelly compelled to abandon it. "Is Rioghal mo dhream" (my race is royal) was and is the proud boast of the MacGregors, and no more bitter fate could be imposed upon them than to give up the evidence of that descent. The clan traces its ancestry and takes its name from Gregor, third son of Alpin, King of Scots in the latter part of the eighth century, and from Alpin himself it takes its alternative patronymic, Clan Alpin. Doungheal, the elder son of Gregor, was the first MacGregor, and handed on the name to his descendants, while his brother Guarai became the ancestor of the Clan MacQuary. In the early feudal centuries the clan possessed a wide stretch of territory across the middle Highlands, from Ben Cruachan to the neighbourhood of Fortingall in Glen Lyon, and as far south as the Pass of Balmaha on Loch Lomondside and the chain of lochs which runs eastward to Coilantogle ford in Menteith, not far from Callander. Throughout all the centuries of Highland history they were notable for their deeds of valour. When Alexander II. overthrew MacDonald of the Isles and conquered Argyll one of the leaders of the royal army was the MacGregor chief, as a vassal of the Earl of Ross, and as a reward he received a grant of the forfeited estate of Glenurchy. A later chief, Malcolm, who lived in the days of Robert the Bruce, supported that King and the cause of Scottish Independence with the whole might of his clan. He was among those who fought stoutly at Bannockburn, and afterwards he accompanied Edward Bruce in his invasion of Ireland. There, at the siege of Dundalk, he was severely wounded, and through that circumstance is remembered in the clan story as "am Mor’ ear bacach" (the lame lord). Through that fact the MacGregor chiefs might have been expected, like others whose fortunes were built upon their support of the house of Bruce, to find their prosperity, go on like a rising tide. But this was not the case. The chiefs made the fatal mistake of adhering to the old order of things in the security by which they held their lands. Like the MacKays in the far north, they scorned the "sheepskin tenure" of feudalism, introduced by Malcolm Canmore and his sons. Taking their stand on their descent from the ancient Celtic kings, they kept to the old allodial system of independent ownership, and determined still to keep their possessions, as their fathers had done, by the coin a glaive, or right of the sword. As a result, throughout the feudal centuries, they, found themselves constantly engaged in brawls over the possession of territory for which they could show no title-deeds. Their endeavours to hold their own were looked upon as mere lawless disturbances of the peace, and again and again their more powerful neighbours found it profitable, first to stir them up to some warlike deed, then to procure a royal warrant for their extermination, and the appropriation of their territory. Chief among these enemies were the Campbells of Loch Awe, who, in the fifteenth century, became Earls of Argyll, and the collateral branch of the Campbells who, in later days have held the titles of earls and marquesses of Breadalbane. A notable incidence of the methods of these enemies of the MacGregors occurred in the fifteenth century, when Campbell of Loch Awe induced the MacNabs of Loch Tayside to pick a quarrel with the MacGregor chiefs. The two clans met in a bloody battle at Crianlarich, when the MacNabs were defeated and all but exterminated. Forth with Campbell procured a commission from the King to punish both of the breakers of the peace, with the result that presently the MacGregors were forced to procure a cessation of hostilities by yielding up to Campbell a considerable part of their territory. Stories of the clan’s escapades in those days make up much of the tradition of the Central Highlands. On one occasion the MacGregors made a sudden descent upon the stronghold on the little island in Loch Dochart. This was a fastness deemed all but impregnable by reason of the deep water round it; but the MacGregors chose a winter day when the loch was frozen, and, sheltering themselves from the arrows of the garrison by huge fascines of brush-wood which they pushed across the ice in front of them, they stormed and took the place. In the gorge of Glen Lyon, again, there is a spot known as MacGregor’s Leap. Here, after a fierce conflict, in which a sept of the MacGregors, known as the Maclvers, were all but cut to pieces, their chief, fleeing before his enemies, came to the narrowest part of the gorge, and by a wild leap from rock to rock across the torrent succeeded in making his escape.

• m. in Ireland

1. Finguine Findanus MacKinnon mhic Fhinuine, b. ABT 930 in Dunadd, Argyll, Scotland     d. 976 in Scotland
2. Causantín MacGregor III, b. 899 in Argyll, Scotland     d. 940 in Argyll, Scotland

1. Title: Children
   Author: Dongallus was born to Gregor MacAlpin, born circa 0855. His mother is unknown at this time. Dongallus's birth was circa 0880. Prince Dongallus married Princess Spontana, born 0880 in IRELAND, Death: 0900 in ITALY ("Spontana was the sister of King Duncan in Ireland." (Information from "Douglas Baronetage of Scotland, Pub 1790", "Burke's Peerage, British Authority", and "O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, Irish and British.") Prince Gregor and Princess Spontana had 3 known children Constantine b: BEF 900 Findanus Donngheal b: BEF 900 Research Notes No source documents or contemporary sources have been found to indicate Cinaed MacAlpin (Kenneth I) had a son by this name. He has been disconnected as the father until such time as there is a source for the relationship. Crawford-15512 11:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC) Sources SCOTLAND KINGS, Medlands Project. 2020. Fmg.Ac. Accessed March 30 2020.>Kenneth MacAlpin, source for disputed origins for this profile.
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Strathclyde-25;
   Note: SCOTLAND KINGS, Medlands Project. 2020. Fmg.Ac. Accessed March 30 2020.>Kenneth MacAlpin, source for disputed origins for this profile. Sue Wilcox-Hosbach- Familty Tree -http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wwofn&id=I44964 Ralph Terry's Family Tree --http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capenoch&id=I1380
   Page: Proof of history
   
2. Title: Geni: Dougallus mac Griogair
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Dougallus-mac-Griogair/6000000007394332626;
   Note: Dougallus mac Griogair Also Known As: "Doun Gheal", "MacAlpine" Birthdate: circa 850 (50) Birthplace: Strathclyde Scotland Death: circa 900 (42-58) Scotland Immediate Family: Son of Gregor Mac Alpin and N.N. Husband of Spontana Father of Causantín III MacGregor; Guaire Progenitor of Clan MacQuarrie and Findanus MacAlpine, Chief of Clan MacKinnon Occupation: King Managed by: Private User Last Updated: November 23, 2017 born about 850, was so termed from his light-brown complexion. He is mentioned in the family legends for his exploits under Donald VI (who reigned 879-903), grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, in protracted contests with the Danish Vikings who for a generation ravaged the western coasts of Scotland. Doungheal died about 900. His wife is termed in some early Latin chronicles, SPONTANA, the Gaelic equivalent of which is not apparent. View All Immediate Family Text ViewAdd Family Showing 6 people Spontana wife Causantín III MacGregor son Guaire Progenitor of Clan MacQua... son Findanus MacAlpine, Chief of Cla... son Gregor Mac Alpin father N.N. mother