John Gallda MacDougall

John Gallda MacDougall
Lord of Lorne
John Gallda's name as recorded by a charter granted in 1339: "Johannes de Ergadia".[1]
Died1371×1377
Noble familyMacDougall
Spouse(s)Johanna Isaac
FatherAllan MacDougall of Argyll

John Gallda MacDougall, Lord of Lorne (died 1371–1377),[2] also known as John MacDougall,[3] and John Macdougall,[4] and in Gaelic as Eoin MacDubhghaill,[5] Eoin Gallda MacDubhghaill,[6] Eòin Gallda MacDubhghaill,[7] and Eóin Gallda Mac Dubhghaill,[8] was a fourteenth-century Scottish magnate. He was a grandson of John MacDougall, Lord of Argyll, a man who had been forced from Scotland into exile in the first third of the century. It was under John Gallda that the MacDougall leadership made its resurgence in Scotland after generations of English exile.

By the mid century, John Gallda was married to Johanna Isaac, a niece of David II, King of Scotland, and restored to a portion of the MacDougalls' originally holdings in Argyll. The favours bestowed upon the MacDougalls by the Scottish Crown appear to have been a tactic to keep in check nearby magnates, such as John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, a man who headed the MacDougalls' regional rivals, the MacDonalds. Although John Galla enjoyed close ties to the Bruce regime, with the subsequent accession of Robert II, King of Scotland, and the start of the Stewart regime, the MacDougalls quickly fell from favour. John Gallda was the last MacDougall to hold the lordship of Lorne. He and Johanna had two legitimate daughters through which the lordship passed, whilst the leadership of MacDougalls passed to an illegitimate son.

  1. ^ Fraser (1858) pp. 198–199.
  2. ^ Addyman; Oram (2012); Boardman, S (2006).
  3. ^ Boardman, S (2012); Sellar (2004).
  4. ^ Penman (2005).
  5. ^ Boardman, S (2007).
  6. ^ MacDonald (2013).
  7. ^ Bateman; McLeod (2007).
  8. ^ Coira (2008); McLeod (2005).