Dunvegan Castle

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Dunvegan Castle is een veertiende-eeuws kasteel in Dunvegan op het Schotse eiland Skye. Het uiterlijk van het huidige kasteel is grotendeels negentiende-eeuws victoriaans. Het kasteel is zetel van clan MacLeod.

In de dertiende eeuw huwde de voorouder van de clan MacLeod, Leod, de erfgename van de Macarailts, de Viking senechals van Skye die woonden in Dunvegan. Leod was de zoon van Olaf the Black, koning van het Eiland Man. Leod had twee zonen, Tormod en Torquil, die respectievelijk de voorouders werden van de clans de MacLeods van Dunvegan, Harris en Glenelg en de MacLeods van Lewis.
Tormod, de eerste leider van de clan, was de eerste die leefde volgens de gaelic traditie in plaats van de vikingtraditie. Deze omslag was gekomen door de Slag bij Largs in 1263, waar de koning Haakon IV van Noorwegen werd verslagen door Alexander III van Schotland. De macht van de Vikingen over de Hebriden was gebroken.

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Address: Highland, United Kingdom

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