Alexander Óg, Lord of Islay (est 1260 - early 1300s), was a Hebridean magnate active at the end of the 13th- and beginning of the 14th centuries. He was elder son of Aonghas Mór, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and succeeded to main heritage upon his father's death in c.1295. His younger brother or half-brother, Aonghas Óg, seemingly received some island territories as his share already upon the father's death.

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  • Alexander Óg, Lord of Islay (est 1260 - early 1300s), was a Hebridean magnate active at the end of the 13th- and beginning of the 14th centuries. He was elder son of Aonghas Mór, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and succeeded to main heritage upon his father's death in c.1295. His younger brother or half-brother, Aonghas Óg, seemingly received some island territories as his share already upon the father's death. As a child, Alasdair was in 1264 a hostage in the court of king Alexander III of Scotland, because his father Angus had just turncoated himself from Norwegian alliance to Scottish. Alasdair added considerably to his power and influence by marriage with Juliana of Argyll, one of the daughters of Alexander of Argyll, ruler of Lorne and chief of MacDougalls, presumably by his Comyn wife. Juliana's father and brother, lords of Latharna and Argyll, had allied themselves to the pro-Baliol and sometimes even pro-English faction, signaled by marriage of Alasdair's father-in-law Alasdair with Red Comyn's sister - that marriage produced Iain of Latharna. In 1288, Angus Mor and Alasdair his eldest son, entered into an agreement to support the claim of the Bruce family to the throne of Scotland. After his father's death, Alasdair however was closely tied to the MacDougalls, and joined with them in their support of the English. He was appointed Admiral of the Western Seas, in around 1300. Alasdair was already long-time ruler when the Red Comyn was murdered in 1306 by Robert the Bruce, leader of the Scottish independence faction, who proclaimed himself as king Robert I. Alignments passed in a way that Alasdair with his wife's family were in opposition against The Bruce, and that brought him and the lordship of Islay into serious trouble. After the Bruce had finally defeated Alasdair's brother-in-law John of Argyll, one of Bruce's worst enemies, at the Bridge of Awe, and captured Alexander of Argyll (the father-in-law) in the stronghold of Dunstaffnage, he turned his attention to crushing Alasdair of Islay. For this purpose the Scottish king had his galley drawn, like that of Magnus Barefoot before him, across the isthmus at Tarbert, and besieged the Islay Lord in Castle Sween, his usual residence. Alasdair was forced to surrender, and was forthwith imprisoned in Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire, where he died. At the same time his possessions and lordship of the Islay were forfeited and given to his younger brother Aonghas Óg, whose support had been of so much value to the Bruce, and who figures as the hero of Sir Walter Scott’s famous poem.
  • Александр Ог (гэльск. Alasdair Òg – «Александр Младший») — правитель королевства Островов из рода Макдональд. Александр Ог был старшим сыном Ангуса Мора, правителя Кинтайра и южной части Гебридских островов в 1250-ых—1295 гг. После того, как острова, согласно Пертскому договору 1266 г. , перешли под власть Шотландии, правители Гебридов перестали пользоваться титулом короля. Александр Ог, в частности, в источниках именуется просто как «Александр, правитель Айлея». В борьбе за власть в Шотландии, начавшейся в 1286 г. после смерти короля Александра III, Александр Ог поддерживал партию Брюсов и был одним из инициаторов «Тернберрийского союза» 1286 г. против группы Коминов—Баллиолей. В 1292 г. Александр женился на Юлиане, дочери Александра Макдугалла, правителя Аргайла и главного соперника Макдональдов на западном побережье Шотландии. Этот союз, однако, не принёс примирения двух враждующих ветвей потомков Сомерледа, а наоборот, обострил ситуацию. За Юлианой в качестве приданого был обещан остров Лизмор, но Макдугалл отказался передать его Александру. Макдугаллов в этом вопросе поддержал король Шотландии Иоанн Баллиоль. В ответ в 1295 г. Александр Ог обратился с апелляцией к английскому королю. Апелляции Александра и других шотландских баронов на действия Иоанна Баллиоля послужили поводом для английского вторжения в Шотландию. К 1297 г. страна была завоёвана Эдуардом I. Александр Ог признал власть короля Англии и даже был назначен бейлифом Кинтайра. Он продолжил борьбу с Макдугаллами, опираясь на поддержку англичан, однако в 1299 г. был убит в стычке с Александром Макдугаллом.
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  • Alexander Óg, Lord of Islay (est 1260 - early 1300s), was a Hebridean magnate active at the end of the 13th- and beginning of the 14th centuries. He was elder son of Aonghas Mór, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and succeeded to main heritage upon his father's death in c.1295. His younger brother or half-brother, Aonghas Óg, seemingly received some island territories as his share already upon the father's death.
  • Александр Ог (гэльск. Alasdair Òg – «Александр Младший») — правитель королевства Островов из рода Макдональд. Александр Ог был старшим сыном Ангуса Мора, правителя Кинтайра и южной части Гебридских островов в 1250-ых—1295 гг.
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  • Alexander Óg
  • Александр Ог
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