House of Argyll and the collateral branches of the clan Campbell, from the year 420 to the present time
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12 THE CLAN CAMPBELL.
XI. Ferither Finruo, i.e., Fairish Red, contem-
porary with the second Kenneth, sixty-ninth king of
Scots, anno 837.
XII. Duibhn Derg, or Dark Red, anno 860.
XIII. Dubhn Doun, Brown-haired, anno 904.*
XIV. Diarmid MacDuibhn, the grandson of
Duibhn. From him the Campbells are called Sliochd
Dhairmid. He married Grain, niece to the great
O'Neil of Ireland. She was mother to Arthur, his
heir, and a son called Malcolm, who went to Normandy,
where he married the heiress of Beauchamp, or Cam-
bus-bellus, niece to William the Conqueror, Duke of
Normandy, by which lady he had three sons. Dio-
nysius continued in France ; of him are the Counts de
Tallard. The second, Giolespic, came to Scotland —
of him more below. Of the third the Earls of War-
wick are descended. Diarmid was contemporary with
the seventy-ninth king of Scots, anno 977.
XV. Arthur Armderg, i.e., Red Armour, had
* The Bards do not appear to have preserved any distinct traditions
of these two chieftains, further than the dates of their deaths. Proba-
bly they had not done much to render them noteworthy, but from this
period we enter on the realms of certainty, and are no longer dependent
on tradition only. — Ed.
XI. Ferither Finruo, i.e., Fairish Red, contem-
porary with the second Kenneth, sixty-ninth king of
Scots, anno 837.
XII. Duibhn Derg, or Dark Red, anno 860.
XIII. Dubhn Doun, Brown-haired, anno 904.*
XIV. Diarmid MacDuibhn, the grandson of
Duibhn. From him the Campbells are called Sliochd
Dhairmid. He married Grain, niece to the great
O'Neil of Ireland. She was mother to Arthur, his
heir, and a son called Malcolm, who went to Normandy,
where he married the heiress of Beauchamp, or Cam-
bus-bellus, niece to William the Conqueror, Duke of
Normandy, by which lady he had three sons. Dio-
nysius continued in France ; of him are the Counts de
Tallard. The second, Giolespic, came to Scotland —
of him more below. Of the third the Earls of War-
wick are descended. Diarmid was contemporary with
the seventy-ninth king of Scots, anno 977.
XV. Arthur Armderg, i.e., Red Armour, had
* The Bards do not appear to have preserved any distinct traditions
of these two chieftains, further than the dates of their deaths. Proba-
bly they had not done much to render them noteworthy, but from this
period we enter on the realms of certainty, and are no longer dependent
on tradition only. — Ed.
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Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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