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It is also possible that Eiríkr, King of York from 947–948 and 952–5, was a ruler in the islands at some stage in the mid-10th century. [27] Eiríkr is believed by some authorities to be synonymous with the saga character Eric Bloodaxe, although the connection is questioned by Downham (2007), who argues that the former was an Uí Ímair dynast rather than a son of Harald Fairhair. [28]
The ancestor of many of the succeeding rulers of Mann and the Isles, he also became King of Dublin, [70] but no contemporary source refers either to him or any of his predecessors as "King of Mann and the Isles" as such. [Note 13] He was eventually ousted from Dublin by Muirchertach Ua Briain and fled to Islay, where he died in the plague of 1095.
He was the son of Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson, King of the Isles, son of Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles. Haraldr Guðrøðarson and his predecessors were members of the Crovan dynasty , and ruled an island-kingdom that encompassed the Mann and portions of the Hebrides , variously known as the Kingdom of the Isles or the Kingdom of ...
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Lê Lợi (Vietnamese: [le lə̂ːjˀ], chữ Hán: 黎利; 10 September 1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese rebel leader who founded the Later Lê dynasty and became the first king [a] of the restored kingdom of Đại Việt after the ...
Rǫgnvaldr was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles. [2] The men were members of the Crovan dynasty. [3] According to the thirteenth- to fourteenth-century Chronicle of Mann, Óláfr was married to Affraic, daughter of Fergus, Lord of Galloway. [4] According to this source, Óláfr and Affraic had a son, Guðrøðr.
The name of Gofraid mac Arailt, King of the Isles as it appears on folio 141v of British Library Cotton MS Domitian A I. Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson [ˈɡuðˌrøðz̠ ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson], was a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king.
Diarmait was one of the younger sons of King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (died 1198). The Annals of the Four Masters , sub anno 1203, say of him: Murtough the Teffian, son of Conor Moinmoy, who was the son of Roderic O'Conor, was slain by ' Dermot , the son of Roderic, and Hugh, the son of Roderic, namely, by his own two paternal uncles ...