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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]
Pages in category "Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Kingdom of the Isles, also known as Sodor was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norsemen as the Suðreyjar , or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland .
Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles (5 C, 18 P) Pages in category "People from the Kingdom of the Isles" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (fl. 1164) was a twelfth-century King of the Isles, succeeding the warrior Somerled. He was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles and a member of the Crovan dynasty. In the 1153, Óláfr was assassinated by three nephews, before his son, Guðrøðr, was able to overcome them and succeed his father as king.
Pages in category "11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
People from the Kingdom of the Isles (2 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Kingdom of the Isles" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The division between the lands of the Crovan dynasty and Clann Somhairle, in about 1200.. The Crovan dynasty, from the late 11th century to the mid 13th century, was the ruling family of an insular kingdom known variously in secondary sources as the Kingdom of Mann, the Kingdom of the Isles, and the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles.