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Map of the Kingdom of the Isles circa 1200. [3] The lands of the Crovan dynasty bordering those of Clann Somhairle.. Magnús was a member of the Crovan dynasty—a line of Norse-Gaelic sea-kings whose kingdom encompassed the Isle of Man (Mann) and the northern parts of the Hebrides, from the late eleventh century to the mid thirteenth century.
the Isle of Man is 572 square kilometres (221 sq mi), ... (1249), and Magnus (1252–1265). Magnus Olafsson was the last of the Norse kings to rule Mann, which was ...
Man amongst kings and bishops: what was the reason for Godred Olafsson's journey to Norway in 1152/53?. Oslo: I. Beuermann. pp. 182–191. ISBN 9788292359044. Christansen, Reidar T. (1931). The Vikings and Viking Wars in Irish and Gaelic Tradition. Oslo: Dybwald. Curphey, Robert A. (2008). Peel Castle on St. Patrick's Isle'. Manx National Heritage.
Magnus was an illegitimate son of Saint Olaf, and fled with his mother Alfhild when his father was dethroned in 1028. He returned to Norway in 1035 and was crowned king at the age of 11. In 1042, he was also crowned king of Denmark. Magnus ruled the two countries until 1047, when he died under unclear circumstances.
Guðrøðr was a son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles, [4] a member of the Crovan dynasty. [5] Guðrøðr's father came to power in 1252, following a period of confusion and contention in the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, when Magnús' right to rule was acknowledged by Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway, his nominal overlord. [6]
Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 29 June 1153) was a twelfth-century King of Mann and the Isles. [note 1] As a younger son of Guðrøðr Crovan, King of Dublin and the Isles, Óláfr witnessed a vicious power struggle between his elder brothers in the aftermath of their father's death.
The Manx revolt of 1275 was an uprising on the Isle of Man in 1275, led by Guðrøðr Magnússon. The uprising initially expelled the Scots, who had received the Isle of Man in 1266 by the Treaty of Perth from the Kingdom of Norway. King Alexander III of Scotland responded by sending a large fleet and troops to crush the rebellion.
Lagmannus in the Cronica regum Mannie et insularum (1260s) with transcription and English translation (1786). Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson (pronounced [ˈlɒɣmaðr ˈɡuðruðarsson]), also known as Lagmadr [2] and Lagman of the Isle of Man, was a late eleventh-century King of the Isles, whose rise, reign, and fall from power are obscure.