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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.
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.
Looking south-west from St. Michael's Isle across the tidal causeway to mainland Mann. In the same year, the chronicle records that Magnús Óláfsson—yet another son of Óláfr—and Eóghan arrived on Mann with a force of Norwegians. [24] [note 2] The exact intentions of the invaders are unknown for certain.
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]
Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 30 May 1249) [note 1] was a mid-thirteenth-century King of Mann and the Isles who was assassinated after a reign of less than a month. As a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of Mann and the Isles, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson was a member of the Crovan dynasty.
The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin, also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/ m æ n / man), [11] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Manx people, a Celtic ethnic group.
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.