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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]
After deposition, was named regent for his nephew, George VI, who died as a minor. He then re-ascended as king, reuniting Georgia in 1330. A flexible and far-sighted politician, he recovered Georgia from a century-long Mongol domination, restoring the country's previous strength and Christian culture. 1330-1346 Kingdom of Georgia: Vakhtang III
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.
King of Georgia r.1405/1407-1412: David: Tamar: Olympias: Alexander I King of Georgia b.1386–d.1445/46 r.1412–1442: Bagrat: Prince George Co-king of Georgia r.1408-1412: Vakhtang IV King of Georgia b.≈1413–1446 r.1442-1446: Bagrationi b.≈1411/1412 – d.bef.1438 Empress consort of Trebizond r.1429–c.1438: Prince Demetrius b. c.1413 ...
Lord of the Isles or King of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Triath nan Eilean or Rìgh Innse Gall; Latin: Dominus Insularum) [1] is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland with historical roots that go back beyond the Kingdom of Scotland.
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John was the son of Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill, an Islay-based nobleman who had benefited from King Robert I of Scotland's attacks on the MacDougall (Mac Dhùghaill) rulers of Argyll and their Comyn allies, and had been given Ardnamurchan, Lochaber, Duror and Glencoe, turning the MacDonalds from the Hebridean "poor relations" into the most powerful kindred of the north-western seaboard. [6]