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...
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The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands...
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Lord of the Isles or King of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Triath nan Eilean or Rìgh Innse Gall; Latin: Dominus Insularum) is a title of nobility in the Baronage...
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most of Mercia. In the 9th century, Norsemen established the thalassocratic Kingdom of the Isles, which included the Isle of Man. Magnus III, King of Norway...
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of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand...
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The Isles of Scilly (/ˈsɪli/ SIL-ee; Standard Written Form: Syllan, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of...
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Outer Hebrides (redirect from Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles))
əɲ ˈiəɾ] or na h-Innse Gall, 'Islands of the Strangers'; Scots: Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean...
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of the 30 present dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of...
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Iona (redirect from Isle of Iona)
as the monastery was abandoned. As the Norse domination of the west coast of Scotland advanced, Iona became part of the Kingdom of the Isles. The Norse...
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found in the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. Not included are the Channel...
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terms: The British Isles is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe. It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man...
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and the title "King of the Isles" in use since Somerled, the Norse-Gael who forged the Kingdom of the Isles in the 12th century. John was the son of Aonghus...
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the 9th century, Viking invasions led to the destruction of Dál Riata and its replacement by the Norse Kingdom of the Isles, which became part of the...
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list of the 34 present and extant marquesses in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland...
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Protectorate of Uganda (complete list) – British protectorate, 1894–1962 For details see the United Kingdom under British Isles, Europe Horn of Africa area...
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Look up isles in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Isles may refer to: Island British Isles, often referred to as "the Isles" Kingdom of the Isles, a medieval...
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the Kingdom of the Isles to the Scottish king, Alexander III, in return for a very large sum of money, by the Treaty of Perth. Alexander Stewart of Dundonald...
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Islay (redirect from Isle of Islay)
high point" with the transfer of the Hebrides to the Kingdom of Scotland and the emergence of the Clan Donald Lordship of the Isles, originally centred...
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activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries CE, when Scandinavians travelled to the British Isles to raid...
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The Treshnish Isles are an archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of the Isle of Mull, in Scotland. They are part of the Inner Hebrides...
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The Northern Isles (Scots: Northern Isles; Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Norn: Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago) of islands of Scotland, located off the...
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Viking Age (redirect from Age of the Vikings)
Vikings founded several kingdoms and earldoms in Europe: the Kingdom of the Isles (Suðreyjar), Orkney (Norðreyjar), York (Jórvík) and the Danelaw (Danalǫg)...
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of Nations mandate, 1919–1946; United Nations trust territory, 1946–1961 For details see the United Kingdom under British Isles, Europe Republic of Cameroon...
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thus, the list is therefore precisely a list of the 2,756 Simms in the British Isles (as at October 2022). Many classifications of mountains in the British...
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Kingdom under British Isles, Europe The Bahamas Colony of the Bahamas (complete list) – British colony, 1648–1973 For details see the United Kingdom under...
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Coll (redirect from Isle of Coll)
like the Isle of Man (which had itself once been part of the Kingdom of the Isles) Over Lorn only. Authority was only extended to the rest of the region...
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Manx people (redirect from People of the Isle of Man)
belong to the diaspora of the Gaelic ethnolinguistic group, which now populate the parts of the British Isles which once were the Kingdom of the Isles and Dál...
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and protectorate, 1920–1963 For details see the United Kingdom under British Isles, Europe Rwanda Kingdom of Rwanda (complete list) – Yuhi V Musinga, King...
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North Uist (redirect from North Uist, Western Isles)
later, the sole surviving MacRory heir was Amy of Garmoran. The southern parts of the Kingdom of the Isles had become the Lordship of the Isles, ruled...
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Godred Crovan (redirect from Guðrøðr Crovan, King of the Isles)
Meránach, and Gofraid Méránach, was a Norse-Gaelic ruler of the kingdoms of Dublin and the Isles. Although his precise parentage has not completely been...
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