Haraldr Óláfsson (born 1223 or 1224; died 1248) was a thirteenth-century King of Mann and the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. He was one of...
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succeeded by his son, Haraldr Óláfsson, who was in turn succeeded by another son of Óláfr, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson. In 1249, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson was slain by a knight...
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Isles, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson was a member of the Crovan dynasty. When his father died in 1237, the kingship was assumed by Haraldr Óláfsson. The latter was...
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Harald Fairhair (redirect from Haraldr hárfagri)
Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri; c. 850 – c. 932) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh...
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succeeded by his elder son, Haraldr, who later drowned in 1248. The kingship was then taken up by his brother, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson. After a reign of only weeks...
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Gille Brighde. According to Scandinavian sources, after the death of Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles in 1248, King Hákon Hákonarson, King of...
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the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. He was a son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles and Fionnghuala Nic Lochlainn. Óláfr was a younger son...
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Harald Greycloak (redirect from Haraldr gráfeldr)
Harald Greycloak (Old Norse: Haraldr gráfeldr, lit. "Harald Grey-hide"; Norwegian: Harald Gråfell; Danish: Harald Gråfeld; c. 935 – c. 970) was a king...
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King (c.1231) Haraldr Óláfsson, King (1237–1248) Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson, King (1249) Haraldr Guðrøðarson, King (1249–1250) Magnús Óláfsson, King (1254–1265)...
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Dubhghall and Magnús Óláfsson to harry Kintyre whilst Hákon himself made landfall on Gigha. It is evident that Magnús Óláfsson and Dubhghall were tasked...
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brothers: Haraldr, and Óláfr. Although he successfully dealt with Haraldr, foreign powers from Ireland intruded into the Isles, and Magnús Óláfsson, King...
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according to the text, following the death of Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann, the new ruler Haraldr Guðrøðarson persecuted one of the old king's favourite...
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later Gofraid Donn was slain, possibly on Lewis. On 30 May 1249, Ragnvald Olafsson was slain in a meadow near the Church of the Holy Trinity at Rushen by...
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1224) Al-Qifti, Egyptian scholar, historian and biographer (b. 1172) Haraldr Óláfsson, Scottish ruler of the Kingdom of the Isles Hermann von Buxhövden,...
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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...
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1224) Al-Qifti, Egyptian scholar, historian and biographer (b. 1172) Haraldr Óláfsson, Scottish ruler of the Kingdom of the Isles Hermann von Buxhövden,...
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malaria or poison Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson King of Mann and the Isles 6–30 May 1249 24 days Death of his brother Haraldr Óláfsson in a shipwreck Assassinated...
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Empress. Meanwhile, his nephew, Magnús Óláfsson góði becomes king of Norway (ch 13; 1035). Having left Byzantium, Haraldr sails through the Black Sea to Novgorod...
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been held by the Crovan dynasty, then represented by the reigning Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles. It is conceivable that Eóghan and Dubhghall...
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Dubhghall to the church of St Colmán Ela (Kilcalmonell). In 1248, Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles, and his newly-wedded wife, Cecilía Hákonardóttir...
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Morkinskinna (section Haraldr III (r. 1047-1066))
Tryggvi Óláfsson] 46. [Concerning Gizurr Ísleifsson] 47. Concerning Stúfr enn blindi 48. Concerning Oddr Ófeigsson 49. How it came about that King Haraldr journeyed...
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Magnus Barefoot (redirect from Magnús Óláfsson (died 1103))
Magnus III Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson, Norwegian: Magnus Olavsson; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: Magnús...
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1237) (1226–1237) Haraldr Óláfsson (1237–1248) Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 1249) (1249) Haraldr Guðrøðarson (1249–1250) Magnús Óláfsson (1252–1265) Archbishops...
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been held by the Crovan dynasty, then represented by the reigning Haraldr Óláfsson, King of the Isles. Whatever the case, it is possible that the events...
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by the Crovan dynasty, then represented by Óláfr's succeeding son, Haraldr Óláfsson, King of the Isles. One possibility is that Eóghan and Dubhghall sought...
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been held by the Crovan dynasty, then represented by the reigning Haraldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles. In about 1241, the dominion of the latter...
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Magnús berfœttr ‘Barelegs’ Óláfsson of Norway (d. 1103) King Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ Magnússon (d. 1130) King Haraldr gilli(-kristr) ‘Servant...
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own family in the form of a rebellion by his brother, Haraldr. Lǫgmaðr eventually overcame Haraldr, however, and is stated to have had him blinded and emasculated...
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inscription: King Haraldr ordered this monument made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of Thyrvé, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself...
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