Guðrøðr Óláfsson (died 10 November 1187) was a twelfth-century ruler of the kingdoms of Dublin and the Isles. Guðrøðr was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson and...
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Crovan (d. 1095), King of Dublin and the Isles Guðrøðr Óláfsson (d. 1187), King of Dublin and the Isles Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson (d. 1231), King in the Isles Gofraid...
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Olaf the Black (section Conflict with Guðrøðr Dond)
Crovan dynasty, and a son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles. Óláfr's mother was Fionnghuala Nic Lochlainn. Guðrøðr had several other children:...
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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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was a son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. In the mid twelfth century, Guðrøðr Óláfsson inherited the...
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Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson (died 1231), also known as Guðrøðr Dond, was a thirteenth-century ruler of the Kingdom of the Isles. He was a member of the Crovan...
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Óláfr was a younger son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles (died 1187). Before his death in 1187, Guðrøðr instructed that Óláfr should...
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grandfather, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles, after which the king was succeeded by Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson. Although the latter was Guðrøðr Óláfsson's...
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and possibly a descendant of Guðrøðr Óláfsson. Certainly, a man of the name is known to have been a son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, although nothing more is known...
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Isles, then-possessed by his maternal uncle, Guðrøðr Óláfsson. Later that year, Somairle defeated Guðrøðr, and the kingdom was divided between them. Two...
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against Guðrøðr, specifying that Somairle's son, Dubgall, was produced as a replacement to Guðrøðr's rule. Late in 1156, Somairle and Guðrøðr finally...
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Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275), also known as Godred Magnusson, was an illegitimate son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles. In 1275, whilst Mann...
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Néill in 1167. Muirchertach's granddaughter, Findguala, who married Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles, appears to have been a daughter of Niall...
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because Somerled was beset with more pressing concerns: his war with Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles lasted until 1156 and a possible conflict with Gille...
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Mann and the North Isles (complete list) – Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson, King (fl.1164) Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King (1153/1154–1156, 1164–1187) Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson...
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the 1130s Affreca de Courcy, wife of John de Courcy and daughter of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, died in or after 1216. Aufrica de Connoght, claimant to Mann and the...
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the dynasty, Galloway itself was attacked before Fergus's grandson, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, was able to seize control of Isles. Both Fergus and his grandson appear...
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was a twelfth-century King of Mann and the Isles. As a younger son of Guðrøðr Crovan, King of Dublin and the Isles, Óláfr witnessed a vicious power struggle...
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Incorporates a 12th-century door. Could have been built by Óláfr Guðrøðarson, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, or Ragnall mac Somairle. Sketrick Castle...
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Isles from his brother-in-law, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles. Two years later, Somerled decisively defeated Guðrøðr, gaining complete control of the...
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against King Haakon near Oslo, after many of his men, led by his vassal Guðrøðr Óláfsson, the exiled King of the Isles, defected to King Haakon’s side. He was...
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in northern Ireland. Affreca was the daughter of Godred Olafsson (Old Norse: Guðrøðr Óláfsson, a member of the Crovan dynasty. Godred ruled the Kingdom...
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Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine 1187 – Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles 1241 – Pope Celestine IV 1258 – William de Bondington...
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1120) November 9 – Gao Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1107) November 10 – Guðrøðr Óláfsson, Norse king of Dublin November 30 – Fujiwara no Hidehira, Japanese...
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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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when needed. In 1180, de Courcy married Affrica, the daughter of the Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles, which allowed him to call upon a strong fleet further...
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Guðrøðr (died 1231), although it is not impossible that the king 'Rǫgnvaldr' in this source may instead refer to Ragnall, and that the king 'Guðrøðr'...
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MacAlasdair (fl. 16th century), chief of Clan MacAlister Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275), son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles This page or section...
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could cast light on the latter's conflict with the subsequent king, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, a man who appears to have opposed Muirchertach at some point in his...
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Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill (redirect from Godfrey Olafsson)
Amlaíb, Gofraid mac Amlaim meic Ragnaill, Gofraid ua Ragnaill, and Guðrøðr Óláfsson. Likewise, since the 1980s, academics have accorded Gofraid various...
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