Kung på Isle of Man, England 1153-1158 och 1164-1187. Blev högst 60 år.
1127 Isle of Man, England.
1160 Oslo, Norge.
1164 Isle of Man, England.
1187-11-10 Isle of Man, England.
1187-12 Iona, Hebriderna, Skottland.
1176.
Godred the Black of Isle of Man
Kung på Isle of Man, England 1153-1158 och 1164-1187.
Far:
Olof Bitling of Isle of Man (1080 - 1153)
Mor:
Afreca of Galloway (1099 - 1166)
Född:
1127 England, Isle of Man 1)
Bosatt:
1160 Norge, Oslo 1)
Bosatt:
1164 England, Isle of Man 1)
Död:
1187-11-10 England, Isle of Man 1)
Begravd:
1187-12 Skottland, Hebriderna, Iona 2)
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Familj med: ?
Barn:
1. Ragnvald of Isle of Man (1165 - 1229)
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Familj med: Finola of Irland (1145 - 1190)
Vigsel:
1176 1)
Barn:
2. Olof the Black of Isle of Man (1173 - 1237).
3. Ivar of Isle of Man (1175 - 1257), riddare och kung på Isle of Man, England 1250-1256.
4. Afreca of Isle of Man (1176 - 1219), grevinna, gift med Lord John de Courcy i Ulster, Irland.
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In the year 1153 King Olave (Bitling) was slain on the feast of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. In the following autumn Godred, his son, came from Norway with five ships, and put in at the Orkneys. All the chiefs of the Isles were rejoiced when they heard of his arrival, and assembling together, unanimously elected him for their king. Godred then came to Man, seized the three sons of Harold, and, to avenge his father's murder, awarded them the death they deserved. Another story is that he put out the eyes of two of them, and put the third to death. (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys)
Efter ett sjöslag år 1156 delades Söderöarna i två delar och Hebriderna bildade ett eget rike med Islay som centrum. (Nordisk Vikingaguide, sid 189, Lars G. Holmblad)
In the year 1176, John de Courcy subdued Ulster. In the same year Vivian, Cardinal legate of the apostolic See, came to Man, and in the discharge of his office caused Godred to be united in lawful marriage with his wife, the daughter (Finola) of MacLoughlin, son of Muinrough, King of Ireland, who was mother of Olave then three years old. They were married by Silvanus, Abbot of Rivaulx. (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys)
In the year 1187, on the 10th of November, Godred, King of the Isles, died in the Island of St. Patrick, in Man. In the beginning of the following summer his body was removed to the Island called lona (ett kloster på inre Hebriderna). He left three sons, Reginald, Olave, and Ivar. Reginald, then a full grown young man, was absent in the Isles. Olave, yet a very young boy, resided in Man. (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys)
Godred during his life had appointed Olave to succeed to the kingdom, for the inheritance belonged to him by right, because he was born of lawful wedlock; and had commanded all the people of Man to appoint Olave king after his own death, and preserve inviolate their oath of allegiance. How ever, after the death of Godred, the Manxmen sent their messengers to the Isles for Reginald, and made him king, because he was a man of energy and of riper age. For they dreaded the weakness of Olave, for he was but a boy ten years old, and they considered that a person, who on account of his tender age, knew not how to direct himself, would be wholly incapable of governing his subjects. This was the reason why the people of Man appointed Reginald king. (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys)
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Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys, P. A. Munch
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Beräkning
Rushen
Slottet Rushen på Isle of Man, byggt år 1153. Det är öns bäst bevarade byggnadsminne från dess norska tid. De sista jarlerna residerade där och slottet är numera museum. (En nordisk kronologi, Alf Henrikson)
Isle of Man
Det officiella statsvapnet för Isle of Man. Motto: Quocunque Jeceris Stabit. (Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand)
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Gudröd II Olofsson. född 1141 Isle of Man, England, död 1187 Isle of Man, England; son till Olof "the Dwarf" Haraldsson och Ingebjörg Håkonsdotter-54); gift med Fiona MacLochlainn, född Ulster, Irland, död 1187 Isle of Man, England. Hon var dotter till Martough MacLouglin och Okänd maka; barn: Olof II "den Svarte", King of Man -62)
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Godred II Olafsson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Godred II, also known as king Gofraidh mac Amhlaibh and Guthrod Olavssonn (died November 10, 1187) was King of Mann and the Isles from 1153 – 1158 and from 1164 – 1187, much of the kingdom being lost in the strife after he became deposed and before his second reign.
King Godred was son of King Olaf I, "Olav Morsel," and Aufrica of Galloway. In 1140, Godred's half-sister Ragnhailt had married Somerled, King of Kintyre.
The year 1153 saw the deaths of two kings: David I of Scotland and Godred's father Olaf I. There was much confusion and discord as a result and Somerled took his chance - making offensive moves against both Scotland and Mann. Godred for a short period ruled over Dublin also.
A summons was sent to Dougal mac Somhairle, the son of Somerled and Ragnhailt - to move so he might be "King over the Isles".
In 1156 Godred was defeated in battle against eighty ships of Somerled's fleet and the two enemies partitioned the isles between them. Godred kept the islands north of Ardnamurchan with Somerled gaining the rest. This loss of southern isles was to remain permanent: the Manx regime never recovered them, having only the northern Hebrides occasionally afterwards as part of their realm. As a result of this quarrel with the previously vassal-like ruler of Argyll, in 1156, he lost the smaller islands off the coast of Argyll. An independent sovereignty thus appeared between the two divisions of the Manx kingdom.
Two years following this Somerled returned to the Isle of Man with fifty-three warships. He defeated Godred again and this time forced him to flee to Norway. Somerled and family thus succeeded Godred as King of Isles after they warred and Godred was deposed in 1158. Somerled's kingdom now stretched from the Isle of Man to the Butt of Lewis.
Around 1164, Godred's younger brother, the usurper Reginald III usurped the throne, taking the throne in Mann but not in the other isles, but Godred soon reasserted his rule and resumed the throne from his brother and continued to rule in Mann and the Northern Hebrides.
The islands which were under his rule were called the Suðr-eyjar (Sudreys or the south isles, in contradistinction to the Norðr-eyjar, or the "north isles," i.e. the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and they consisted of the Hebrides, with Man. He used the title of Rex Manniae et Insularum (King of Mann and the Isles).
His sons were King Reginald IV, Ivar and lastly, from his third marriage with Findguala from Ireland, Olave.
He died on 10 November 1187 and was succeeded by his eldest son Reginald IV, instead of his youngest son Olaf whom he had designated as heir and successor. His youngest son was apparently very young at the time.
Head of State of the Isle of Man
Preceded by
Olaf I King of Mann and the Isles
1153-1158
First reign Succeeded by
Somerled
Preceded by
Ragnald III King of Mann and the Isles
1164-1187
Second reign Succeeded by
Ragnald IV