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Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153)
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Óláfr Guðrøðarson 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 between his elder brother
Óláfr's name and title as it appears on folio 35v. of British Library Cotton Julius A VII (the Chronicle of Mann): "Olavus rex".
Óláfr's name and title as it appears on folio 35v. of British Library Cotton Julius A VII (the Chronicle of Mann): "Olavus rex".
Nineteenth-century depiction of Magnús Óláfsson's forces in Ireland.
Nineteenth-century depiction of Magnús Óláfsson's forces in Ireland.
The name of Óláfr's wife, Affraic ingen Fergusa, as it appears on folio 35v of British Library Cotton Julius A VII: "Affricam".
The name of Óláfr's wife, Affraic ingen Fergusa, as it appears on folio 35v of British Library Cotton Julius A VII: "Affricam".
A queen gaming piece of the so-called Lewis chessmen. Almost nothing is known of queenship in the Isles.
A queen gaming piece of the so-called Lewis chessmen. Almost nothing is known of queenship in the Isles.
Somerled
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Somerled, known in Middle Irish as Somairle, Somhairle, and Somhairlidh, and in Old Norse as Sumarliði, was a mid-12th-century Norse-Gaelic lord who, through marital alliance and military conquest, ro
Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153)
…reveal that Óláfr shifted from an alliance with Orkney to that with Galloway. Not long after his marriage to Affraic, one of Óláfr's daughters married Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll, an emerging power in the region. Although Óláfr's reign is recorded to have been peaceful, there is reason to suspect that his own succession was…
Sumerledus with scribal abbreviations (Cambridge Corpus Christi College 139, folio ar)
Sumerledus with scribal abbreviations (Cambridge Corpus Christi College 139, folio ar)
Mid-12th-century depiction of David I, and his grandson, Malcolm IV. Earlier that century, Somerled's family appears to have bound itself in marriage
Mid-12th-century depiction of David I, and his grandson, Malcolm IV. Earlier that century, Somerled's family appears to have bound itself in marriage to an opposing branch of the Scottish royal house.
Lewis chess piece depicting the armament of a Norse warrior roughly contemporaneous to Somerled.
Lewis chess piece depicting the armament of a Norse warrior roughly contemporaneous to Somerled.
St Oran's Chapel, the oldest intact building on Iona, may have been built by Somerled, Ranald, or members of the Crovan dynasty.
St Oran's Chapel, the oldest intact building on Iona, may have been built by Somerled, Ranald, or members of the Crovan dynasty.