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Godfred (Goffraid) King of The Isles

Godfred (Goffraid) King of The Isles

Male - Abt 989

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Godfred (Goffraid) King of The Isles (son of Harald King of Limerick); died about 989.

    Notes:

    The Kings of the Isle of Man compiled by Stewart Baldwin athttp://www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/man.htm

    "Note 1: The Harald who was father of Godred is not identified in theprimary sources, but the king of Limerick of that name seems like themost likely individual. In the list of the kings of Man, NHI (vol. 9, p.466) suggests that the Harald who was father of Godred might have beenHarald of Denmark (son of Gorm the Old), but this seems unlikely. Somewould include a certain "Magnus", also a son of Harald, as another kingduring this period, but it is likely that this is a mistake. Theexistence of a "Magnus" son of Harald is given only in late sources, andseems to be a error for "mac Arailt" in the earlier sources, in which"mac" became "Maccus" and then "Magnus" in successive corruptions of therecords. In further support of this, observe that the personal name"Magnus" is based on the Latin word magnus ("great"), and, if we are togive any credence to the account of Heimskringla, the name derives moredirectly from Charlemagne ("Carolus Magnus" in Latin), with king Magnus"the Good" of Norway being the first individual of that name. This wouldseem to exclude the possibility that a Viking bore that name as early asthe tenth century. While it is possible that "Maccus" is a corruption ofsome other Scandinavian name, it seems much more likley that the "macArailt" who appears in the annals was the son of Harald about whom wealready know, i.e., Goffraid mac Arailt. "

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Ranald \ Reginald King of The Isle of Man died in 1005.
    2. Lagmann King of The Isles died about 1014 in Ruling 1014.
    3. Marion of Man and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harald King of Limerick (son of Sitric Caoch (Sigtryggr) King of York & Dublin and Unclear); died about 940.
    Children:
    1. 1. Godfred (Goffraid) King of The Isles died about 989.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sitric Caoch (Sigtryggr) King of York & Dublin (son of Sitric (Sigtryggr) Halfdansson King of Dublin and Daughter of King Ragnar 'Hairy-Breeks'of Denmark); died in 921 in Or 927.

    Notes:

    From http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal09500Royaland Noble at
    Genealogical Data on the Web
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/
    Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/
    Peerages in Order of Precedence
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html
    Master Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
    Author: Brian Tompsett.
    Brian Tompsett's sources athttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/reference.txt

    Sitric + Unclear. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Unclear and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Harald King of Limerick died about 940.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sitric (Sigtryggr) Halfdansson King of Dublin (son of Ivarr King of Dublin); died in 896.

    Notes:

    From
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?ro
    yal09494
    at
    Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/
    Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/
    Peerages in Order of Precedence
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/peerage.html
    Master Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname
    http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
    Author: Brian Tompsett.
    Brian Tompsett's sources athttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/reference.txt

    Sitric + Daughter of King Ragnar 'Hairy-Breeks'of Denmark. Daughter (daughter of Ragner Lodbrock King of Denmark and Aslaug Sigurdsdottir) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Daughter of King Ragnar 'Hairy-Breeks'of Denmark (daughter of Ragner Lodbrock King of Denmark and Aslaug Sigurdsdottir); and died.
    Children:
    1. 4. Sitric Caoch (Sigtryggr) King of York & Dublin died in 921 in Or 927.
    2. Godfrid (Guthfrith) King of York & Dublin died in 934.
    3. Ranald King of Waterford & Dublin died in 921.



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