Ragnhildis Olafsdottir
| Ragnhildis Olafdottir | |
|---|---|
Crovan Dynasty (Uí Ímair) | |
| Father | Óláfr Guðrøðarson |
| Mother | Ingibiorg Hakonsdottir of Orkney |
Ragnhildis Olafdottir, also known as Ragnhild, (c.1115 - unknown) was the daughter of king Óláfr Guðrøðarson of the Kingdom of Mann and Ingibiorg Hakonsdottir,[2] making her a granddaughter of Haakon Paulsson.
Ragnhild married the Norse-Gaelic lord
Crovan Dynasty.[6]
Legacy
Ragnhild is important to
Crovan Dynasty and the Uí Ímair Dynasty,[7] because her father Óláfr Guðrøðarson was the son of Godred Crovan.[5] This is one of the ways in which Somerled's expansion is politically legitimised.[8] Ragnhild's place in Manx dynastic politics also strengthened claims by further descendants.[9]
Historian R. Andrew Macdonald recounts how the Chronicles of Mann describes how the wife of Somerled was the "cause of the collapse of the entire kingdom of the Isles" because the kingdom would fall under the control of Clann Somhairle and would become divided which ultimately led to its collapse in the mid 13th century.[10]
Fictional depiction
Ragnhild was an important character in the novel Summer Warrior by Regan Walker.[11]
See also
Notes
- ^ Flateyjarbok (1862) p. 508 ch. 439;
- ^ McDonald, RA (2000) p. 175 n. 55; McDonald, A (1995) p. 206; Anderson (1922) p. 255 n. 1; Vigfusson (1887) p. 210 ch. 110; Flateyjarbok (1862) p. 508 ch. 439; Anderson; Hjaltalin; Goudie (1873) p. 181 ch. 104. Most indirectly reference Ragnhild being a daughter of Ingibiorg.
- ^ Power, R (2005), p. 33
- JSTOR 25517762.
- ^ a b Entry for the year 1102, Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum
- ISBN 978-1-78885-532-7.
- ^ Woolf, A (2005), p. 13
- ^ Ellis, Caitlin. "Impressions of a twelfth‐century maritime ruler—Somerled: Viking warrior, clan chieftain or traitor to the Scottish king." Northern Studies 51 (2020): 1-14.
- ^ The Book of Clanranald p. 157
- ISBN 978-1-78885-148-0.
- ^ Schairer, Sandy (October 10, 2020). "Summer Warrior by Regan Walker-Dual Review & Interview". The Reading Cafe.
References
- MacPhee, Kathleen M. (2004). Somerled: Hammer of the Norse. Glasgow: NWP. ISBN 1-903238-24-2.
- Marsden, John (2000). Somerled and the emergence of Gaelic Scotland. Edinburgh: John Donald. ISBN 978-1-904607-80-9.
- Munch, Peter A., ed. (1874). Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum: The Chronicle Of Man And The Sudreys. Vol. 22. Douglas, Isle of Man: Manx Society. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-4326-8438-9.
- Power, Rosemary (2005). "Meeting in Norway: Norse-Gaelic Relations in the Kingdom of Man and the Isles, 1090–1270" (PDF). ISSN 0305-9219.
- Woolf, Alex (2004). "The Age of Sea-Kings, 900–1300", in Omand, D (ed.) The Argyll Book.
- Woolf, Alex (2005). "The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled: Gofraid mac Fergusa and 'The Annals of the Four Masters'". Medieval Scandinavia.
- Ragnhild ." Encyclopedia.com