Harald Gudrødsen (abt. 980 - abt. 1040)

Born about 0980 in Hebrides, Scotland

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Died about 1040 at about age 60 in Hebrides, Scotland

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Biography

Harald In the "Black" is said to have been born in the Hebrides, Scotland; the son of Gudrød Eriksen (King of Man b: 0930 in Norway) and Unknown Of Islay (Kvinne from Islay Queen of Man b: c. 0950). It should be noted that "The Black" was a fairly common epithet among these people at this time.

We can locate Harald the Black most clearly in historical literature, where he is named as the father of Godred Crovan. The Annals of Tigernach in the year 1091 simply notes without comment 'Goffraidh mac Maic Arailt, rí Atha Cliath.' (Godred son of Harald, King of Dublin). ^[1] In the Welsh collection of Norse pedigrees a genealogy of the kings of Man records - Rhanallt (Reginald) m. Gwythryg (Godred) m. Afloyd (Olaf) m. Gwrthryt (Godred Crovan King of Dublin & Man) mearch m. Harallt ddu (Harald the Black) m. Ifor gamle (Ivar the Old) m. Afloyd (Olaf king of Dublin & York) m. Swtrig (Sitric). ^[2]

This Harald Gudrødsen should not be confused with Halfdan The Black (Halvdan) Haraldsson, the brother of Eirik Blodøks Haraldsson ^[3] Harald's son, Gudrød Kvithand Haraldsson, ie: (Gudrod Crovan King of Man and the Isles 1079-1095 and king of Dublin 1091-1094), is known to be the progenitor of the Crovan Dynasty; a branch of the Uí Ímair, and therefore a descendant of Olaf (Sitricsson) Sigtryggsson (0926 - 0981) rather than Eirik Blodøks Haraldsson. ^[4]

We learn something of Harald the Black through stories told of his son Godred -

from Godred Crovan : a poem composed by Dopnal Sytric, scheld of Godred Crovan, King of the Isle of Man ^[5]

"Arise o son of Harald the Black, for the son of Sytric sleeps upon the mountain, under the mossy rock; prepare thy silver lance ..... Godred Crovan, son of Harald the Black, whose name has put to flight armies, arise "

Note that this is not a later Harald, Harald of Isle of Man Gudrödsson; King of Man (ruler of the isle of Man 1249-1250) son of Kung på Isle of Man Gudröd "Don" Ragnvaldsson (ruler of the isle of Man 1186-1230)

Sources

1. ↑ Celt: The Annals of Tigernach - T1091.5
2. ↑ "Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru" pp. 95-110
3. ↑ Associate Professor Alison Downham Moore of Sydney University has made proposals reassessing the person of Eirik Bloodaxe, proposing that Eiríkr, King of York from 947–948 and 952–5, was a ruler (war lord would be more appropriate) in the Viking Kingdom of the Isles (Hebrides, Islands of the Firth of Clyde & the Isle of Man); but questions that this Eiríkr is the same character as Eric Bloodaxe. Downham argued that Eric of the Kingdom of the Isles was of the Uí Ímair Dynasty, rather than a son of Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre Halfdansson (c. 0850 - c. 0933).
4. ↑ For discussion of the origin of the Crovan Dynasty see - Wikipedia - Haraldr Guðrøðarson mid thirteenth-century King of the Isles / son of Guðrøðr Rǫgnvaldsson, King of the Isles / son of Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles - and refer to the establishment of the Crovan dynasty. This article quotes - Munch, PA; Goss, A, eds. (1874). Chronica Regvm Manniæ et Insvlarvm: The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys. Vol. 1. Douglas, IM: Manx Society.
5. ↑ Miscellanies in prose and verse by Thomas Chatterton 1778 ed. J. Broughton : poem originally published in The Town and Country Magazine, Or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment Volume 1 1769 A. Hamilton, jun.

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Biography

This profile was created to reproduce the profile created in - JannesSläktSidor - Harald I "den svarte" Gudrödsson Man ca 980 - ca 1040

Harald I "den svarte" Gudrödsson

Född - ca 980 Hebriderna, Skottland Hitta alla personer med händelser på denna plats

Kön - Man

Yrke - kung på Isle of Man

Död - ca 1040 Hebriderna, Skottland Hitta alla personer med händelser på denna plats

Noteringar

P.A. Munch antog att Harald I Godredsson Svarte av Islay, kung på Söderöarna ca 1035-1040, var son till kung Godred Haraldsson.

Munchþs teori är också att Harald I Svarte var fader till GodredCrovan, som var kung på Man och Hebriderna 1079-1095. (Källa: G.V.C Young, 1986)

Alexander Bugge hävdar att kungarna på Man stammar från Ragnfred Eriksson, och det syns som om en dotter till Ragnfred blev gift med Harald I Svarte av Islay. Det är troligt, eftersom Ragnfred drogvästöver till Orkneyöarna och kunde ha gift bort sin dotter till Harald I Svarte och därmed grundlagt en dynasti med kungligt norskt blod. (Källa: G.V.C Young, 1986)

Harald 'the Black' kan också vara son till Ivar 'the old', som var son till kungen av Dublin och York, Olaf 'Cuaran', som i sin tur var son till Sitric, död 927. (Källa: Stewart Baldwin)

Källor

1) Tom Björnstad, Norge (webbplats)

2) Landsarkivets bibliotek, G.V.C. Young, Isle of Man, England

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Familj

Rangfredsdotter,

f. ca 975, Norge Hitta alla personer med händelser på denna plats,

d. eft 1030, Isle of Man, England Hitta alla personer med händelser på denna plats (Ålder ~ 56 år)

Barn

1. Gudröd II (Crovan) Haraldsson,

f. ca 1030, Hebriderna, Skottland Hitta alla personer med händelser på denna plats,

d. ca 1095, Hebriderna, Skottland Hitta alla personer med händelser på denna plats (Ålder ~ 65 år)

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