Individual Details
Ragnhilda Olafsdatter
(Abt 1115 - Abt 1160)
== Biography ==
Ragnhild (Ragnhilda) is considered to be a daughter of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, [[:Category: Kingdom of the Isles|King of Mann and the Isles]]. The Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles (Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum) a near contemporary source written c. 1260, provides (English translation):
: "In the year 1102, Olave, son of Godred Crouan, began to reign over all the Isles, and he reigned forty years. He was a man of peace, and was in such close alliance with all the kings of Ireland and Scotland, that no one ventured to disturb the kingdom of the Isles during his time. He took a wife named Affrica, daughter of Fergus of Galloway, by whom he had issue Godred. He had also many concubines, by whom he had issue three sons; Reginald, Lagman, and Harold, and many daughters, one of whom was married to Sumerled, Lord of Argyll; and this was the cause of the ruin of the whole kingdom of the Isles; for he had issue by her four sons, Dugald, Reginald, Angus, and Olave, of whom we shall speak more fully hereafter."[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol22/p044.htm#60 Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum] see entry for 1102.
While the Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum is notoriously bias towards the Crovan dynasty there is no reason to doubt the veracity in regards to her birth. There is no certainty regarding the relationships of Óláfr. He is known to have had, at least, two "wives"; a daughter of Haakon Paulsson, Jarl of Norðreyjar (Northern Isles) based out of Orkney, and Affraic, a daughter of Fergus, Lord of Galloway. Both these likely to have been to support various alliances. His marriage to Affraic is presumed to have occurred no earlier than 1130 and shortly before Ragnhild marries Somerled.
Ragnhild is believed to have been born sometime early in the 12th Century and likely c. 1115. There is no certainty on her birth location although the likely candidates are either Dublin or Mann, the capitals of the Kingdom.
The marriage, to Somerled, was to cause the disintegration of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, as mentioned in the Chronicle although the stance taken in the manuscript is decidedly bias.
===Name Convention===
Dotter, -Datter, -Dottir are all the same ending, meaning "daughter" in Scandinavia, and attached behind the father's first name. A woman retained her birth name all her life and did not take on her husband's last name as her own until about 100-200 years ago.
===Life Events===Other than her marriage to Somerled, and this prior to him becoming a prominent person in history, nothing is known of her. It seems likely she lived in Argyll and died there at some point around the time of Somerled's death, if not before. There is no mention of her after his death.
Her marriage is thought to have taken place before 1140 and likely closer to 1130, given the relative ages of her sons at the time of the death of her father in 1153.
===Footnotes===
== Sources ==
* Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles ([http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol22/ Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum])
* Woolf, A (2005). "The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled: Gofraid mac Fergusa and 'The Annals of the Four Masters'". Mediaeval Scandinavia 15: 199–213.
* McDonald, RA (1997). The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard, c. 1100–c. 1336. Scottish Historical Monographs (series vol. 4). East Linton: Tuckwell Press.
* Sellar, WDH (1966). "The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled". The Scottish Historical Review 45 (140, pt. 2): 123–142. JSTOR 25528658
=== Note ===: Note: Det antas att Harald Svartes son Gudröd Crovan äktade Ragnhild, dotter till Harald Hårdråde. Detta bekräftas vid att ett av Gudröd Crovans barnbarn (dotter av Olof Bitling) blev kallad Ragnhild; hon blev gift med Somerled av Argyll. (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, G.V.C. Young, 1986, sid 10) och (Fra Skanke-släktens historia, G.V.C. Young, stamtavla 1a) och (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys, doc 56och 57) är två appendix som visar Somerleds genealogi.
Ragnhild (Ragnhilda) is considered to be a daughter of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, [[:Category: Kingdom of the Isles|King of Mann and the Isles]]. The Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles (Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum) a near contemporary source written c. 1260, provides (English translation):
: "In the year 1102, Olave, son of Godred Crouan, began to reign over all the Isles, and he reigned forty years. He was a man of peace, and was in such close alliance with all the kings of Ireland and Scotland, that no one ventured to disturb the kingdom of the Isles during his time. He took a wife named Affrica, daughter of Fergus of Galloway, by whom he had issue Godred. He had also many concubines, by whom he had issue three sons; Reginald, Lagman, and Harold, and many daughters, one of whom was married to Sumerled, Lord of Argyll; and this was the cause of the ruin of the whole kingdom of the Isles; for he had issue by her four sons, Dugald, Reginald, Angus, and Olave, of whom we shall speak more fully hereafter."[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol22/p044.htm#60 Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum] see entry for 1102.
While the Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum is notoriously bias towards the Crovan dynasty there is no reason to doubt the veracity in regards to her birth. There is no certainty regarding the relationships of Óláfr. He is known to have had, at least, two "wives"; a daughter of Haakon Paulsson, Jarl of Norðreyjar (Northern Isles) based out of Orkney, and Affraic, a daughter of Fergus, Lord of Galloway. Both these likely to have been to support various alliances. His marriage to Affraic is presumed to have occurred no earlier than 1130 and shortly before Ragnhild marries Somerled.
Ragnhild is believed to have been born sometime early in the 12th Century and likely c. 1115. There is no certainty on her birth location although the likely candidates are either Dublin or Mann, the capitals of the Kingdom.
The marriage, to Somerled, was to cause the disintegration of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, as mentioned in the Chronicle although the stance taken in the manuscript is decidedly bias.
===Name Convention===
Dotter, -Datter, -Dottir are all the same ending, meaning "daughter" in Scandinavia, and attached behind the father's first name. A woman retained her birth name all her life and did not take on her husband's last name as her own until about 100-200 years ago.
===Life Events===Other than her marriage to Somerled, and this prior to him becoming a prominent person in history, nothing is known of her. It seems likely she lived in Argyll and died there at some point around the time of Somerled's death, if not before. There is no mention of her after his death.
Her marriage is thought to have taken place before 1140 and likely closer to 1130, given the relative ages of her sons at the time of the death of her father in 1153.
===Footnotes===
== Sources ==
* Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles ([http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol22/ Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum])
* Woolf, A (2005). "The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled: Gofraid mac Fergusa and 'The Annals of the Four Masters'". Mediaeval Scandinavia 15: 199–213.
* McDonald, RA (1997). The Kingdom of the Isles: Scotland's Western Seaboard, c. 1100–c. 1336. Scottish Historical Monographs (series vol. 4). East Linton: Tuckwell Press.
* Sellar, WDH (1966). "The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled". The Scottish Historical Review 45 (140, pt. 2): 123–142. JSTOR 25528658
=== Note ===: Note: Det antas att Harald Svartes son Gudröd Crovan äktade Ragnhild, dotter till Harald Hårdråde. Detta bekräftas vid att ett av Gudröd Crovans barnbarn (dotter av Olof Bitling) blev kallad Ragnhild; hon blev gift med Somerled av Argyll. (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, G.V.C. Young, 1986, sid 10) och (Fra Skanke-släktens historia, G.V.C. Young, stamtavla 1a) och (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys, doc 56och 57) är två appendix som visar Somerleds genealogi.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1115 | Isle of Man | |||
| Marriage | 1140 | Morvern, Argyll, Scotland - Somerled "Mor, Ri Innse Gall, King of the Hebrides, King of the Isles" Macgillebride | |||
| Death | Abt 1160 | Morvern, Argyll, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 288003 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Somerled "Mor, Ri Innse Gall, King of the Hebrides, King of the Isles" Macgillebride (1100 - 1164) |
| Child | Ranald "Lord of the Isles" MacSomerled (1153 - 1207) |
| Child | Gille brigte Somerld MacGillebride (1140 - 1164) |
| Child | Dubhgal "1st of Dunollie and Lorn" MacSomarlidasson (1144 - 1207) |
| Child | Angus "Lord of Bute" MacSomerled (1145 - 1210) |
| Child | Olaf Sumarlidasson (1147 - ) |
| Child | Bethag Macsomerled (1151 - ) |
| Father | Óláfr "King of Man and the Isles, the Dwarf Bitling, the Red" Guðrøðarson (1090 - 1153) |
| Mother | Ingeborg Haakonsdottir (1099 - 1152) |
| Sibling | Dougal of Lorne (1119 - ) |
| Sibling | Harald Olafsson (1122 - ) |
| Sibling | Afuca Gudrødsen (1135 - 1160) |