Gofraid Donn
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 126 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5110-5319-6
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gofraid mac Ragnaill (meaning "Gofraid, son of Ragnall"; Old Norse: Gu?ro?r Rognvaldsson) was a 13th century Hebridean king, who descended from a long line of kings who ruled the Hebrides and the Isle of Man. He is recorded within two 13th century chronicles with a byname meaning "the brown" (Gaelic: Gofraid Donn); although within a 13th century saga, and within Hebridean tradition dating from the 17th century, he is given the byname "the black" (Old Norse: Gu?ro?r Svarti; Gaelic: Gofraid Dub). Gofraid Donn's father was Ragnall mac Gofraid, King of Man and the Isles; his mother was Ragnall's wife, who is described by a 13th century chronicle as the sister of a daughter of a nobleman from Kintyre. Gofraid Donn's male-line ancestry can be traced back with certainty to his great-great grandfather, Gofraid Meranach, King of the Isles, King of Dublin (d. 1095). Gofraid Meranach is thought to have taken control of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles...
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