The name of Gofraid mac Arailt, King of the Isles as it appears on folio 141v of British Library Cotton MS Domitian A I
Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson[ˈɡuðˌrøðz̠ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson], was a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king. He and his brother Maccus were active in the lands around the Irish Sea in the 970s and 980s.
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GofraidmacArailt (died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson [ˈɡuðˌrøðz̠ ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson], was a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king. He and his brother Maccus...
Ragnall macGofraid (died 1004/1005) was King of the Isles and likely a member of the Uí Ímair kindred. He was a son of GofraidmacArailt, King of the...
Lagmann macGofraid may have been an early eleventh-century ruler of the Kingdom of the Isles. He seems to have been a son of GofraidmacArailt, King of...
Dublin GofraidmacArailt (died 989), King of the Isles Gofraidh mac Briain Mac an Bhaird, (fl. 16th century), an Irish bardic poet Gofraidmac Domnaill...
known as Aralt mac Sitriuc, the Hiberno-Norse King of Limerick. Maccus' family is known as the Meic Arailt kindred. He and his brother, Gofraid, are first...
the Sudrøyar, and he may have been instrumental in the defeat of GofraidmacArailt, King of the Isles. The Annals of Ulster record his death at the Battle...
Fingal macGofraid, and his father, Gofraidmac Sitriuc, were late eleventh-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles. Although one source states that...
the 2010s, Godred has also been accorded the following patronyms: GofraidmacArailt, and Guðrøðr Haraldsson. In 1044, Ímar launched a devastating raid...
states of Amlaíb macGofraid: "It seems likely that he controlled or at least had strong influence in Man and Galloway." Amlaíb macGofraid was identified...
likely entered a nunnery in widowhood. Two individuals, Maccus macArailt and GofraidmacArailt, who were active throughout the Irish Sea region in the 970s...
alliance with GofraidmacArailt, a Viking chief from the Isle of Man. Hywel defeated them in battle, killing Custennin and putting Gofraid and his men...
retirement" on Iona, was succeeded by Maccus macArailt, who was probably his nephew. Maccus's brother GofraidmacArailt then succeeded him. During their lifetimes...
Bóruma (successor of Mathgamain), and with the brothers Maccus and GofraidmacArailt, Kings of Mann and the Isles, turning from his alliance with Leinster...
(c.914–921) to 921? Gebeachan, King (?–937) Maccus macArailt, King (fl.971–974) GofraidmacArailt, King (?–989) Gilli, Chieftain (990–?) Kingdom of Northumbria...
(b. 924) Glúniairn, Norse-Gael king of Dublin (approximate date) GofraidmacArailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides) Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine...
to the early 11th centuries with dynasts such as Amlaíb Cuarán and GofraidmacArailt claiming kingship of the Isles. Norse sources also list various rulers...
GofraidmacArailt, ri Innsi Gall (d. 989), who was succeeded by his son Ragnall, rí na n-innsi (d. 1005), and probably Gofraid's brother Maccus mac Arailt...
(b. 924) Glúniairn, Norse-Gael king of Dublin (approximate date) GofraidmacArailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides) Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine...
Isles, and that his father was Ragnall macGofraid, King of the Isles, son and possible successor of GofraidmacArailt, King of the Isles. As a descendant...
same year. GofraidmacArailt, King of the Isles, through his daughter Mael Muire, appears to have been the maternal grandfather of Donnchad mac Gilla Pátraic...
concerning the Meic Arailt seems to indicate that this family—represented in the second generation by GofraidmacArailt and Maccus macArailt—was merely a branch...
Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, King (1036–1038, 1046–1052) Ímar macArailt, King (1038–1046) Murchad mac Diarmata, King (1052–1070) Diarmait mac Máel na mBó...
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