Ragnhildis Olafsdottir information

Ragnhildis Olafdottir
Ragnhildis Olafdottir
	The name Ragnhildr, as it appears on the Flateyarbók: "Ragnhilldi".
Born	est. 1115
Died	uncertain
Spouse	Somerled (m. 1140)
Issue	Dubgall, Ragnall, Aonghas
House	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 Somerled,^[3]^[4] king of the Kingdom of the Isles. As the mother of Dubgall, Ragnall, and Aonghas,^[5] Ragnhild was the progenitor of Clann Somhairle and the ancestor of Clan MacDonald, Clan MacDougall, Clan MacAlister, and many other clans. Little is known about her life apart from her marriage to Somerled and her being a part of the royal lineage of the Crovan Dynasty.^[6]

^ 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
^ Moore, Arthur W. (1906). "The Connexion between Scotland and Man". The Scottish Historical Review. 3 (12): 399. ISSN 0036-9241. JSTOR 25517762.
^ Entry for the year 1102, Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum
^ Clarkson, Tim (2023). A Mighty Fleet and King's Power: The Isle of Man, AD 400 to 1265. John Donald. ISBN 978-1-78885-532-7.

[1] Flateyjarbok (1862) p. 508 ch. 439;

[2] 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.

[3] Power, R (2005), p. 33

[4] Moore, Arthur W. (1906). "The Connexion between Scotland and Man". The Scottish Historical Review. 3 (12): 399. ISSN 0036-9241. JSTOR 25517762.

[Chronica-5] Entry for the year 1102, Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum

[6] Clarkson, Tim (2023). A Mighty Fleet and King's Power: The Isle of Man, AD 400 to 1265. John Donald. ISBN 978-1-78885-532-7.

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