Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066), by Peter Nicolai Arbo ( 1831 - 1892 ).

Godred Crovan ( v.irl. Gofraid mac MEIC Arailt, Gofraid Mranech) (died 1095) ruled over Dublin , the Isle of Man and the Hebrides in the second half of XI ^century. His epithet "Crovan" comes from the Irish crobh Bhan ("white hand") ^Biography

Origins

Orry Lane, Peel. The names connected to the king Godred Crovan are still numerous on the island.

His death is mentioned in the Annals of Tigernach and the Annals of Ulster , where it is called Goffraigh Meranach ri Gall or Goffraidh rex Normannorum . That is why it is assumed that Godred was linked to the dynasty of the Scandinavian kings of Dublin , son or nephew of King Arailt Imar mac ( or Ivar Haraldsson ) who ruled from Dublin 1038 to 1046 , and that was it own nephew Sigtrygg Silkeskjegg Olavsson.

The Chronicles of Man , however, make Godred the son of Harald the Black (Harald of Iceland ) and reported that he was among the survivors of the defeat of Harald III at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September 1066 and he took refuge with his kinsman Godred Sigtryggsson , then King of the Isle of Man. Irish sources indicate that Godred Sigtryggsson the then vassal king of Ireland in Dublin, Murchad son of Diarmait mac Mail na mbo of the dynasty of U Cheinnselaigh. Godred Murchad and both died in 1070 , and the throne of the Isle of Man passed to the son of Godred, Fingal Godfredson.

The conquest of power

Following the defeat at Stamford Bridge, Godred was forced to flee the UK and landed on the Isle of Man where he began to create a strong network that would allow him to expel Fingal Island. but his ambition was not confined to the conquest of Man. It took Dublin (which was the seat of a principality Viking past two centuries) and a large part of Leinster. He then attacked the Scots, led by Malcolm III , surnamed Canmore Malcolm.

Battle of Scacafell

The presumed site of the Battle of Skyhill (Scacafell) near Milntown in the parish of Lezayre.

"In the year 1056 . In 1094, Godred was expelled from Dublin by Muircheartach Ua Briain. He died the following year, "the plague" by the Annals of the Four Masters , on Islay . The tradition is so wrong on his grave the Isle of Man. Godred left at least three son: Lagmann Harald who lost his sight due to Lagmann in 1099 and therefore no longer appear in the annals and Olaf. The Norwegian king Magnus Berftt expelled Lagman of Man and reigned until 1103 on the island through his son Sigurd. Descendants of Olaf I of Man then reigned over the islands until the advent of Somerled and his son, and ruled the island until the end of the kingdom in 1265 and its annexation by Alexander III of Scotland. Only ten years later, in 1275 , Magnuson Godfred of Man , son of the last king of Man, tried to regain power on the island. Inheritance His grave Tomb of King Orry. The tomb known as the King Orry (King Orry's Grave) is located on the east coast of the island, at a place called Minorca, a hill above Laxey. It consists of a cairn of 12 meters long and 4 meters wide, made of colored stones. This tomb is yet much older than the time of King Crovan. It considers the period from the Neolithic (4,000 years BC.) and was the work of people from farmers to populate the Isle of Man from Cumbria. Main article: Prehistory of the Isle of Man. "The great road of King Orry" Godred Crovan enjoys great popularity on the Isle of Man. It embodies many believe the Celtic hero who hunts the Viking invaders of Man. According to tradition, when Crovan arrived on the island in 1079, he was asked whence he came. Showing the Milky Way from his finger, he said: "This is the road to my country." For this reason, in Manx, the word that means the Milky Way is raad mooar Gorree ree, that is to say, literally "the great road of King Orry" . References The historian sees the Manx Langebek Crovan name behind several Irish names: "Ad haec cognomen Crovan idiotismum Hiberniae prodere videtur; ibi enim homines cognominatos Conellan, Callean, Brogan, & c, invenimus", quoted in The History of Ireland ; Commencing With Its Earliest Period, to the Great Expedition Against Scotland in 1545, Thomas Moore, 1883. Annals of Ulster U1095.11 Annals of Tigernach T1095.6 Jean Renaud believes that the word "Ysland" found in the text may be a mistake of the scribe and should read "Islay" "where the king was buried elsewhere Annals of Tigernach AT 1091.5.Donc probably after the death of Domnall mac Donnchad Remuir, King of Leinster and "foreigners" killed by ua Conchobor Conchobuir Failge in 1089 according to the Chronicon Scotorum CS 1089 History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, Donald Gregory, 1836, p. 5, 6. See also (in) IOM Guide King Orry's Grave. King Orry's Road, Isle-of-man.com. References Jean Renaud , Vikings and Celts University Rennes Ouest France (1992) ( ISBN 2737309018 ). (In) An Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man, George Woods, 1811. (In) The History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from AD 1493 to AD 1625, Donald Gregory, 1836. (In) The History of Ireland; Commencing With Its Earliest Period, to the Great Expedition Against Scotland in 1545, Thomas Moore, 1883. (En) From King Orry to Queen Victoria. A Short and Concise History of the Isle of Man, Edward Callow, 1899. Predecessor Leaders of the Isle of Man Successor Fingal Godfredson Godfred IV Crovan King of the Isle of Man 1079 - 1095 Lagman See also Leaders of the Isle of Man History of the Isle of Man Kingdom of Man and the Isles Gateway to the Isle of Man Portal History

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