as Olaf the Black, was a thirteenth-century King of the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. He was a son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles...
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Norse-Gaelic names. Olaf the Black, 13th-century Norse king Amlaíb Conung (King Olaf), King of Dublin, possibly identical with Olaf the White Olaf III Guthfrithson...
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Sweden, reigned c. 970 – 975 Olaf the Black, king of Man, mid-13th Olaf Haraldsen, anti-king of Denmark, died c. 1143 Olaf II of Denmark, king, 1370 –...
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Leod (section DNA and the founder of Clan MacLeod)
Tradition dating to the late 18th century made him a son of Olaf the Black who was King of Man (r. 1225–1237). Heraldic evidence, dating to the late 17th century...
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Clan MacLeod of Lewis (redirect from Clan Macleod of The Lewes)
traditional progenitor of the MacLeods was Leod, made a son of Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the Isles, by a now-discredited tradition. An older, more accepted...
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MacLeod of Raasay (section Olaf the Black)
claim descent. The earliest evidence of this traditional descent from Olaf the Black may only date as far back as the 17th century, from the era of Iain...
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(or "West-over-the-sea") is recorded of Olaf the White in the Eyrbyggja Saga and some sources believe these two individuals are one and the same. Amlaíb...
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Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church...
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King of Mann (redirect from King of the Isle of Man)
in the 12th century, the Manx kings began to lose territory and power in the Hebrides. Before the reigns of the three sons of Olaf the Black, the Manx...
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tradition was a younger son of Olaf the Black, King of Mann (r.1229–1237). However, articles have been published in the Clan MacLeod magazine which suggest...
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