Ochraidh Godred_II The_Black OLAFSON (King of Man)

Father: Olaf_I The_Red GODREDSON
Mother: Elfrica of GALLOWAY

Family 1: Phingola (Fionghuala) MACLOCHLAN
  1. Ollaghair Olaf_or_Olaus Odhar GODREDSON
  2. Reginald [Rogn-wald] GODREDSON
  3. Ivar GODREDSON
  4. Aufrica 
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                                                               _Harold The_Black __|___________________
                             _Godred Crovan HAROLDSON ________|
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 _Olaf_I The_Red GODREDSON _|
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|                           |_Maria [Ragnhild] HARALDSDOTTER _|
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|--Ochraidh Godred_II The_Black OLAFSON 
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|_Elfrica of GALLOWAY ______|
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Notes

!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Baronet, THE BARONAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, 1798, p. 374. III. Godfred, king of Man and the isles, who married Phingola, daughter of Maclotten, son of Mackartae king of Ireland, by whom he had one son, Olave, his heir. He had two natural sons, Reginald and Ivar. This Godfred was a tyrannical prince, and greatly oppressed his subjects. There was therefore a rebellion raised against him by Torphin the son of Ottar, or, according to Macpherson, Oler, and others of the nobility who took upon them to give the government of the island to Dungal, who was son of Somerled. King Godfred died anno 1187, and his only lawful son, Olaus the Black, succeeded him.

!MENTION: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Vol. 2, Second Edition, John Philip Wood, Esq., Editor, Edinburgh, 1813, p. 5.

!BIOGRAPHY: John Burke, Esq., A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. II, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977, pp. 175-178.

!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, MACLEOD CHIEFS OF HARRIS AND DUNVEGAN, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1969, pp. 4-5. Godred the Black succeeded his father in 1154. After conquering Dublin, Godred became a tyrant and his oppression was such that one of his leading vassals, Thorfinn, son of Ottar, went to Somerled, regulus of Argyle and proposed that Dugall, son of Somerled, should be appointed King of Man and the Isles. Thereafter, Somerled and Thorfinn sailed to the Sudreys (Hebrides) where they were joyfully received by most of the leading men. Paul Baalkeson (of whom the clan MhicBhaic or MacKillops in Berneray, Harris) hastened to Man to inform King Godred of what was happening. Godred now collected a fleet and sailed north to deal with the insurgents. He found Somerled ready for him with 80 sail near Ardnamurchan. Here a great battle was fought on the night of the Epiphany, 6th January 1156. There was much slaughter on both sides: Somerled seems to have been victorious. A treaty was drawn up by which the Hebrides (Sudreys) were divided between the rival protagonists. King Godred retained the island of Man and all the Sudreys north of Ardnamurchan. The Hebridean islands, south of this point fell to Dugall, son of Somerled. This arrangement did not bring peace. We find Somerled invading Man and driving Godred from his throne. The latter however made his way to Norway, where he received sufficient assistance to recover his territories. Godred reigned 33 years and died in 1187. He married Phingola (Fionaghuala), daughter of MacLochlan, son of Muircheartach, King of Ireland, with issue, one son, Olaf the Black. Cardinal Vivian, a Papal Legate visited the Isles about this time and insisted that Fionaghuala was Godred's legally married wife. This suggests that Godred had previously had a handfast marriage, for he had two illegitimate sons, Reginald and Ivar, who were older than Olaf."

!BIOGRAPHY: Alick Morrison, THE CHIEFS OF CLAN MACLEOD, East Kilbride, Scotland, Associate Clan MacLeod Societies,1986, pp. 17-18.

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