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!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. III. Olaus, or Olave, surnamed the Swarthy, who being still in minority, the government of the island was committed to a nobleman of Ireland, named Donald, son of Thade, but the regent acting tyrannically, was expelled the kingdom, and Olaus having then attained majority, assumed the reins of government, anno 1102. This monarch espoused Africa, daughter of Fergus, Lord of Galloway, at the time one of the most powerful subjects in Scotland, and had one son, Godfred, his heir, with several daughters, one of whom, Africa, married Somerled [See Burke's PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, article, Lord Macdonald] Macgilbred, thane of Argyll, ancestor of the Macdonalds, and by him had four sons, viz. Dungall, Reginald, Angus, and Olave. Through this marriage the family eventually lost the kingdom of the Isles, and upon it was founded the title Kings and Lords of the Isles, assumed by the descendants of Somerled, the Macdonalds; Olaus had likewise three illegitimate sons, Reginald, Lagman, and Harold. He was a good prince, and always lived in league and friendship with the kings of Scotland and Ireland. After a peaceful reign of about forty years, he was treacherously murdered by the sons of his natural brother, Harold, anno 1143, and was succeeded by his only lawful son.
!BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon, MACLEOD CHIEFS OF HARRIS AND DUNVEGAN, Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1969, pp. 3-4..
!BIOGRAPHY: Alick Morrison, THE CHIEFS OF CLAN MACLEOD, East Kilbride, Scotland, Associate Clan MacLeod Societies,1986, pp. 16-17. "Olaf, who succeeded Lagman, was a minor, when King Magnus Barefoot raided Man and the Hebrides. He is variously known as Olaf Klining or Bitling from his small stature or florid complexion. He reigned for some 50 years and brought a long period of peace to the Isles by keeping on good terms with the Kings of Norway, Scotland, England and Ireland. He married Ingibiorg, daughter of Earl Hakon of Orkney by whom he had one son, Godred the Black. Some chroniclers also state that he married Elfrica, daughter of Fergus, Lord of Galloway. He had several illegitimate sons and many daughters, one of whom, Ragnhildis (Raghnaid), married Somerled MacGhillebrighde, regulus of Argyle and progenitor of the great Clan Donald, later to be Lords of the Isles. "Olaf Bitling sailed to Norway at the end of his reign to pay his 'scat' of 10 marks of gold to his superior. In consequence, he was ceremoniously crowned at Trondheim and left his son Godred to be educated in Norway. On his return to Man, he found that the sons of his deceased brother Harold were conspiring to overthrow him. On the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, 1153, Olaf arranged a meeting with the conspirators to consider their claims. Unfortunately Reginald, son of Harold, took advantage of the opportunity to dispatch his uncle with an axe."