GODFREDSON, King Olaf Bitling

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• Name	GODFREDSON, Olaf Bitling
  Prefix	King
  Nickname	Dwarf
  Birth	Abt 1080	Isle of Man, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jul 1143
  Death	29 Jun 1153	Ramsey, Isle of Man, Argyll, Scotland
  WAC	19 May 1937
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  Person ID	I50303	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	HARALDSSON, King Gundred Crovan ,   b. Abt 1054, Söderöarna, Norway Söderöarna, Norwayd. 1095, Island Islay, Western Isles, Scotland (Age 41 years)
  Mother	HARALDSDATTER, Maria Hardraada ,   b. Abt 1064, Isle of Man, Scotland Isle of Man, Scotlandd. 25 Sep 1096, Orkney, Scotland (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1075	Isle of Man, Scotland
  Family ID	F21241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HAAKONSDATTER, Ingebiorg ,   b. 6 Nov 1097, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotlandd. 1152, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland (Age 54 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ragnhildis ,   b. 1117, Isle of Man, Argyll, Scotland Isle of Man, Argyll, Scotland
  Family ID	F23546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	HUNTINGDON, Aufrica de ,   b. Abt 1164, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, Englandd. 1213, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F23950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 3	GALLOWAY, Queen Alfreca ,   b. 1099, Scotland Scotlandd. 1166, Isle of Man, England (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F22062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Third Generation: Olav became King of the Isle in 1103, and died in 1142. He married Ingeborg of Orkney. (Descent from the Earls of Orkney VIII.) (ibid., pp. 8, 10, 12 Descent of the McDanells- Paul, his son was Hoakon, Earl of the Orkneys; his daughter was Ingibjorg IV who married Olaf Bitling, King of the Southern Isles; his her son Ragnhilda who married Somerharlidh, King of Argyll. about 1157; and their three sons were: Eufgall, Ergus, and Raghnall. Raghnall had a son Donal, and Donal had a son Aenghus Mor MacDomhnaill (circa 1263) and Aenghus had a son by the same name (Aenghus Og who died in 1325; Aenghus Og who died in 1325 had a son Eoin (RIN 98216) who married Margaret, daughter of Robert II of Scotland. Eoin (98216) and Margaret (RIN23517) had four children- 1. Donnel of Isla c. 1411 2. Alastar Carrach 3. Marcus who was the ancestor of the MacDonnells of Knocknacloy of Colttyar?? 4. Eoin Mor md. abt 1400 to Margery Bissett her became the ancestor of the Earls of Antrim (RIN38642) In 1143 Olaf the Red was murdered by the sons of his brother Harold but was succeeded as King of Man by his son (and Somerled's brother in law) Ochraidh Godred II the Black Olafson, or Godfrey the Black. Godfrey ruled with a heavy hand, and was deeply unpopular. In 1155 there was an uprising against Godfrey, and this time Somerled backed it.