Reginald / Ragnvald Olafsson, king of Man

OLAV ([1172/73]-21 May 1237, bur Rushen St Mary). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names Olav as the son of King Godred and his wife, adding that he was three years old when his parents were married[1301]. King of Man. OLAV, son of GODRED King of Man & his wife Fingola --- ([1172/73]-21 May 1237, bur Rushen St Mary). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names Olav as the son of King Godred and his wife, adding that he was three years old when his parents were married[1329]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that the Manxman chose Olav’s older brother Ragnall as king, against the wishes of their father, adding in a later passage that Ragnall granted the island of Lewes to Olav but that Olav was later imprisoned by William I King of Scotland, was freed by the latter’s son King Alexander I and returned to Lewes[1330]. King of Man. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Olav recovered Man from his half-brother in 1226[1331]. The History of Olave the Black King of Man records that “Olave son of Godred was…King of Man” in 1229 when he resisted Alan Lord of Galloway[1332]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Olav kept Man when he agreed to divide his kingdom with his nephew Godred in 1230, the latter ruling in the Isles[1333]. "Olavus rex Insularum" donated "boves…oves et porcos" to St Bees by undated charter, witnessed by "…Therkillo filio Nigelli…"[1334]. Henry III King of England made a grant of property to "Olaf King of Man and the Isles" for "his homage and services in guarding at his expense the coast of the English sea towards Ireland and the Isle of Man…" by charter dated 11 Jul 1235[1335]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records the death “XII Kal Jun” in 1237 of “Olavus Godredi filius rex Manniæ et Insularum” and his burial “in abbatia Sanctæ Mariæ de Russin”[1336].

m thirdly CHRISTINA, daughter of FERQUHARD MacTaggart Earl of Ross & his wife ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Olav of Man married thirdly “Scristinam filiam Ferkar comitis de Ros”[1339].
Olav & his third wife had four children:

1. HARALD ([1222/23]-drowned 1249). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that “Haraldus filius eius” succeeded as king on the death of Olav in 1237, being 14 years old and reigning for 12 years[1340]. King of Man. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Harald and his wife were drowned while returning to Man from Norway in 1249[1341]. m ([1246/47]%29 as her second husband, CECILIA Haakonsdatter, widow of GREGORIUS Andersson, illegitimate daughter of HAAKON "den Gamle/the Old" King of Norway & his mistress --- (-drowned 1248). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Harald King of Man married “rex Norwegiæ…filiam suam”[1342]. The Chronicle of Lanercost records that "Haraldum regem Manniæ" married "Haco rex Nortweyæ…filiam suam" in 1247[1343]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Harald and his wife were drowned while returning to Man from Norway in 1249[1344].
2. GODRED (-drowned 1237 or after). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names “Godredum Holavi filium…puerum” when recording that “Loglenum consanguineis suis”, whom his brother had left as regent in Man, fled with him to Wales but were drowned on the way[1345].
3. RAGNALD (-killed Rushen 30 May 1249, bur Rushen St Mary). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that “Reginaldus frater eius” succeeded after the death of King Harald in 1249[1346]. King of Man. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that King Ragnall was killed 30 May 1249 “ab Yvaro milite…in prato quodam prope ecclesiam Sanctæ Trinitatis in Russin” and was buried “in ecclesia Sanctæ Mariæ de Russin”[1347].
4. MAGNUS (-24 Nov 1265, bur Rushen St Mary). A charter dated 14 Nov 1251 records that "Magnus Mac Olave Duff proposed to raise a force in Ireland to invade the territory of the King of Norway in the Isle of Man" and the order of King Henry III that "no force shall be permitted to leave Ireland for that purpose"[1348]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that “Magnus filius Olavi” returned to Man in 1252 and installed as king[1349]. King of Man. Haco’s Expedition against Scotland names “Magnus King of Man” in 1263[1350]. The Continuator of the History of William of Newburgh records the death in 1265 of “the King of Man” after which the island “became tributary to the king of Scotland, who paid for it yearly a certain sum to the king of Norway [and] kings ceased to reign in Man”[1351]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records the death “VIII Kal Dec” in 1265 of King Magnus and his burial “in abbatia Sanctæ Mariæ de Russyn”, after which Man was transferred to Alexander III King of Scotland[1352]. The Liber Pluscardensis records the death in 1267 of "regulus Manniæ"[1353]. m as her first husband, MARY of Argyll, daughter of EWEN of Argyll & his wife --- (-[28 Sep 1300/10 Oct 1303], bur London, Grey Friars Church). The Liber Pluscardensis records the marriage of "regulus Manniæ…viduam…filiam domini de Arcadia" and "comes de Strathern Malisius"[1354]. The Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie records the death of "Rex Mannie" and the marriage of "eius relictam, filiam comitis Ergadie Eugenii" to "Malisius comes de Stratherne", among passages dealing with events in 1268[1355]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. She married secondly ([1268]%29 as his fourth wife, Malise Earl of Strathearn, thirdly (before 5 Apr 1281) Hugh Abernethy of that Ilk, and fourthly (before 10 Apr 1299) as his second wife, William FitzWarin. "Maria Regina de Man quondam uxor domini Willelmi filii Warini" is named in the Wardrobe Accounts in Dec 1299[1356]. The deaths of “dñs Willm Fizwarryn Baro et Isabella ux sua quoda Regina Man” are recorded in Grey Friars Church, London[1357]. Magnus & his wife had [one child]:

a) [MARY . The editor of Monumenta de Insula Manniæ shows Mary as daughter of King Ragnall, brother of King Magnus, and his wife “Mary, daughter of Alexander de Ergadia Lord of Lorn”, adding that King Ragnall’s widow “afterwards became the second wife of Malise earl of Strathearn”. He also shows the marriage of the daughter Mary to “John de Waldeboef” by whom she had “William Waldeboef”. He cites no sources for this information[1358]. Camden’s Britannia (written in 1607) records that “Mary daughter of Reginald king of Man…preferred a suit for the island to [John King of England]”, which is clearly garbled as King John died in 1216[1359]. The same source adds that “her son’s son John Waldebeof…prosecuted his grandmother’s claim in parliament 33 Edward the first” unsuccessfully and that “William de Montacute his kinsman, descended from the kings of Man, did by arms” but mortgaged the island to “Anthony Bec bishop of Durham and patriarch of Jerusalem”. According to the Complete Peerage, the fourth (not second) wife of Malise Earl of Strathearn was the widow of Magnus (not Ragnall) King of Man[1360]. Unfortunately it cites no sources either. However, if the Complete Peerage is correct in its listing of Earl Malise’s four wives, it would be chronologically consistent for his wife Mary to have been the widow of Magnus rather than Ragnall. Until more information comes to light, it is considered more appropriate to show Mary as the possible daughter of King Magnus than of King Ragnall. m JOHN de Waldeboef, son of ---.]

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