Gormflaith modern spelling Gormfhlaith or Gormlaith is an Irish language female given name . It was one of the most popular Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish female forename s between the 8th and 16th century. Bearers of the name Gormflaith ingen Fhlaithnath , Abbess of Cluana Bronaigh, died 810. Gormlaith Rapach , Queen regnant Queen of Ailech , died 840. Gormflaith ingen Donncadha , Queen regnant Queen of Ailech , died 861. Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing , Queen regnant Queen of Kingship of Tara Tara , fl. 870. Gormflaith ingen Fhloinn , Queen regnant Queen of Kingship of Tara Tara , died 948. Gormflaith ingen Murchada , Queen regnant Queen of Ireland , died 1030. Gormflaith ingen Floind maic Mail Sechnaill , Princess of Mide , died 1046. Gormflaith ingen Cathail , died 1063. Gormflaith N F cartai , died 1076. Gormflaith N Chonchobuir Ciarraige , Princess of Kerry, died 1110. Gormflaith ingen Murchadha maic M il na m B , Princess of Leinster , died 1112. Gormflaith ingen Buadachain , died 1127 1134. Gormflaith N Branan , died 1314. Gormflaith N Diarmata , Princess of Moylurg , died 1324. Gormflaith N Domnaill , died 1350. Gormflaith N c Uidir , Princess of Fermanagh , died 1352. Gormflaith Bean U Dhomhnaill , Queen regnant Queen of T r Chonaill , died 1416. Gormflaith Bean U Ruairc , Queen regnant Queen of Breifne , died 1425. Gormflaith N Seghannain , died 1432. Gormflaith N Duibhgeann in , died 1437. Gormlaith Chaomhanach , Princess of Leinster , died 1465. Gormflaith Bean U Suibhne , died 1468. Gormflaith N Domnaill , Princess of T r Chonaill , died 1524. Gormflaith N Ruairc , Princess of Breifne , died 1585. See also List of Irish language given names External links http medievalscotland.org kmo AnnalsIndex Feminine Gormlaith.shtml given name Gormflaith nocat DEFAULTSORT Gormflaith Category Irish feminine given names Category Irish language given names Category Feminine given names Category Gaelic language given names Category Irish language feminine ... more details
Gormflaith ingen Murchada Pronunciation needed was born in Naas , County Kildare , Ireland , around 960. She was the daughter of Murchad mac Finn, King of Leinster , sister of his successor, Mael M rdha mac Murchada , and widow of Olaf Cuaran , the Viking king of Dublin and York . The main source of her life history is the Cogadh Gaedhil re Gallaibh . She was also the mother of King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of Dublin. Gormflaith married M el Sechnaill mac Domnaill after Olaf s death, but she is best known for being the third wife of Brian Boru Brian Bor , the High King of Ireland . She was the mother of Donnchad, who succeeded Brian as King of Munster. In 999, Brian defeated Mael Mordha and Sigtrygg Silkbeard at the Battle of Glen Mama . To negotiate peace, Brian married one of his daughters to Sigtrygg and took Gormflaith as wife. According to Nj l s saga , which refers to her as Kormlo she was endowed with great beauty... but was utterly wicked. She was later divorced by Brian, and she began engineering opposition to the High King. She prompted Sigtrygg into gathering support from Vikings outside Ireland, most notably Sigurd the Stout Earl Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir and Ospak of Man Brodir of the Isle of Man . The conflict she caused came to its climax at the Battle of Clontarf , at which Brian was killed. Brian s forces were victorious, however, and neither Gormflaith nor Sigtrygg were killed, as they were safe behind the walls of Dublin. She died in 1030. See also Gormflaith ... LEO Gormflaith s marriages and families online http www.kildare.ie library ehistory 2008 02 gormflaith a naas woman.asp Gormflaith was a Naas woman Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gormflaith ingen Murchada ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 960 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1030 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gormflaith ingen Murchada Category Irish royal consorts ... Kildare no Gormflaith ... more details
Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna , Queen regnant Queen of Kingship of Tara Tara , c. 870 948. Family background Gormflaith was the daughter of Flann Sinna , High King of Ireland from 879 to 916. Her mother was Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing of Brega . Her known siblings were Donnchad Donn , her full sibling. engus mac Flann Sinna , died 915. M el Ruanaid mac Flann Sinna , killed in 901 Donnell mac Flann Sinna , King of Mide 919 921. L gach ingen Flann Sinna , died 923. Conchobar mac Flann Sinna , king of Mide 916 919. ed mac Flann Sinna , blinded on Donnchad Donn s orders in 919. Cerball mac Flann Sinna Muirgel ingen Flann Sinna , died 928. Queen of Munster Gormflaith was notable for been the successive queen consort of Munster , Leinster and Kingship of Tara Tara . Gormflaith was married first to King Cormac mac Cuilenn in of Munster , who had taken vows of celibacy as a bishop. The marriage was not said to be cosumated. MacShamhran p. 203 writes Difficulties relating to this marriage leave it probable that it is a fiction created when memory of Gormlaith became assimilated to the sovereignty goddess who had three husbands. Queen of Leinster Cormac was killed at the battle of Bealach Mugna in 908 by an alliance of Flann Sinna of Kingship of Tara Tara and Cerball mac Muirec in , King of Leinster . Flann afterwards married Gormflaith to Cerball, who is alleged according to a text in the Book of Leinster to have abused her so much that she was forced to return to her father at least once. Political intrigue MacShamhran writes p.203 ... the case for accepting as historical ... of poems of later date are ascribed to Gormflaith in Middle Irish sources, including laments for Cerball and Niall, but not for Cormac. Family tree Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing Flann Sinna Gormflaith ... O Neill dynasty Ua Mael Sechlainn See also Gormflaith Irish name References Three weddings and a funeral ... Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna Category Irish poets Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish royal consorts ... more details
Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing , Queen regnant Queen of Kingship of Tara Tara , fl. 870. Gormlaith was a daughter of Flann mac Conaing, King of Brega . Her known siblings included Cin ed mac Conaing died 851 and Flann mac Conaing died 868 , both of whom were Kings of Brega . She was the first wife of Flann Sinna , High King of Ireland, by whom she had Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna and Donnchad Donn . Via Gormflaith, she was ancestor to the O Neill dynasty of Ulster . Donnchad Donn was the ancestor to the Ua Mael Seachlainn kings of Mide. Family tree Donnchad Midi, 733 6 February 797 ed mac N ill died 819 Medb ingen Indrechtach mac Muiredaig Niall Caille , died 846. Gormflaith ingen Donncadha , died 861. Conchobar mac Donnchada, d. 833. Daughter Conaing mac Flainn d. 849 ed Findliath,d. 879. Flann mac Conaing, d. 868. Gormlaith Flann Sinna d. 916 Cin ed died 851 Flann died 868 Gormflaith, d. 948. Donnchad Donn Niall Gl ndub Muirchertach mac N ill Donnall, King of Tara Domnall ua Neill M el Sechnaill mac Domnaill O Neill dynasty Ua Mael Sechlainn Kings of Mide References Byrne, Francis John 1973 , Irish Kings and High Kings , London Batsford, ISBN 0 7134 5882 8 Charles Edwards, T. M. 2000 , Early Christian Ireland , Cambridge Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 36395 0 DEFAULTSORT Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing Category Medieval Gaels Category People from County Meath Category People from County Westmeath Category 9th century Irish people Category Women of medieval Ireland Category Irish noble women ... more details
Forbflaith modern spelling Forbhlaith is an Irish language Irish and Scottish Gaelic female given name Forbflaith is an extremely rare Gaelic female name. It is formed from the same compound as Gormflaith and rlaith . Bearers of the name Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl , fl. 1247. See also List of Irish language given names given name Forbflaith nocat DEFAULTSORT Forbflaith Category Irish feminine given names Category Irish language given names Category Feminine given names Category Gaelic language given names Category Irish language feminine given names ... more details
M el Muire died 1021 was List of Irish queens and consorts Queen of Ireland , being actually styled so in the Annals of Clonmacnoise . ref Cite AClon 1014 1021 , p. 170 ref The wife of M el Sechnaill mac Domnaill , High King of Ireland , she was a daughter of Amla b Cuar n , King of Dublin until 980 1 and formerly King of York , making her a member of the Norse Irish U mair dynasty and the first Queen of Ireland of ultimately foreign or non Celtic lineage known to be historical. One of her brothers was the celebrated king of Dublin Sigtrygg Silkbeard Sitric Silkbeard , while a sister Gytha was wife to Olaf Tryggvason , King of Norway. M el Sechnaill s earlier wife, and quite possibly M el Muire s own mother, being first married to Amla b Cuar n, was the thrice married Gormflaith ingen Murchada , who became married to Brian B ruma circa 999, but it is unknown when M el Muire replaced her. Since Brian was not recognized High King until 1002, it is then possible M el Muire was already queen when he deposed M el Sechnaill, becoming queen again when Brian died in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, succeeding her possible mother Gormflaith twice. In the interval she would have been styled both Kingdom of Mide Queen of Mide and Hill of Tara Queen of Tara . Issue Empty section date February 2011 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Mael Muire Ingen Amlaib Category Irish royal consorts Category 11th century Irish people Category 11th century people Category Irish women Category Women of medieval Ireland Category Viking Age women Category U mair Category 1021 deaths Category Irish noble women Ireland royal stub ... more details
Orphan date April 2011 Dani l ua L ahaiti , Irish people Irish Abbot and poet , died 863. Dani l was the Abbot of Lismore and Cork city Cork at the time of his death. to him is ascribed the poem a ben, nennachta fort na raid References Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna Gormfhlaith , daughter of Flann Sinna and the lure of the sovereignty goddess , M ir n N Dhonnchadha, pp. 225 237, in Seanchas Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne Francis J. Byrne , Dublin Four Courts Press , 1999. ISBN 978 1 85182 489 2. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dani l ua L ahaiti ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Abbot and poet DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 863 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dani l ua L ahaiti Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish poets Category 863 deaths Category 9th century Irish people Category People from County Cork Category People from County Waterford Category Medieval Irish writers ... more details
M el M rda mac Murchada died 23 April 1014 was King of Leinster . Son of Murchad mac Finn and brother of Gormflaith , he belonged to the U F el in Sept social sept of the U D nlainge , whose lands lay around Naas on the middle reaches of the River Liffey , in modern County Kildare . M el M rda is best known as the enemy of Brian Boru both men died in the bloody battle of Clontarf , fought on Good Friday in 1014. M el M rda s son Bran was king of Leinster from 1016 until he was deposed in 1018. Thereafter, perhaps as a result of the heavy losses at Clontarf, the kingship of the U D nlainge was held by the U Muiredaig sept. References refbegin Francis John Byrne Byrne, Francis John , Irish Kings and High Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0 7134 5882 8 refend References In Media The Irish doom metal group Mael M rdha take their name from M el M rda mac Murchada and many of their songs are based on the events of the battle of Clontarf . Citation needed date April 2011 Use dmy dates date April 2011 DEFAULTSORT Mael Morda mac Murchada Category Kings of Leinster Category Kings of U D nlainge Category 10th century births Category 10th century Irish people Category 11th century Irish people Category 11th century deaths Category Medieval Gaels Category 1014 deaths Category 11th century rulers in Europe Category People from County Kildare Category Article Feedback 5 Ireland royal stub es M el M rda mac Murchada ga M el M rda mac Murchada no M el M rda mac Murchada ... more details
of the Western World . Family tree Niall Caille Gormflaith ingen Donncadha ed Findliath ... Flann Sinna Niall Gl ndub , d. 919. Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna, c.870 948. Muirchertach mac N ill ... more details
Cerball mac Muirec in died 909 was Kings of Leinster king of Leinster . He was the son of Muirec n mac Diarmata and a member of the U F el in, the descendants of F el n mac Murchado died 738 , of one of three sept s of the U D nlainge of modern County Kildare in Ireland . Cerball succeeded his distant cousin Muiredach mac Brain of the U D nchada sept as king of Leinster on Muiredach s death in 885. Unlike Muiredach, who was lay abbot of Kildare as well as king, Cerball appears to have been king only as one Lergus son of Cruinn n, bishop of Kildare , was killed in the battle of the Pilgrim , fought by Flann Sinna , the High King of Ireland , against the Vikings of Dublin in 888. That same year, the neighbouring king of Osraige Cerball mac D nlainge , who had repeatedly attacked Leinster over the previous decades in an attempt to make it subject to him, died. The Annals of Ulster contain relatively few reports of Cerball s reign. In 902 they state that he, together with M el Finnia mac Flannacain of Kings of Brega Brega lead an expedition to Dublin which drove the foreigners , the Vikings and Norse Gaels , from Ireland. He fought alongside Flann whose daughter Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna he married , against the men of Munster at the battle of Belach Mugna Ballymoon near Castledermot where Cormac mac Cuilenn in , King of Munster and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly Bishop of Cashel , was killed. Cerball died in 909, when the Annals of Ulster report blockquote Cerball son of Muirec n, an excellent king of the Laigin, died of a sickness. blockquote Given the biases of the Annals of Ulster, it is understood that Cerball had been a reliable ally of his father in law Flann Sinna. He was memoralised in a poem by his poet, Dall n mac M re . After Cerball s death, Gormflaith married Niall Gl ndub . Later traditions had it that she had wished to marry Cormac mac Cuilenn in, but that he had taken vows of celibacy, so for reasons of state she was married to the ... more details
later succeeded him both as king of Dublin and of York and married the infamous Gormflaith ingen Murchada Gormflaith , who was later married to Brian Boru , High King of Ireland. His son Gofraid ... more details
1024 and 1026 Niall mac Eochada invades Dublin and take hostages. ref name ODN 1030s 1030 Death of Gormflaith ... Death of Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson, son of King Olaf Cuaran also called Kvaaran and Gormflaith ... more details
Mor N Briain was Queen consort Queen of Connacht , and died 1218. She was a daughter of King Domnall M r Ua Briain of Thomond died 1194 . Domnall s wife was rlaith N Murchadha , Princess of Leinster , daughter of Queen consort Queen Mor Ui Thuathail and King Diarmaid Mac Murchadha of Leinster . M r s siblings included Muirchertach Finn, King of Thomond 1194 1198 and 1202 1203 1208 1210, died 1239. Conchobar Ruadh, King of Thomond 1198 1202 1203, killed 1202 1203. Donnchadh Cairprech, King of Thomond 1208 1210 1242. an unnamed daughter who is said to have married William de Burgh . She was a niece of Aoife of Leinster , a first cousin to both Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke and Richard M r de Burgh . Relatives included Archbishop Lorc n Ua Tuathail , Cormac mac Art O Melaghlain , Brian Ua N ill , Ruadhri Ua Flaithbertaigh , and William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke . Her ancestors included High King of Ireland Brian Boru died 1014 , King nnae Cennsalach of Leinster fl. 5th century , B Binn inion Urchadh of Maigh Se la fl. early 10th century and Gormflaith ingen Murchada . Other ancestors may have included Sigtrygg Silkbeard , Ingjald Helgasson and Ragnar Lodbrok . M r married Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair , who ruled as King of Connacht in opposition 1189 1202 and solely 1202 24 . The marriage was unusual as she was Cathal s only wife in contrast, most Gaels Gaelic rulers had a number of wives at the same time. She was mother to Aedh mac Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair and Felim Ua Conchobair , both of whom would become Kings of Connacht . The senior line of the family, O Conor Don who survives to this day descend from her. See also M r Irish name External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100010A index.html References Jaski, Bart, Early Irish kingship and succession , Dublin, 2000. Both King and Vassal Feidlim Ua Conchobair of Connacht, 1230 65 , Freya Verstraten, pp. 13 37, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society , Volume ... more details
No footnotes date February 2011 A flaith Irish language Irish or flath Modern Scottish Gaelic Scottish , plural flatha , was an hereditary prince , or even princess , in the Gaels Gaelic world, with the plural often referring to the social class. The term could refer to any member in general of a powerful family enjoying a high degree of sovereignty , and so is also sometimes translated as lord or Aristocracy class aristocrat in the general sense, or can refer to sovereignty itself. Thus it did not usually refer to a specific office such as R king which any given flaith might or might not hold, allowing for the term to eventually develop the slightly alternative meaning of any hereditary high aristocrat who was understood to be subordinate to the king. In this later sense a flaith was similar to a magnate or Grandee . The later development in meaning, innocent in itself, unfortunately allowed the term flaith to become confused with chief as that term is commonly understood in English, when in fact a Gaelic chief was very often technically a r king of any one of three or more grades and holding a White Wand . A flaith might not hold a White Wand he might simply be a brother, nephew or some relation of the king. The flaith might be the head of a junior sept of the royal kindred or a member of another great family which was somehow in the king s service. It became an element in personal and eventually family names, an example being the royal family of O Flaherty or Ua Flaithbertaig Descendants of the Bright Prince . It could be combined with r to form the personal name Flaithr Princely King or Kingly Prince , an example being Flaithr mac Domnaill , King of Connacht . A Banfhlaith lit. Lady Prince was a princess more specifically described. However, illustrative of how flaith was principally a general term for a member of the high nobility, the personal names Gormflaith Blue Princess or Blue Sovereignty and http en.wiktionary.org wiki C3 93rfhlaith rflaith Golden ... more details
of Dublin , and Gormflaith ingen Murchada Gormflaith . ref name MacManus278 Gormflaith was the daughter ... took Sigtrygg s mother, the now thrice married Gormflaith, as his second wife. ref name MacManus278 ... of Dublin , under the control of Sigtrygg Some time during the 1010s, Brian Boru divorced Queen Gormflaith ..., which was concentrated in Cork. ref name Hudson95 According to Nj l s saga , Gormflaith egged on her ... marry Gormflaith and become King of Ireland. ref name NS154 ref name MacManus280 Sigtrygg went next ... 2009 03 03 ref and he promised Br ir too that, if successful, he would be allowed marry Gormflaith ... more details
, Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna c.870 948 , was Queen regnant Queen of Kingship of Tara Tara . Family tree Gormlaith ingen Flann mac Conaing Flann Sinna other wives. Donnchad Donn Gormflaith Cerball ... more details
Amla b mac Sitriuc Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric , or Olaf Sigtryggsson was the son of the Hiberno Norse King of Dublin , Sigtrygg Silkbeard , a member of the U mair dynasty. His ancestors included Brian Boru , Olaf Cuaran , and Gormflaith , who were influential in medieval Ireland. He was ransomed by the Gaelic Kings of Brega lord of Brega and later killed in England by Anglo Saxons while on his way on pilgrimage to Rome in 1034. Hudson, p 83 Some of his descendants later became the Kings of Gwynedd in Wales . Life Image RavenBanner.svg thumb right The raven banner , used as a symbol of Norse Dublin Family Amla b was the son of the ruling King of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard d. 1042 , and his wife Sl ine, ref name Hudson83 Hudson, p 83 ref ref name Annals13 819 cite web url http www.ucc.ie celt online T100005B text013.html title Part 13 of the Annals of the Four Masters publisher University College Cork work Annals of the Four Masters page 819 accessdate 2009 03 10 ref daughter of the King of Munster and High King of Ireland , Brian Boru d. 1014 , and his first wife. ref name Hudson83 ref name MacManus278 His paternal grandfather was Amla b Cuar n Olaf Cuar n d. 981 , the powerful Kings of J rv k King of York and of Dublin. ref name Hudson83 Olaf s wife was Gormflaith d. 1030 , a beautiful, powerful and intriguing Irish woman who later married Boru at the same time Sigtrygg married Sl ine. ref name MacManus278 MacManus, p 278 ref Amla b had four half brothers Artalach d. 999 , ref name ODNB cite web url http www.oxforddnb.com public index.html?url view article 25545 title Sihtric publisher Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessdate 2009 03 14 ref Oleif d. 1013 , Godfrey d. 1036 , Gl niairn d. 1031 . ref name Hudson83 Oleif was killed in immediate vengeance for the burning of the Norse city of Cork city Cork . ref name Annals11 cite web url http www.ucc.ie celt online T100005B text011.html title Part 11 of the Annals of the Four Masters publisher University Colle ... more details
them, they had thirty ships, and were described by Gormflaith as men of such hardihood that nothing ..., Brian Boru divorced his second wife, the thrice married Norse Gaels Hiberno Norse Queen Gormflaith .... ref name Corrain129 Gormflaith sent her son, the King of Dublin , Sigtrygg Silkbeard , to win ... both Sigurd and Br ir separately that, if successful, they would be allowed marry Gormflaith and become ... more details
mac M ele Ruanaid of Clann Cholm in. ref name Tbd Family Niall was married to Gormflaith ingen Donncadha ... , known as such to distinguish him from his grandfather, who was later High King and is recorded as Gormflaith ... Indrechtach mac Muiredaig Niall Caille , High King of Ireland, died 846 Gormflaith ingen Donncadha ... more details
Infobox monarch name Donnchad mac Briain title King of Munster image Stowe Missal cumdach inverted .png caption Book shrine for the Stowe Missal the top panel reads Pray for Donnchad mac Brian, Pray for the King of Ireland predecessor Brian Boru Brian B ruma successor Toirdelbach Ua Briain dynasty D l gCais father Brian B ruma mother Gormflaith ingen Murchada spouse 1 Cacht ingen Ragnaill spouse 2 Driella of Wessex ? ref Thomas Moore, History of Ireland New York, 1878 Vol. II, page 150 ref ref John O Hart, Irish Pedigrees Dublin, 1892 Vol. I, page 157 ref issue Lorc n, Murchad, Derbforgaill, others death date Death date 1064 death place Rome place of burial Santo Stefano al Monte Celio , Rome Donnchadh mac Briain old spelling Donnchad mac Briain died 1064 , formerly anglicised as Donough O Brian, son of Brian Boru Brian B ruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada , was King of Munster . Background Image Www.wesleyjohnston.com users ireland maps historical map1014.gif thumb left Regional overkingdoms and major kingdoms in Ireland, circa 1014 AD Brian B ruma was the first man to establish himself as High King of Ireland by force of arms alone in many centuries. Previous men reckoned High King had belonged to the great U N ill kindred, that large group of families who traced their descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages , which dominated much of central and northern Ireland from the 7th century onwards. No king from the south, where Brian s kindred, the hitherto rather obscure D l gCais of the region of Thomond , had come close to dominating Ireland since the time of Feidlimid mac Crimthainn in the early 9th century, and none had been included in the more widely accepted lists of high kings in historic times. The last effective high king of Ireland from Munster was Cathal mac Finguine d. 742 , and likely before him the prehistoric Crimthann mac Fidaig . Brian, building on his own resources, and those of the Viking towns of the south such as Limerick and Cork city Cork first ... more details
married Sigtrygg s mother and M el Morda s sister Gormflaith , the former wife of M el Sechnaill ... Brian in power and fame. ref N Mhaonaigh, p. 32 Duffy. ref Brian s most famous marriage was with Gormflaith ingen Murchada Gormflaith , sister of M el M rda of Leinster. Donnchad mac Briain Donnchad ... more details
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