Harald of Man, King of Man^[1]

- 1248

• Name	Harald of Man
  Suffix	King of Man
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1237
  Death	1248
  	Cause: died, in a shipwreck off the coast of Wales when returning from Norway
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal20233 http://www.thepeerage.com/p11304.htm#i113036 Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, «i»Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition«/i» (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 24. Hereinafter cited as «i»Lines of Succession«/i». http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_of_the_Isle_of_Man http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal20233 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_of_the_Isle_of_Manhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_of_the_Isle_of_Man «b»Harald I«/b» (-1248), also known as Harald the Black and «i»Arailt mac Amhlaibh«/i», was the «u»King of Mann «/u». As he was more focused on the Hebrides, he sometimes is mentioned as "King of Hebrides". He was son and heir, apparently eldest, of his predecessor, King «u»Olaf II «/u». Harald rose to power in the 1237 after his father's death. His father had reacquired a sizable empire during his rule, spanning many islands. Finding himself in control of this, Harald decided to tour his northern dominions and left his cousin Laglan as a steward of the Manx in his absence. During Harald's absence, Laglan caused a "great disturbance", though what actually transpired is unknown. On Harald's return, Laglan fled the island along with Harald's youngest son. After his return, Harald ruled peacefully over his significant insular empire. During this time he was knighted by King «u»Henry III of England «/u». King Harald eventually died, in a shipwreck off the coast of «u»Wales «/u» when returning from «u»Norway «/u» after marrying Cecilia Haakonsdottir, illegitimate daughter of his «u»suzerain «/u», King «u»Haakon IV of Norway «/u». Harald was succeeded by King «u»Ragnall III Olafsson «/u», his next brother.
  Person ID	I8477	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Olaf the Black Godredsson,   b. 1173   d. 1237, Peel Castle, Isle of Man (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F551615329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecilie Haakonsdottir   d. 1248
  Marriage	1248
  Family ID	F3493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).