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Gormflaith ingen Murchad mac Finn


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Father: Murchad mac Finn, King Of Leinster, b. 923 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland   d. 972 in Ireland
Mother: of Connaught ingen Taidg, b. environ 0920 in Connaught, Ireland   d. AFT 960 in Leinster, Ireland

Family 1: Amlaíb Cuarán,    b. 927 in County Dublin, Ireland    d. 980 in Iona, Scotland
  1. Sigtrygg II "Silkbeard" Olafsson King of Dublin, b. ABT 970 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland     d. 2 APR 1042 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland
Family 2: Morough O'Brien King of Leinster,    b. 941 in Killaloe, County Kilkenny, Ireland    d. 23 APR 1014 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland
Family 3: Máel Sechnaill macDomnall, King of Meath II,    b. 949 in County Dublin, Ireland    d. 1022 in Cró Inis of Lough Ennell, County Meath, Ireland
Family 4: Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig ,    b. 941 in Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland    d. 23 APR 1014 in Clontarf, Dublin North, County Dublin, Ireland
  1. Donnchad Mac Brian King Of Munster, b. ABT 975 in Leinster, Ireland     d. 1064 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Sources:
  1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Gormlaith
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#Gormlaithdied1030;
    Note: b) GORMLAITH (-1030). The Annals of Tigernach record the death in 1030 of “Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad son of Fland” mother of “Sitric son of Olaf king of the Foreigners and of Donnchad son of Brian king of Munster”[619]. Her third marriage is confirmed by the Annals of the Four Masters which record the death in 1030 of “Gormlaith daughter of Murchadh son of Finn, mother of the king of the foreigners Sitric, Donnchadh son of Brian king of Munster, and Conchobhar son of Maeleachlainn king of Teamhair”[620]. It is assumed that Maelsechnaill separated from Gormlaith as he is recorded with another wife before Gormlaith died. m firstly as his third wife, OLAF Sihtricsson King of Dublin, son of SIHTRIC King of York & his first wife --- (-981). m secondly (after 981, [separated]) [as his second wife,] BRIAN Boroma, son of CEINNÉITIG & his wife --- (941-killed in battle Clontarf 23 Apr 1014). m thirdly ([separated]) as his [third] wife, MAELSECHNAILL King of Ireland, son of DOMNALL & his wife --- ([949/50]-Cró Inis of Lough Ennell 2 Sep 1022).
  2. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - 3rd wife Gormlaith
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#OlafSihtricsondied981B;
    Note: OLAF [Amlaib] Sihtricsson, son of SIHTRIC King of York & his first wife --- ([900]-Iona [978/80]). m firstly ---. No record has been found in any primary sources which confirms this supposed first marriage. However, given Olaf´s estimated birth date, it is likely that he was married before his marriage to the widow of Domnall. m [secondly] (after 952) as her second husband, ---, widow of DOMNALL, daughter of ---. Her marriages are confirmed by the Annals of Tigernach which record that “MaelSechnaill son of Domnall and Glún iarainn (Ironknee) son of Olaf, son of MaelSechnail´s mother” defeated “Domnall Clóen, son of Lorcán, and Imar of Waterford” in [981/82][1288]. m [thirdly] as her first husband, GORMLAITH, daughter of MURCHAD MacFinn King of Leinster & his wife --- (-1030). She married secondly Brian Boroma, and thirdly, as his [third] wife, Maelsechnaill King of Ireland. The Annals of Tigernach record the death in 1030 of “Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad son of Fland” mother of “Sitric son of Olaf king of the Foreigners and of Donnchad son of Brian king of Munster”[1289]. The Annals of the Four Masters record the death in 1030 of “Gormlaith daughter of Murchadh son of Finn, mother of the king of the foreigners Sitric, Donnchadh son of Brian king of Munster, and Conchobhar son of Maeleachlainn king of Teamhair”[1290].
  3. Title: Wikipedia - Gormlaith, Queen of Dublin
    Author: Ni Mhaonaigh, Maire (2002). "Tales of Three Gormlaith's in Medieval Irish Literature". Ériu. 52: 18. ^ Forte, Angelo; Oram, Richard; Pedersen, Frederik (2005). Viking empires (1st ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521829925. ^ Wade, Christina (2012). Contextualizing Gormlaith: Portrayals and Perceptions of a Medieval Irish Queen. Dublin: Unpublished MPhil Dissertation. ^ Mac Airt, Sean (1951). The Annals of Inisfallen. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. p. xxi. ^ Mac Airt, Sean (1951). Annals of Inisfallen. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. p. 197.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormlaith_ingen_Murchada;
    Note: Gormlaith ingen Murchada (960–1030), sometimes spelled Gormflaith, was an Irish queen. Life Gormlaith was born in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. Her father was Murchad mac Finn, King of Leinster, and her brother was Máel Mórda mac Murchada. According to annalistic accounts, she was married to Olaf Cuaran, the Viking king of Dublin and York until his death in 981;[1] and mother to his son, King Sigtrygg Silkbeard.[2] Perhaps most famously, after Sigtrygg's defeat at the Battle of Glenn Máma in 999, Gormlaith was married to Brian Boru, the King of Munster and High King of Ireland, and mother to his son and later King of Munster, Donnchad. It is also alleged that she married Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill after Olaf's death, but this is somewhat contentious as the sources for this marriage are less reliable. The Irish annals record Gormlaith's death in 1030. Gormlaith is most infamous for allegedly inciting men to such a degree that she caused the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. Given that her goading episode exists only in literary sources not contemporary with her lifetime, and, indeed, written long after her death, it is highly unlikely that such an event ever occurred.[3] Very little is known about the actual historical figure since the majority of depictions of Gormlaith were composed well after her life. Annalistic and genealogical accounts[edit] The first annalistic account regarding Gormlaith appears in the Annals of Inisfallen, a major extant record of Munster history. The entry of her death was composed some 62 years after her death, making it the most contemporary and temporally proximate.[4] This account stated, The Daughter of Murchad son of Finn, queen of Munster, dies.[5] — Annals of Inisfallen, p. 197 Gormlaith's father was Murchad, son of Finn and this statement paired with Queen of Munster, leaves little doubt amongst scholars that this reference is to Gormlaith. The Annals of Tigernach are the next chronologically contemporaneous account with a reference to Gormlaith. These annals, compiled in the Irish midlands, stated, Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad, son of Finn, mother of Sitric, son of Amlaíb Cuarán, king of the Foreigners, and of Donnachad, son of Brian, king of Munster, died. — Annals of Tigernach, p. 371 Gormlaith also appears in genealogical accounts written more than 100 years after her death. The first of these accounts is found in the Banshenchas, a catalogue of famous medieval Irish women.[6] The entry in this account echoed the annalistic accounts and names Olaf Cuaran and Brian Boru as her husbands and Sigtrygg and Donnchad as her sons. Gormlaith also appears in the twelfth-century genealogies found in the Book of Leinster dating from 1150 to 1201. From this entry derives the famous "three leaps" of Gormlaith poem, which states she made a "leap in Dublin, a leap in Tara and a leap in Cashel".[7] Some scholars have used these "three leaps" as evidence of her three marriages to Olaf Cuaran, Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill, contradicting the annalistic accounts which refer to only two marriages. In particular, the validity of this third marriage to Máel Sechnaill and her alleged divorce from Brian Boru, have been of serious contention amongst scholars. The "three leaps" poem contained in 12th-century genealogies is the only medieval Irish account to potentially suggest a third marriage. However, some scholars have argued that the reference here to "three leaps" is referring instead to children and not, in fact, to marriages.[8] Mediaeval literary accounts[edit] Gormlaith has been depicted in many contexts since her death, and she is arguably best known for her portrayal in the Cogadh Gaedhil re Gallaibh.[9] This literary work of propaganda was composed between 1103 and 1111 by a descendant of Brian Boru, Muirchertach Ua Briain. This text detailed the ascent to power of his illustrious ancestor in an effort to highlight the prestige of his dynasty.[10] Gormlaith makes her appearance in a singular scene in which she has garnered much notoriety in subsequent sources, is her inciting scene. To provide context: prior to this her brother, Mael Mordha, has ceded vassalage to Brian Boru. "Now when they arrived at Cenn Cordah, the king took off his tunic, and it was carried to his sister to put a silver button on it, viz. to Gormlaith, daughter of Murchad, Brian's wife; and she was the mother of Donnchad, son of Brian. The queen took the tunic and cast it into the fire; and she began to reproach and incite her brother because she thought it ill that he should yield service and vassalage and suffer oppression from any one or yield that which his father or grandfather never yielded and she said that his Brian's son would require the same thing from his son." — Todd, Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh, p. 143. In this depiction, Gormlaith, unsuccessfully, attempted to goad her brother into going to war against her husband Brian Boru. Njál's Saga, a thirteenth-century Icelandic literary work,[11] referred to her as Kormloð, and portrayed her as a jealous divorcee bent on revenge on her ex-husband Brian Boru. "She was a very beautiful woman, but her best qualities were those over which she had no control, and it was commonly said that her character was evil insofar as she had control over it." — Cook, Njál's Saga p. 296 In this narrative, she goads her son Sigtrygg, unlike the Cogadh, where she attempted to incite her brother, Mael Mordha. She prompted Sigtrygg into gathering support from Vikings outside Ireland, most notably Earl Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir of the Isle of Man, by promising her hand in marriage. This is the first work to introduce the idea that Gormlaith was divorced from Brian Boru.
  4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gormflaeth ingen Mac Finn Murchada - birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn
    Author: OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, In c.;
    Note: birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth: 0950; death: 1030; Munster Province, Ireland
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2215920579
  5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Maelsechnaill
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#Maelsechnailldied1018B;
    Note: m [thirdly] as her third husband, GORMLAITH, widow of OLAF Sihtricsson King of Dublin and separated wife, secondly, of BRIAN Boroma King of Ireland, daughter of (-1030). Her third marriage is confirmed by the Annals of the Four Masters which record the death in 1030 of “Gormlaith daughter of Murchadh son of Finn, mother of the king of the foreigners Sitric, Donnchadh son of Brian king of Munster, and Conchobhar son of Maeleachlainn king of Teamhair”[98]. It is assumed that Maelsechnaill separated from Gormlaith as he is recorded with another wife before Gormlaith died. Mailsechnaill & his [third] wife, Gormlaith, had [two] children: 5. CONCHOBAR Húa MaelSechlainn (-killed 1073). His parentage is confirmed by the Annals of the Four Masters which record the death in 1030 of “Gormlaith daughter of Murchadh son of Finn, mother of the king of the foreigners Sitric, Donnchadh son of Brian king of Munster, and Conchobhar son of Maeleachlainn king of Teamhair”[113]. The Annals of the Four Masters record the death in 1042 of “Flann son of Maelseachlainn Gott, royal heir of Teamhair” killed by “Conchobhar son of Maelseachlainn”[114]. King of Tara. The Annals of Tigernach record that “Conchobar Húa MaelSechlainn king of Tara” was killed in 1073 by “his own brother´s son Muirchertach Húa MaelSechlainn”[115]. m ---. The name of Conchobar´s wife is not known. Conchobar & his wife had one child: a) MAELSECHLAINN . King of Tara. 6. son
  6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gormflaeth Ingen Murchada MacFinn -
    Author: Royal Index, University of Hull, England, Internet, Internet, www.dcs.hull.ac.uk
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2332880681
  7. Title: Brian Boru - Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru;
    Page: Shows relationship to Brian Boru
  8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gromflaith ingen Murchada macFinn -
    Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, Page number: 175-1, 239-2
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741115
  9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Gormflaeth ingen Mac Finn Murchada - birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn
    Author: media.type.Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, n.d.
    Note: birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn aka-name: Gormflaith Ingada Murchada aka-name: Gormflaith Of Naas birth: 0950; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0950; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0950; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: death: 1030; Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn birth-name: Gormflaeth Ingen Macfinn aka-name: Gormflaith Ingada Murchada aka-name: Gormflaith Of Naas birth: 0950; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0950; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0950; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland birth: 0960; Leinster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: death: 1030; Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland death: 1030; Munster, Ireland
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244466516
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