Christina MacTaggart, Queen of Mann and the Isles

Christina MacTaggart, Queen of Mann and the Isles. She was the daughter of Ferquhard MacTaggart (O'Bjolans), 1st Earl of Ross.

"Some time after his return to Lodhus, Olaf decided to marry again in 1218 to ‘Jauon’ (i.e., Joan) a sister of the Queen of Man. Reginald, the Bishop of the Isles, now took action and convening the Synod, demanded that Olaf must divorce his wife on the ground that she was cousin german to his first wife. Olaf complained that his first marriage was not confirmed: Bishop Reginald was adamant: Joan had to go. In 1222, Olaf married his third wife, Christina daughter of Farquhar, Earl of Ross."

Sources

• clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info: Cristina MacTaggart
• English Wikipedia: Fearchar, Earl of Ross
• espell.se: Christina of Ross
• English Wikipedia: List of consorts of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles
• havsnas.se: Christina of Ross, Drottning på Isle of Man
• Stewart Baldwin, The Kings of the Isle of Man
• Chronicon Manniæ, Or a Chronicle of the Kings of Man, John Gillies, transl. (1784)
• The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys (Manx Society edition, 1874).
• Alick Morrison, The Origin of Leod (1986)
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2689.htm#...

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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 firstly ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Olav had previously married “consobrinam” of his second wife, which provided the reason for his divorce[1337].
m secondly JOAN, daughter of ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that King Ragnall arranged the marriage of his half-brother Olav to “filiam cujusdam nobilis de Kentyre germanam uxoris suæ, nomine Jauon” from whom he was later divorced on grounds of consanguinity[1338].
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]:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#dauOlavMSom...

Olof Svarta var Aven Gift med Christina, dotter till Ferguard, Jarl AV-Ross, Skottland, älskling var hans Tredje hustru. (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, GVC Young, 1986)

Vet du inte att du levt länge med kusin henne som du nu har på din fru? Olave förnekade inte sanningen om vad som sagts, och medgav att han länge hade behållit sin kusin som en konkubin. En synod därför samlades, och i det biskop Reginald canonically separerade Olave son Godred och Lauon hans fru. Efteråt gifte Olave Christina, dotter till Fenquhard, earl av Ross. (Chronicle of Man och Sudreys)

DET BLE i fjor (2003) Gitt UT et praktverk OM Nidaros domkirke i anledning 850-års jubileet: Ecclesia Nidrosiensis 1153-1537: Søkelys In Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens historie. Jag Denne boken ER DET et Kapittel OM stiftet Sudreyar Skrevet AV Alex Woolf. Kapitlet er Skrevet på engelsk. Hennes nevnes Bl.a. Biskop Ragnvald (Rognvald), sønnesønn AV Kong Gudröd (Godred). Denne biskopen gjorde seg kjent ved vid Han annulerte ekteskapet til Olav Svarta, kung Rognvald bror.
Woolf skriver: Skälen för denna ogiltigförklaring var att Olof tidigare hade hållit en kusin till sin hustru som en konkubin och var därför, tekniskt sett, begår incest. Detta verkar en mycket fin utmärkelse för mediaval Gaeldom och requel till denna historia troligen förklarar den verkliga motivet. På släpps från sitt första äktenskap med Lauon, en dotter till en adelsman i Kintyre, gifte Olof Christina dotter till Ferchar earl av Ross. Lauon far är ingenstans nämns i våra källor, men det är troligt att han var Ruaídrí son till Rognvald son Somerled som regerade Kintyre i början trettonde århundradet. Ruaídrí verkar ha förlorat sin mark, och kanske hans liv, under den skotske kungen Alexander II: s expeditioner till väst i 1221 och / eller 1222. Efter sin hänsyn till OLAF: s äktenskap med Christina, berättar krönikan oss att Laon syster, drottning till kung Rognvald, provocerade Rognvald son Godred att attackera sin farbror Olaf. Trots inledande nederlag, Olaf, med helf av jarlen Ferchar, övervann sin brorson. Denna incident är daterad till år 1223. Dating föreslår att det var en kollaps av Ruaídrí ställning i Kintyre som ledde Olof, nu baserad i norr, att söka en mer lämplig bundsförvant i Ferchar. Om denna tolkning av händelser är korrekt så bör vi se biskop Rognvald som verktyg i OLAF: s politik snarare än som en beskäftig reformator. Det skulle vara intressant att veta om Mac Ruaídrís tacka för sin senare styrkeposition på Garmoran och Long Island för OLAF: s beskydd. Hennes långt vi Interessante antydninger OM slektstilhørighet för Lauon og Hennes Fores søster SOM tilbake til Somerled. Han var Gift med Ragnhild datter AV-Olav Gudrødson og Ingebjørg. Ingebjørg var igjen datter av Håkon Jarl In Orknøyene. (Maj Teistevoll, Norge) och (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, GVC Young, 1986)

Olof the Black var även gift med Christina, dotter till Ferguard, jarl av Ross, Skottland, hon var hans tredje hustru. (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, G.V.C. Young, 1986)

Know you not that you lived long with the cousin of her whom you now have as your wife ? Olave did not deny the truth of what had been said, and acknowledged that he had long kept her cousin as a concubine. A synod therefore was assembled, and in it bishop Reginald canonically separated Olave the son of Godred and Lauon his wife. Afterwards, Olave married Christina, daughter of Fenquhard, Earl of Ross. (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys)

Det ble i fjor (2003) gitt ut et praktverk om Nidaros domkirke i anledning 850-års jubileet: Ecclesia Nidrosiensis 1153-1537: Søkelys på Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens historie. I denne boken er det et kapittel om The Diocese of the Sudreyar skrevet av Alex Woolf. Kapitlet er skrevet på engelsk. Her nevnes bl.a. biskop Ragnvald (Rognvald), sønnesønn av kong Gudrød (Godred). Denne biskopen gjorde seg kjent ved at han annulerte ekteskapet til Olaf the Black, King Rognvald's brother. Woolf skriver: The grounds for this annulment were that Olaf had previously kept a first cousin of his wife as a concubine and was therefore, technically, committing incest. This seems an extremely nice distinction for mediaval Gaeldom, and the requel to this story probably explains the real motive. On being released from his first marriage to Lauon, a daughter of a nobleman in Kintyre, Olaf married Christina the daughter of Ferchar earl of Ross. Lauon's father is nowhere named in our sources, but it is likely that he was Ruaídrí son of Rognvald son of Somerled who ruled Kintyre in the early thirteenth century. Ruaídrí appears to have lost his lands, and perhaps his life, in the course of the Scottish king Alexander II's expeditions to the west in 1221 and/or 1222. Following its account of Olaf's marriage to Christina, the Chronicle tells us that Laon's sister, queen to king Rognvald, provoked Rognvald's son Godred into attacking his uncle Olaf. Despite initial discomfiture, Olaf, with the helf of earl Ferchar, overcame his nephew. This incident is dated to the year 1223. The dating would suggest that it was the collapse of Ruaídrí's position in Kintyre that led Olaf, now based in the North, to seek a more appropriate ally in Ferchar. If this interpretation of events is correct then we should see bishop Rognvald as the tool of Olaf's policy rather than as an officious reformer. It would be interesting to know whether the Mac Ruaídrís owed their later position of strength in Garmoran and the Long Island to Olaf's patronage. Her får vi interessante antydninger om slektstilhørighet for Lauon og hennes søster som føres tilbake til Somerled. Han var gift med Ragnhild datter av Olav Gudrødson og Ingebjørg. Ingebjørg var igjen datter of Håkon, jarl på Orknøyene. (May Teistevoll, Norge) och (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, G.V.C. Young, 1986)

http://www.espell.se/saga/p52d658f3.html

Olof Svarta var Aven Gift med Christina, dotter till Ferguard, Jarl AV-Ross, Skottland, älskling var hans Tredje hustru. (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, GVC Young, 1986)

Vet du inte att du levt länge med kusin henne som du nu har på din fru? Olave förnekade inte sanningen om vad som sagts, och medgav att han länge hade behållit sin kusin som en konkubin. En synod därför samlades, och i det biskop Reginald canonically separerade Olave son Godred och Lauon hans fru. Efteråt gifte Olave Christina, dotter till Fenquhard, earl av Ross. (Chronicle of Man och Sudreys)

DET BLE i fjor (2003) Gitt UT et praktverk OM Nidaros domkirke i anledning 850-års jubileet: Ecclesia Nidrosiensis 1153-1537: Søkelys In Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens historie. Jag Denne boken ER DET et Kapittel OM stiftet Sudreyar Skrevet AV Alex Woolf. Kapitlet er Skrevet på engelsk. Hennes nevnes Bl.a. Biskop Ragnvald (Rognvald), sønnesønn AV Kong Gudröd (Godred). Denne biskopen gjorde seg kjent ved vid Han annulerte ekteskapet til Olav Svarta, kung Rognvald bror. Woolf skriver: Skälen för denna ogiltigförklaring var att Olof tidigare hade hållit en kusin till sin hustru som en konkubin och var därför, tekniskt sett, begår incest. Detta verkar en mycket fin utmärkelse för mediaval Gaeldom och requel till denna historia troligen förklarar den verkliga motivet. På släpps från sitt första äktenskap med Lauon, en dotter till en adelsman i Kintyre, gifte Olof Christina dotter till Ferchar earl av Ross. Lauon far är ingenstans nämns i våra källor, men det är troligt att han var Ruaídrí son till Rognvald son Somerled som regerade Kintyre i början trettonde århundradet. Ruaídrí verkar ha förlorat sin mark, och kanske hans liv, under den skotske kungen Alexander II: s expeditioner till väst i 1221 och / eller 1222. Efter sin hänsyn till OLAF: s äktenskap med Christina, berättar krönikan oss att Laon syster, drottning till kung Rognvald, provocerade Rognvald son Godred att attackera sin farbror Olaf. Trots inledande nederlag, Olaf, med helf av jarlen Ferchar, övervann sin brorson. Denna incident är daterad till år 1223. Dating föreslår att det var en kollaps av Ruaídrí ställning i Kintyre som ledde Olof, nu baserad i norr, att söka en mer lämplig bundsförvant i Ferchar. Om denna tolkning av händelser är korrekt så bör vi se biskop Rognvald som verktyg i OLAF: s politik snarare än som en beskäftig reformator. Det skulle vara intressant att veta om Mac Ruaídrís tacka för sin senare styrkeposition på Garmoran och Long Island för OLAF: s beskydd. Hennes långt vi Interessante antydninger OM slektstilhørighet för Lauon og Hennes Fores søster SOM tilbake til Somerled. Han var Gift med Ragnhild datter AV-Olav Gudrødson og Ingebjørg. Ingebjørg var igjen datter av Håkon Jarl In Orknøyene. (Maj Teistevoll, Norge) och (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, GVC Young, 1986)

Olof the Black var även gift med Christina, dotter till Ferguard, jarl av Ross, Skottland, hon var hans tredje hustru. (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, G.V.C. Young, 1986)

Know you not that you lived long with the cousin of her whom you now have as your wife ? Olave did not deny the truth of what had been said, and acknowledged that he had long kept her cousin as a concubine. A synod therefore was assembled, and in it bishop Reginald canonically separated Olave the son of Godred and Lauon his wife. Afterwards, Olave married Christina, daughter of Fenquhard, Earl of Ross. (Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys)

Det ble i fjor (2003) gitt ut et praktverk om Nidaros domkirke i anledning 850-års jubileet: Ecclesia Nidrosiensis 1153-1537: Søkelys på Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens historie. I denne boken er det et kapittel om The Diocese of the Sudreyar skrevet av Alex Woolf. Kapitlet er skrevet på engelsk. Her nevnes bl.a. biskop Ragnvald (Rognvald), sønnesønn av kong Gudrød (Godred). Denne biskopen gjorde seg kjent ved at han annulerte ekteskapet til Olaf the Black, King Rognvald's brother. Woolf skriver: The grounds for this annulment were that Olaf had previously kept a first cousin of his wife as a concubine and was therefore, technically, committing incest. This seems an extremely nice distinction for mediaval Gaeldom, and the requel to this story probably explains the real motive. On being released from his first marriage to Lauon, a daughter of a nobleman in Kintyre, Olaf married Christina the daughter of Ferchar earl of Ross. Lauon's father is nowhere named in our sources, but it is likely that he was Ruaídrí son of Rognvald son of Somerled who ruled Kintyre in the early thirteenth century. Ruaídrí appears to have lost his lands, and perhaps his life, in the course of the Scottish king Alexander II's expeditions to the west in 1221 and/or 1222. Following its account of Olaf's marriage to Christina, the Chronicle tells us that Laon's sister, queen to king Rognvald, provoked Rognvald's son Godred into attacking his uncle Olaf. Despite initial discomfiture, Olaf, with the helf of earl Ferchar, overcame his nephew. This incident is dated to the year 1223. The dating would suggest that it was the collapse of Ruaídrí's position in Kintyre that led Olaf, now based in the North, to seek a more appropriate ally in Ferchar. If this interpretation of events is correct then we should see bishop Rognvald as the tool of Olaf's policy rather than as an officious reformer. It would be interesting to know whether the Mac Ruaídrís owed their later position of strength in Garmoran and the Long Island to Olaf's patronage. Her får vi interessante antydninger om slektstilhørighet for Lauon og hennes søster som føres tilbake til Somerled. Han var gift med Ragnhild datter av Olav Gudrødson og Ingebjørg. Ingebjørg var igjen datter of Håkon, jarl på Orknøyene. (May Teistevoll, Norge) och (Fra Skanke-slektens historie, G.V.C. Young, 1986)

http://www.espell.se/saga/p52d658f3.html

_____________ HR Oswald

DOUGLAS, ISLE OP MAN : PRINTED FOE THE MANX SOCIETY.

MDCCCLX. :

The MacLeods of CadboU, and the MacLeods of Lewis, not only quarter the Manx trie cassyn, but use the same motto, Quocunque jeceris stabit, which I think clearly points out that the chiefs of that name are descendants from the Norwegian sovereigns of Man and the Isles, or some other Manx connexion ^ Indeed, the manner of their descent may be rendered very probable by consulting Manx history, for in 1187 Reginald, the illegitimate son of King Godred, having been elected king by the natives, to the exclusion of Olave, the lawful heir, granted him the Isle of Lewis or Lodhus, one of the largest of the Hebrides for his maintenance. Here Olave lived for many years and married, flrst a daughter of a nobleman of Cantyre, and secondly a daughter of Ferker, Earl of Ross ; in the

48th year of his age he succeeded to the Kingdom of the Isles, and there can be little doubt that his descendants and the MacLeods mentioned either derived the three legs from him, or that he, on returning to MaUy adopted and carried the ensign from Lewis, which is not at all likely, for all the MacLeods quarter the galley, as the rest of the Princijpes Inmlarum do, as their family bearing. (Stein Aage Sørvig 2/3 2016)

http://isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol22/p074.htm Chronicon Manniae et Insularum (Chronicle of Man and the Isles) - 1164-1225 [please note Munch's footnotes, textual readings and the latin text are still to be added and/or corrected]

Extract: A synod therefore was assembled, and in it bishop Reginald canonically separated Olave the son of Godred and Lauon his wife. Afterwards, Olave married (about 1220) Christina, daughter of Fenquhard, Earl of Ross.

Daughter of Fearchar Mac an t-Sagairt, Earl of Ross and Lady MacTaggart Wife of Olaf II "the Black", King of Isle of Man (Norse, Old: Óláfr Guðrøðarson) Mother of Harald Óláfsson, King of Man and the Isles; Rögnvaldr Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles; Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles and Matilda / Maude of Isle of Man {doubtful} Sister of Malcolm MacTaggart and Euphemia MacTaggart