Haraldr Óláfsson
King of Mann and the Isles · Historical Figures · Lived 1222 to 1248 · aged 26
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Something wrong?Haraldr Óláfsson was a thirteenth-century King of Mann and the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. He was one of several sons of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles, although the identity of his mother is uncertain.
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![Tynwald Hill, near St John's may have been a national assembly site of the Kingdom of the Isles.[48] It may well have been the place where the Islesmen publicly inaugurated their kings,[49] proclaimed new laws, and resolved disputes.[50] Be that as it may, much of the visible site dates only to the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth century.[48][[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] p. 203, 599 tab 4.8; [[#I1|Insley; Wilson (2006)]]; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]. and ''Tinwhil'' (perhaps {{gbmapping|NG415583}}) within the ''Hinnisdale'' area on [[Skye]].[[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] pp. 201-203, 597 tab. 4.8; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]. Like the Manx site, these four Hebridean placenames are derived in part from the Old Norse ''{{lang|non|þing}}'' (\"assembly\").[[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] pp. 56-61, 201-203, 597 tab. 4.8, 599 tab 4.8; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]. These sites, and others now lost, may have been established before the dominance of Manx-based kings and their national assembly site.[[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] p. 194. Although the Manx site is first noted by the ''Chronicle of Mann'', the form of name (''\"{{lang|la|tyngualla}}\"'' and ''\"{{lang|la|tingualla}}\"'') suggests that it is quite old, perhaps dating to the ninth century.[[#I1|Insley; Wilson (2006)]]; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]; [[#M11|Munch; Goss (1874a)]] pp. 92, 94. The hill is the site of the island's modern national assembly, [[Tynwald]], held annually on [[Old Midsummer's Day]]."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tynwald_tingvollen.jpg/1280px-Tynwald_tingvollen.jpg)
Tynwald Hill, near St John's may have been a national assembly site of the Kingdom of the Isles.[48] It may well have been the place where the Islesmen publicly inaugurated their kings,[49] proclaimed new laws, and resolved disputes.[50] Be that as it may, much of the visible site dates only to the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth century.[48][[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] p. 203, 599 tab 4.8; [[#I1|Insley; Wilson (2006)]]; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]. and ''Tinwhil'' (perhaps {{gbmapping|NG415583}}) within the ''Hinnisdale'' area on [[Skye]].[[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] pp. 201-203, 597 tab. 4.8; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]. Like the Manx site, these four Hebridean placenames are derived in part from the Old Norse ''{{lang|non|þing}}'' (\"assembly\").[[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] pp. 56-61, 201-203, 597 tab. 4.8, 599 tab 4.8; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]. These sites, and others now lost, may have been established before the dominance of Manx-based kings and their national assembly site.[[#O7|O'Grady (2008)]] p. 194. Although the Manx site is first noted by the ''Chronicle of Mann'', the form of name (''\"{{lang|la|tyngualla}}\"'' and ''\"{{lang|la|tingualla}}\"'') suggests that it is quite old, perhaps dating to the ninth century.[[#I1|Insley; Wilson (2006)]]; [[#B5|Broderick (2003)]]; [[#M11|Munch; Goss (1874a)]] pp. 92, 94. The hill is the site of the island's modern national assembly, [[Tynwald]], held annually on [[Old Midsummer's Day]]."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 3]![Seventeenth-century illustration of a charter and seal of Haraldr.[66]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Harald_Olafsson%2C_King_of_Mann_and_the_Isles_%28seal_03%29.png/500px-Harald_Olafsson%2C_King_of_Mann_and_the_Isles_%28seal_03%29.png)
Seventeenth-century illustration of a charter and seal of Haraldr.[66]
![Coat of arms of Hákon Hákonarson as depicted on folio 216v of Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library 16II (Chronica majora).[91][[#L1|Lewis (1987)]] p. 456; [[#T2|Tremlett; London; Wagner (1967)]] p. 72. The coat of arms concerns Hákon's coronation, and its associated caption reads in Latin: \"''{{lang|la|Scutum regis Norwagiae nuper coronati, qui dicitur rex Insularum}}''\". The coat of arms was illustrated by [[Matthew Paris]], a man who met Hákon in 1248/1249, the year after the king's coronation. The emphasise that Matthew placed upon the Norwegian realm's sea power appears to be underscored in the [[heraldry]] he attributed to Hákon.[[#I2|Imsen (2010)]] pp. 13-14, 13 n. 2."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Haakon4.jpg/1280px-Haakon4.jpg)
Coat of arms of Hákon Hákonarson as depicted on folio 216v of Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library 16II (Chronica majora).[91][[#L1|Lewis (1987)]] p. 456; [[#T2|Tremlett; London; Wagner (1967)]] p. 72. The coat of arms concerns Hákon's coronation, and its associated caption reads in Latin: \"''{{lang|la|Scutum regis Norwagiae nuper coronati, qui dicitur rex Insularum}}''\". The coat of arms was illustrated by [[Matthew Paris]], a man who met Hákon in 1248/1249, the year after the king's coronation. The emphasise that Matthew placed upon the Norwegian realm's sea power appears to be underscored in the [[heraldry]] he attributed to Hákon.[[#I2|Imsen (2010)]] pp. 13-14, 13 n. 2."},"2":{"wt":"group=note"}},"i":0}}]}">[note 6]In their orbit 2
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Haraldr Óláfsson was a thirteenth-century King of Mann and the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. He was one of several sons of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles, although the identity of his mother is uncertain. When his father died in 1237, Haraldr succeeded to the kingship as a fourteen-year-old, and held the kingship for about a decade afterwards.
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