King of Mann
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The King of Mann (Manx: Ree Vannin) was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles. Since 1504, the head of state has been known as the Lord of Mann.
Kingdom of Mann and the Isles (836–1237)
See Kingdom of the Isles and List of rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
After the emergence of Somerled and his descendants in the 12th century, the Manx kings began to lose territory and power in the Hebrides. Before the reigns of the three sons of Olaf the Black, the Manx kings styled themselves "King of the Isles". By the time of the reigns of Olaf's sons, the kings had begun to style themselves "King of Mann and the Isles".
Early Norse rulers
Otir (912?–914?)
Ragnall ua Ímair (914-921?)
Gothfrith ua Ímair (pre 927-?)
Amlaíb mac Gofraid (pre 935-941)
Kings of the Hebrides and Mann (Late 10th and 11th centuries)
Maccus mac Arailt (980-?)
Gofraid mac Arailt (?-989)
Gilli (Hebridean earl) (990-?)
Ragnall mac Gofraid (?-1005)
Sigurd the Stout (1005–1014)
Amlaíb mac Sitriuc (1030?–1034)
Ímar mac Arailt (c 1045?)
Echmarcach mac Ragnaill (1052–1061)
Murchad mac Diarmata (1061–1070)
Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó (1070–1072)
Godred Sitricson (?–1074)
Fingal Godredson (1074-?)
Godred Crovan (1079–1094)
Kings of Mann and the Isles
Magnus Barelegs (1098–1102), Direct Norwegian rule
Sigurd Magnusson (1102–1103), Direct Norwegian rule
Lagmann Godredsson (1103–1110)
Domnall mac Taidc Uí Briain (1111–1112)
Olaf the Red (1112–1152)
Godred the Black (1154-1156)
Dubgall mac Somairle & Godred the Black (1156–1158)
Somerled (1158–1164)
Kings of Mann and the North Isles
Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (fl. 1164) (1164)
Godred the Black (1164–1187)
Raghnall mac Gofraidh (1188–1226)
Olaf the Black (1226–1237)
Óspakr-Hákon (1230)
Gofraid Donn (1230)
Suzerainty of Norway (1237–1265)
The Kings of Mann and the Isles were vassals of the Kings of Norway.
Harald Olafsson (1237–1248)
Ragnald Olafsson (1249)
Harald Godredson (1249–1252)
Magnus Olafsson (1252–1265)
Scottish and English rule (1265–1333)
Between 1265 and 1333, Mann was ruled directly by the kings of Scotland (1265–1290, 1293–1296, 1313–1317, 1328–1333) or the kings of England (1290–1293, 1296–1313, 1317–1328).
Independent kingdom (1333–1399)
On 9 August 1333 Edward III renounced all royal claims over the Isle of Man, and recognised it as an independent kingdom under its then king, William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
Totum jus et clamium quod habemus, habuimus vel aliquo modo habere poterimus, in Insula de Man cum suis pertinentiis quibuscumque; ita quod nec Nos, nec haeredes nostri, seu quivis alius nostro nomine, aliquid juris vel clamii in Insula praedicta de caetero exigere poterimus vel vindicare.
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