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Abt 941 - 1014 (73 years)
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Name |
Brian Bórú |
- Brian Bórú was born at a time when the Norse had secured many seaports and frequently plundered and harried the neighboring countryside. [3]
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
Abt 941 |
Brian Boru's Fort, County Clare, Ireland [3] |
History |
Brian Bórú was born at a time when the Norse had secured many seaports and frequently plundered and harried the neighbouring countryside. In 976 he succeeded his brother Mathúin as king of Dál gCais and claimant to the kingship of Munster. By 999, after a series of wars, he was acknowledged as High King of Ireland. Brian Boru's reign was marked by continuous opposition. This came to a head in the early eleventh century. Máel Mórda, the king of Leinster, made an alliance with the Dublin Norse under Sigurd, Earl of Orkney and their overseas allies. Brian's forces defeated this union at Clontarf, about four miles north of modern Dublin, on Good Friday, April 23, 1014. Brian, too aged to fight, was awaiting news of the battle when he was slain in his tent by a Viking intruder. The battle of Clontarf marked the end of any major Viking involvement in Irish wars. [3] |
Military |
1014 (Age 73) [1, 3] |
- Brian Boru's reign was marked by continuous opposition. This came to a head in the early eleventh century. Máel Mórda, the king of Leinster, made an alliance with the Dublin Norse under Sigurd, Earl of Orkney and their overseas allies. Brian's forces defeated this union at Clontarf, about four miles north of modern Dublin, on Good Friday, April 23, 1014.
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Death |
23 Apr 1014 |
Ireland [1, 3] |
- Brian, too aged to fight, was awaiting news of the battle when he was slain in his tent by a Viking intruder. [1, 3]
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Brian Bórú's Murder A youngster attempted to defend the ageing Brian Bórú, High King of Ireland, from attack by a fleeing Viking warrior. |
Person ID |
I5838 |
| Roy Line, Boudreau Line |
Last Modified |
17 Mar 2021 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - Abt 941 - Brian Boru's Fort, County Clare, Ireland |
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| Death - 23 Apr 1014 - Ireland |
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Pin Legend |
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Sources |
- [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).
- [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.
- [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).
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