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     Joan le Eyre was born circa 1345 at co. Middlesex, England. She married Sir John Brent, son of Sir Robert de Brent and Elizabeth Deneband, circa 1364 at co. Somerset, England.

     Reference: 265025.

     Margery Malet married Sir Robert Brent, son of Sir John Brent and Ida Beauchamp.
Margery Malet was born circa 1440 at Currypool, co. Somerset, England.
     Reference: 66257.

     Ida Beauchamp was born circa 1371. She married Sir John Brent, son of Sir John Brent and Joan le Eyre, circa 1390 at Lillisdon, co. Somerset, England.

     Reference: 132513.

     Elizabeth Deneband married Sir Robert de Brent, son of Sir Robert de Brent and Claricia de la Ford.¹
Elizabeth Deneband was born circa 1315 at Cossington, co. Somerset, England.
     Reference: 530049.

     Isabel Stewart married Sir Walter Buchanan of the Ilk.¹

     Claricia de la Ford was born circa 1285 at Ford, co. Somerset, England. She married Sir Robert de Brent, son of Sir Robert de Brent Knt. and Isabella de Montacute, circa 1309 at Ford, co. Somerset, England.¹

     Aline/Aliva Basset of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire married Dreux de Montagu, son of William de Montacute and Isabela (?).^1,4,2
Aline/Aliva Basset of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire married Richard Talbot Lord of Eccleswall, and Linton co. Hereford, son of Sir Gilbert Talbot Knt., Lord of Eccleswall, and Linton co. Hereford, between 1219 and 1224.^4,3

     GAV-22 EDV-23. Aline/Aliva Basset of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire was also known as Aliva Basset.⁵

Reference:
Genealogics cites: Ancestor List of Humphrey Prideaux 1999 , Fettes, Ian Dundas. 1585 in 1351.

     William de Montagu was born between 1210 and 1213 at Shipton Montagu, England; Genealogics says b. 1210; Med Lands says b. 1213; Utz email [2005] says b. ca 1210.^2,3,4 He married Berthe (?)^1,2,5,3

William de Montagu died on 23 September 1270.^2,4,3
     Reference: Genealogics cites: GAV-21 EDV-22. William de Montagu was also known as William de Montacute.¹

; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM de Montagu ([1213]-23 Sep 1270). The Testa de Nevill includes a list of landholdings in Somerset, dated 1219, which includes "Willelmus filius Drogonis filii Willelmi de Monte Acuto est in custodia Alani Basset et terra sua de Turelberiz valet vi.l"[340]. Bracton records a claim, dated 1223, by "Willelmus filius Drogonis de Monte Acuto…infra etatem" against "Matheum de Cliuedona" for "ecclesiam de Suttona…advocacionem", the defendant claiming that "Willelmus de Monte Acuto avus predicti Willelmi" gave the advocacy to "Gilberto de Say in…maritagium cum Matillide nepte sua filia eiusdem Mathei"[341]. "William de Monteacuto the younger" confirmed the donation of Shepton church to Bruton made by "William de Monteacuto his grandfather" by undated charter witnessed by "Domino Reginaldo de Moyun, Domino Roberto de Bellocampo…"[342]. m BERTHE, daughter of ---."
Med Lands cites:

     Berthe (?) was born at West Lulworth, England.² She was born in 1212.¹ She married William de Montagu, son of Dreux de Montagu and Aline/Aliva Basset of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.^3,2,1,4

Berthe (?) died after 1259.²
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "WILLIAM de Montagu ([1213]-23 Sep 1270). The Testa de Nevill includes a list of landholdings in Somerset, dated 1219, which includes "Willelmus filius Drogonis filii Willelmi de Monte Acuto est in custodia Alani Basset et terra sua de Turelberiz valet vi.l"[340]. Bracton records a claim, dated 1223, by "Willelmus filius Drogonis de Monte Acuto…infra etatem" against "Matheum de Cliuedona" for "ecclesiam de Suttona…advocacionem", the defendant claiming that "Willelmus de Monte Acuto avus predicti Willelmi" gave the advocacy to "Gilberto de Say in…maritagium cum Matillide nepte sua filia eiusdem Mathei"[341]. "William de Monteacuto the younger" confirmed the donation of Shepton church to Bruton made by "William de Monteacuto his grandfather" by undated charter witnessed by "Domino Reginaldo de Moyun, Domino Roberto de Bellocampo…"[342]. m BERTHE, daughter of ---."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Genealogics cites: GAV-21 EDV-22 GKJ-21.

     GAV-43. Ruricius (?) Bishop of Limoges was Bishop of Limoges between 485 and 507.¹

     William de Montacute married Isabela (?)³

William de Montacute died in 1215.¹
     GAV-23 EDV-24 GKJ-23.

     Isabela (?) married William de Montacute, son of Drue de Montacute.¹

     GAV-23 EDV-24.

     GAV-24 EDV-25 GKJ-24.

     Richard de Montacute died in 1163.¹
     GAV-25 EDV-26 GKJ-25.

     GAV-26 EDV-27 GKJ-26.

     GAV-27 EDV-28 GKJ-27.

     John de Courci Earl of Ulster married Aufrick (?) of the isle of Man, daughter of Godred IV "the Black" (?) King of Man and the Isles and Fingala O'Neill.

John de Courci Earl of Ulster died in 1219.

     Aufrick (?) of the isle of Man married John de Courci Earl of Ulster, son of William de Courci.

     William de Courci died in 1176.

     Robert de Courci married Avice de Meschines, daughter of William de Meschines Lord of Skipton-in-Craven, co. York and Cecily de Rumilly Lady of Skipton.

     Avice de Meschines married Robert de Courci, son of Robert de Courci and Rohese de Grandmesnil.

     Godred IV "the Black" (?) King of Man and the Isles married Fingala O'Neill, daughter of Malachy O'Neill.⁴

Godred IV "the Black" (?) King of Man and the Isles died on 10 November 1187.^1,4
     He was King of Man and the Isles: [Ashley, pp. 427-428] GODRED II THE BLACK Man and the Isles, 1153-8, 1164-10 November 1187. Godred was not a peace-lover like his father, OLAF (I), though he did exercise wisdom from time to time. Godred was in Norway at the time his father was killed, paying allegiance to his overlord the Norwegian king. Although he returned promptly to Man, there must have been a space of several weeks to allow for him to receive the news and return. In that period no doubt his cousin, Ragnald, who had murdered Olaf, was establishing himself as the next ruler. Godred immediately had him executed and ensured he was recognized as king. He decided to stamp home his authority by conquering the kingdom of Dublin, which was then
ruled by Brodar Thorkellson. In raising his men he made promises to the various island chiefs upon which he subsequently reneged, so that although he was successful in his expedition to Ireland - he established an overlordship of Dublin - he was soon to lose that and much else. He was rapidly recognized as a despot and received little fealty from his chiefs. In 1155 Godred learned that his brother-in-law, SOMERLED, was building a major new fleet with the object of ousting him. He brought together his own fleet, and on 6 January 1156 the two parties met off the coast of Islay. Godred's navy should have won, but his men seemed less willing to fight on his behalf. Somerled's new vessels outmanoeuvred Godred's and, though he was outnumbered, Somerled gained the upper hand. Both sides suffered significant losses but Somerled won the day. He hammered home his advantage by entering into a treaty with Godred granting Somerled authority over all of the southern Hebrides, which amounted to the two quadrants founded by Godred's grandfather upon Mull and Islay, whilst Godred retained Man and the northern or Outer Hebrides - the quadrants of Skye and Lewis. Somerled thus became king of the Isles and was recognized as such by the king of Norway, though it was a few years before it was accepted by the king of Scotland. Godred was not happy with his diminished kingdom and this brought him into conflict with Somerled again in 1158. This time Somerled showed his new mastery of the seas and he drove Godred out of the kingdom. Godred retreated to Norway and was not restored to Man until after the murder of Somerled in 1164. Godred had to deal with his brother RAGNALD who claimed the kingdom, but he was promptly despatched. Godred retained the southern Hebrides so that thereafter he ruled only Man and the Outer Hebrides, which represented twenty-four chieftains at his Tynwald, the number which is retained by the Manx parliament today rather than the thirty-two established by GODRED CR0 VAN. Godred the Black ruled for a further twenty-three years in Man, having learned his lesson, and he was slightly less the despot than he had been, recognizing to a large degree HENRY II as his English overlord, as well as his Norwegian sovereign. After his death the rule of Man was disputed between two of his sons, RAGNALD (II) and OLAF (II). between 1153 and 1187.¹

     Fingala O'Neill married Godred IV "the Black" (?) King of Man and the Isles, son of Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man and Afraig inghen Fergusa a Gallobha.¹

     Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man married Ingebiorg Hakonsdatter (?) of Orkney, daughter of Haakon Paalson (?) Jarl of Orkney and Helga (?) of Caithness.^3,2,4,5
Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man was born circa 1080 at Isle of Man, England.⁶ He married Afraig inghen Fergusa a Gallobha, daughter of Fergus (?) 1st Lord of Galloway, in 1102
; HIis 1st wife.^7,8,2,6,9
Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man died on 29 June 1153.^1,2,4
     Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man was also known as Amhlaib (Olaf) 'Morsel' (?) King of Man and the Isles.⁶ EDV-27. Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man was also known as Olave/Olaf I (?) King of Man and the Isles.⁷ Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man was also known as Olaf I Godredsson King of Man and the Isles.¹ He was King of Man and the Isles: [Ashley, p. 427] OLAF (I) GODREDSON called OLAF THE RED Man and the Isles, 1114-53. The son of GODRED CROVAN, he was too young on the death of his father and elder brothers to assume the title. This suggests he may well have been the son of a second marriage and was born late in Godred's life, perhaps around 1085/86. Because of his youth a regent was appointed (DOMNALL MAC TEIGE), whose rule was so oppressive that he was deposed. From 1099-1103 the Isles were under the direct control of Magnus III of Norway, who established his son SIGURD (III) as king of Orkney and the Isles, which included all of the Hebrides down to Man. During these years Olaf stayed at the court of HENRY I of England and learned about Norman administration. After Sigurd returned to Norway in 1103, Olaf strove to gain the kingdom of Man, though it seems that Domnall still held on to the title for some years and may not have been expelled until around 1111 or 1114. Olaf reigned in peace and harmony for forty years, a remarkable achievement considering the upheaval elsewhere throughout Britain. Part of the reason for this was Olaf's mastery of the seas around Man. He owned a powerful fleet, probably the most powerful in Britain. He served as a form of policing agent, but it also meant no one had the temerity to attack him. He succeeded in maintaining good alliances with all contemporary monarchs, and with the church. He established a Cistercian monastery in Man at Rushen in 1134. In 1140 his daughter, Ragnhild, married SOMERLED, the lord of Argyll who would subsequently usurp the kingdom of Man. By 1153 Olaf was approaching seventy and was too feeble to risk the journey to Norway to pay homage to his overlord, King Eystein III, so his son, GODRED (II) went in his stead. During his son's absence, Olaf s nephew, Ragnald, the son of Harald who had been murdered by Olaf's brother LAGMAN, grew impatient, believing he should have been king in Olaf s place. The impatience boiled into murder, and Olaf was killed. between 1114 and 1153.¹

     Malachy O'Neill died in 1185.

     Ragnhild Olafsdatter (?) of Man was born circa 1117 at Isle of Man, England.⁵ She married Somerled (?) 1st Lord of the Isles, son of Gillebride (?) Thane of Argyll, in 1140.^6,1,7,8,5

     Reference: Genealogics cites:

Reference: See "Alba, Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages" ed. Edward J. Cowan and R. Andrew McDonald, Tuckwell Press, East Linton, Scotland, 2000 ISBN 1 86232 151 5.

; Per Genealogics:
     "For forty years Raghnailt's (Ragnhild) father Amhlaib (Olaf) ruled the kingdom of the Isles, which encompassed the Isle of Man and the Hebrides, extending from the Calf of Man to the Butt of Lewis. Ragnhild married Somerled, King of the South Isles.
     "Brice Clagett advised that in 1965 in Reykjavik, Finnbogi Gudmundsson published his edition of the _Orkneyinga Saga_. On page 274 footnote 3 quotes from a manuscript called Holm, Isl. 39 fol. papp, in the Icelandic collection of the Royal Library in Stockholm, which contains a text of the Saga copied in 1615 from a manuscript of about 1300 which was destroyed in the Copenhagen fire of 1728. Prof. Bob Cook considers this manuscript to have great authority because of the early date of the manuscript from which it was copied. The footnote in question quotes a passage from this document, which says: 'Rafnhildis moder vaar Ingeborg Hagen Jarlis Powelssons daater.'
     "The Man Chronicle on the other hand, which apparently did not mention Ingibiorg Haakonsdottir of Orkney specifically, states that king Amhlaib's (Olav) other children, including Raghnailt inghen Amlaibh, king Somerled's wife, were by concubines, only his eldest son Godgraid mac Amhlaib being born of the sole mentioned wife, Aufreca."³ Ragnhild Olafsdatter (?) of Man was also known as Ragnhild Olafsdatter. Ragnhild Olafsdatter (?) of Man was also known as Raghnailt inghen Amhlaibh (?) of Man.³ Ragnhild Olafsdatter (?) of Man was also known as Ragnhild.⁶

; Per Med Lands:
     "daughter . The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that “Olavus filius Godredi Crovan” had many concubines by whom he fathered “filios tres…Reignaldum, Lagmannum et Haraldum et filias multas”, adding that one daughter married “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel”[1319]. Balfour Paul names her "Ragnhildis" but he does not cite the corresponding primary source[1320].
     "m SOMERLED Lord of Argyll, son of --- (-killed in battle 1164)."
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; Per Med Lands:
     "SOMERLED (-killed in battle 1164). Balfour Paul says that the first reference to Somerled records him as living in the district of Morven with his father Gillebride, but he does not cite the precise source[1019]. Lord of Argyll. He acquired control of the Western Isles and assumed the title "King of the Isles". The Chronicle of Melrose records that Somerled Lord of Argyll landed at Renfrew in 1164, after 12 years of rebellion against Malcolm IV King of Scotland, with a large army from Ireland but was defeated and killed with his son[1020]. The Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie records that "Sumerlendus regulus Ergadie" rebelled against King Malcolm for 12 years, landed at Renfrew from Ireland, and was killed "et filium suum Gillecolanem", among passages dealing with events in 1164[1021]. The Annals of Ulster record that "Somharlidh Mac Gilla-Adhamhnain and his son were killed" in 1164[1022]. The Book of Clanranald records that that no battle was fought and that Somerled was killed in his tent, after which his followers dispersed[1023].
     "m --- of Man, illegitimate daughter of OLAV King of Man & his mistress ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that “Olavus filius Godredi Crovan” had many concubines by whom he fathered “filios tres…Reignaldum, Lagmannum et Haraldum et filias multas”, adding that one daughter married “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel”[1024]. Balfour Paul names her "Ragnhildis" but he does not cite the corresponding primary source[1025]."
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     Ingebiorg Hakonsdatter (?) of Orkney married Olave I Godfredson (?) King of the Isle of Man, son of Godred III Crovan "White Hands" (?) King of Man and Dublin.^4,5,1,2

Ingebiorg Hakonsdatter (?) of Orkney died in 1126.²
     EDV-25.

Reference: Genealogics cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. X Appendix A 17.² Ingebiorg Hakonsdatter (?) of Orkney was also known as Ingibjorg Hakonsdatter.