Kingdom of Man and The Isles
The Kingdom of Mann and the Isles was a Norse kingdom that existed in the British Isles from 1079 till 1266. In 1164 it was split into the Kingdom of the Hebrides and the Kingdom of Mann.
The kingdom was formed by Godred Crovan when he seized the Isle of Man from other Vikings, probably from Dublin in 1079. In the first two attempts at capturing the island Godred was defeated, it was only with his third try that he was victorious near Ramsey. Previously, the islands had been taken between c.700-900 AD, during the Viking invasions of the British Isles. Up until the arrival of Godred the islands had been administered by the Norse Kingdoms of Dublin and Orkney. The later Kingdom of Mann was centred around the Isle of Man but also contained the Outer Hebrides, the Inner Hebrides forming the Kingdom of the Hebrides.
Read more about this topic: History Of The Outer Hebrides
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