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Donnchadh mac Briain (old spelling: Donnchad mac Briain) (died 1064), son of Brian Bóruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was King of Munster . Background. Regional overkingdoms and major kingdoms in Ireland, circa 1014 AD. Brian Bóruma was the first man to establish himself as High King of Ireland by force of arms alone in many centuries.
Apr 26, 2022 · About Donnchad, King of Munster. He was King of Munster (Mumain). He is often shown as having married Druella of Kent ( Driella Gōdwinesdatter, {Fictitious} ), sister of King Harold II of England, but she does not appear in sources until the 19th C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnchad_mac_Briain.
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- 1064 (83-85)Roma, Lazio, Italia (Italy)
- Ireland
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
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When Donnchad MacBriain King of Munster was born after 0981, in Munster, Ireland, his father, Brian Bóruma High King of Ireland, was 9058 and his mother, Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was 9039. He married Ingen Murchad mac Finn about 1000. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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- Cacht Ingen Ragnaill, Ingen Murchad Mac Finn
Donnchad mac Briain King was born about 1007, in Leinster, Ireland. He had at least 1 son with Cacht ingen Ragnaill. He died in 1064, in Ireland, at the age of 58, and was buried in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy.
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- Cacht Ingen Ragnaill
Donnchad faced growing opposition from the Leinster king Diarmait mac Máel na mBó (ancestor of Dermot MacMurrough), foster-father to Tairdelbach ua Briain, son of the murdered Tadc. Together they made war on Donnchad, year after year invading his territory until, in 1063, the old king finally submitted to his nephew and abandoned his kingship.
Donnchad mac Brian - Leader of the Dál gCais and High King of Ireland until 1063. Donnchad mac Briain was a son of the Great High King Brian Boru (Bryan Boru) and Gormflaith ingen Murchada. On the Battlefield of Clonarf in 1014, Brian together with his son Murchad died. Donnchad had 5 half-brothers, Tadc, Domnall who died in 1011 and Conchobar ...
May 30, 2023 · Husband of Cacht (Ragnaill) ingen Ragnaill — married 1032 [location unknown] Descendants. Father of Darbforgaill (O'Brien) ingen Donnchad mac Briain and Lorcan (Briain) Ua Briain. Died about 1064 before about age 83 in Rome, Italy.
