Kingdom of Mann and the Isles 3159604 219002748 2008-06-13T03:35:38Z Crazygraham 3810667 {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Suðr-eyjar and Norðr-eyjar'' |conventional_long_name =Kingdom of Mann and the Isles |common_name = Mann and the Isles |continent=Europe |region = Western Europe |country = Scotland and the Isle of Man |status= |era=Middle Ages |year_start = 1079 |year_end = 1266 |date_start = |date_end = |p1 = Norse kingdoms |flag_p1 = |s1 = Kingdom of Scotland |flag_s1 = Lionrampant.svg |image_flag = |flag_type = |flag = |image_coat = |symbol_type= |image_map = Kingdom of Mann and the Isles-en.svg |image_map_caption = Location of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles at the end of the eleventh century |national_anthem = |common_languages = [[Old Norse|Norse]]<br>[[Manx language|Manx]]<br>[[Scottish Gaelic]] |religion = [[Christianity]] |capital = [[Castletown]], [[Isle of Man]] |largest_city = |government_type = Monarchy |title_leader = [[King of Mann and the Isles|King]] |leader1 = [[Godred Crovan|Godred IV Crovan]] |year_leader1 = 1079–1095 |leader2 = [[Magnus III of the Isle of Man]] |year_leader2 = 1252–1265 |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |event_start =[[Battle of Skyhill]] |event_end =[[Treaty of Perth]] |event_post = |date_post= |event1 = [[Scotland|Scottish]] takeover |date_event1 = 1266 |event2 = |date_event2 = |currency = |footnotes= }} '''The Kingdom of Mann and the Isles''' was a [[Norsemen|Norse]] [[monarchy|kingdom]] that existed in the [[British Isles]] between [[1079]] and [[1266]]. The Kingdom had two parts, [[Sodor]] ({{lang-non|''Suðr-eyjar''}}), or the South Isles (the [[Hebrides]] and [[Isle of Man|Mann]]), and Norðr ({{lang-non|''Norðr-eyjar''}}), or the North Isles (the [[Orkneys]] and [[Shetland]]). In 1164 it was split into the [[Kingdom of the Hebrides]] and the '''Kingdom of Mann'''. Even today, the Bishop of the Isle of Man is the [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]]. ==Formation== 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 at the [[Battle of Skyhill]] near [[Ramsey, Isle of Man|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]]. ==Extent== The Kingdom covered the islands of the northern [[Irish Sea]] and off the west coast of mainland [[Scotland]]. Specifically, this is: *The [[Isle of Man]] and its surrounding islands *The [[Islands of the Clyde]] *The [[Inner Hebrides]] *The [[Outer Hebrides]] 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. The [[Earldom of Orkney]] was the furthest extent of the Manx kingdom, which included parts of the Scottish mainland such as [[Sutherland]], [[Caithness]] and [[Inverness-shire|Inverness]]. The Kingdom was highly influential in remote western parts of [[Scotland]] and eastern parts of [[Ireland]], such as [[Furness]], [[Whithorn]], [[Argyll]] and [[Galloway]]. At certain times the Kingdom became a domain to the [[Kings of Dublin]] and [[Kings of Jorvik]]. ==The kingdom's end== The two kingdoms were granted to Scotland in [[1266]], at the [[Treaty of Perth]]. *The [[Isle of Man]] was later taken by [[England]], and is now a self-governing [[Crown dependency]]. *Both the [[Hebrides]] and the [[Islands of the Clyde|Clyde Islands]] remain part of Scotland. ==See also== *[[King of Mann and the Isles]] *[[Earldom of Orkney]] *[[Earl of Orkney]] *[[Diocese of Sodor and Man]] *[[History of the Outer Hebrides]] ==References== {{refbegin}} * [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/parishes/diocese/diocese.htm The Diocese of Sodor and Man. History. Map] * [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/dh1893/ch02.htm Diocesan History - CHAPTER II SCANDINAVIAN PERIOD (? 850 — 1275)] {{Refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann and the Isles, Kingdom of}} [[Category:1079 establishments]] [[Category:1266 disestablishments]] [[Category:Former countries in the British Isles]] [[Category:Former monarchies of Europe]] [[Category:History of Scotland]] [[Category:History of the Isle of Man]] [[Category:History of the Western Isles]] {{Former possessions of Norway}} [[Category:Norse-Gaels| Kingdom of Man and the Isles]] [[cy:Teyrnas Manaw a'r Ynysoedd]] [[fr:Royaume de Man et des Îles]] [[gv:Reeriaght Mannin as ny h-Ellanyn]] [[hu:A Man-sziget és a Hebridák Királysága]]