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FORMATION

The kingdom was formed by Godred Crovan to reinforce Norse control on the only remaining Viking possesions in the British Isles in 1079. Previously, the islands had been taken between c.700-900 AD, during the Viking invasions of the British Isles. They had been admistred 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 later Kingdom of Mann was centred around the Isle of Mann 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 , Inverness-shire . The Kingdom was highly influential in remote western parts of Great Britain and eastern parts of Ireland , such as Furness , Withorn , Argyll and Galloway . At certain times the Kingdom became a domain to the Kings Of Dublin and Kings Of Jorvik .


THE KINGDOMS' END

The two kingdoms were granted to Scotland in 1266 , at the Treaty Of Perth . The Isle of Mann was later taken by England , and is now a self-governing Crown Dependency under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom . The Hebrides have become a region of Scotland.


SEE ALSO



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • 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)