Brian Bórú, High King of Ireland

Abt 941 - 1014  (73 years)

• Name	Brian Bórú
  	Brian Bórú was born at a time when the Norse had secured many seaports and frequently plundered and harried the neighboring countryside. [2]
  Birth	Abt 941	Brian Boru's Fort, County Clare, Ireland Brian Boru's Fort, also called Béal Ború, is a ringfort  and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland.   [2]
  History	Brian Bórú was born at a time when the Norse had secured many seaports and frequently plundered and harried the neighbouring countryside. In 976 he succeeded his brother Mathúin as king of Dál gCais and claimant to the kingship of Munster. By 999, after a series of wars, he was acknowledged as High King of Ireland. Brian Boru's reign was marked by continuous opposition. This came to a head in the early eleventh century. Máel Mórda, the king of Leinster, made an alliance with the Dublin Norse under Sigurd, Earl of Orkney and their overseas allies. Brian's forces defeated this union at Clontarf, about four miles north of modern Dublin, on Good Friday, April 23, 1014. Brian, too aged to fight, was awaiting news of the battle when he was slain in his tent by a Viking intruder. The battle of Clontarf marked the end of any major Viking involvement in Irish wars.  [2]
  Reign	From 976 to 1002 (35 years)  [2]
  King of Munster
  He succeeded his brother Mathúin as king of Dál gCais and claimant to the kingship of Munster.
  Reign	From 999 to 1014 (58 years)  [2]
  High King of Ireland
  After a series of wars, he was acknowledged as High King of Ireland.
  Military	1014 (73 years)  [1, 2]
  Brian Boru's reign was marked by continuous opposition. This came to a head in the early eleventh century. Máel Mórda, the king of Leinster, made an alliance with the Dublin Norse under Sigurd, Earl of Orkney and their overseas allies. Brian's forces defeated this union at Clontarf, about four miles north of modern Dublin, on Good Friday, April 23, 1014.
  Death	23 Apr 1014	Ireland   [1, 2]
  Brian, too aged to fight, was awaiting news of the battle when he was slain in his tent by a Viking intruder. [1, 2]
  	Brian Bórú's Murder A youngster attempted to defend the ageing Brian Bórú, High King of Ireland, from attack by a fleeing Viking warrior.
  Person ID, Branch	I5838	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Gormflaith of Naas   d. 1030  [1]  Other Partners: Mael-Sechnaill, King of Ireland;   Anlaf, King of Dublin;   Olaf Kvaaran, King of York and Dublin
  Children	+   1. Donnchad, King of Munster   d. 1064, Ireland  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F4432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2020

  
  

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• Event Map		Birth - Abt 941 - Brian Boru's Fort, County Clare, Ireland Death - 23 Apr 1014 - Ireland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).