Ingibjörg Hakonsdóttir (), also known as Ingibiorg, was the wife of Óláfr Guðrøðarson,Orkneyinga saga c. 53 king of the Isle of Man. She was also the daughter of Helga Moddansdóttir and Haakon Paulsson, Earl of Orkney. Not much is known about her life other than her descent from noble blood and marrying Óláfr Guðrøðarson, king of Man, of the Crovan Dynasty. Additionally, she was also the mother of Ragnhild,McDonald, RA (2000) p. 175 n. 55; McDonald, A (1995) p. 206; Anderson (1922) p. 255 n. 1; Vigfusson (1887) p. 210 ch. 110; Flateyjarbok (1862) p. 508 ch. 439; Anderson; Hjaltalin; Goudie (1873) p. 181 ch. 104. Most indirectly reference Ragnhild being a daughter of Ingibiorg who married the Norse-Gaelic King of the Isles, Somerled, from whom Clann Somhairle and numerous other clans descend.

Ingibiorg's marriage to Óláfr Guðrøðarson was strategic for the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles due to Ingibiorg being the daughter of Haakon Paulsson who was a Jarl of Orkney which would help strengthen ties between Mann and Orkney. Ingibiorg was one of many of Olaf's wives and concubines McDonald, RA (2019) pp. 60, 62; McDonald, RA (2016) p. 342; Wadden (2014) pp. 31–32; McDonald, RA (2007b) pp. 66, 75; Williams, G (2007) pp. 130 n. 7, 147; Beuermann (2002) p. 423; McDonald, RA (2000) p. 175, 175 n. 55; Sellar (2000) pp. 197–198; McDonald, RA (1997) p. 45; Anderson (1922) p. 137; Munch; Goss (1874a) pp. 60–61. and in many sources Olaf is often written as having another wife Affraic Oram, RD (1988) p. 79; Anderson (1922) p. 137 n. 2. who was the daughter of Fergus of Galloway which indicates that Olaf was trying to shift an alliance from Orkney to one with Galloway which was a rising power in the Irish Sea region.

See also

List of Manx royal consorts Óláfr Guðrøðarson British nobility

References

Sources

Orkneyinga saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney. Translated by Pálsson, Hermann and Edwards, Paul Geoffrey (1981) Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044383-5

McDonald, RA (2000). "Rebels Without a Cause? The Relations of Fergus of Galloway and Somerled of Argyll With the Scottish Kings, 1153–1164". In Cowan, E; McDonald, R (eds.). Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages. East Linton: Tuckwell Press. pp. 166–186. ISBN 1-86232-151-5. McDonald, A (1995). "Scoto-Norse Kings and the Reformed Religious Orders: Patterns of Monastic Patronage in Twelfth-Century Galloway and Argyll". Albion. 27 (2): 187–219. doi:10.2307/4051525. ISSN 0095-1390. JSTOR 4051525. Flateyjarbok (1862) p. 508 ch. 439

Wadden, P (2014). "Cath Ruis na Ríg for Bóinn: History and Literature in Twelfth-Century Ireland". Aiste. 4: 11–44