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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 1237 births, 1237 deaths, 1237 disestablishments, 1237 establishments, 1237 in law, Conflicts in 1237, Livonian Brothers of the Sword, Olaf the Black, Anglo-Scottish border, Bohemond VI of Antioch, Richard Poore, Treaty of York, John of Brienne, Tr n Qu c Khang, Livonian Order, Kayqubad I, Narathihapate, Gutenzell Abbey, Berengaria of Leon, Sremska Kamenica, Adam de la Halle, Ladislaus of Salzburg, Guomundur Arason, Joan, Lady of Wales, List of state leaders in 1237, Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon, William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, Margaret of Sicily, Jordan of Saxony, John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, Avraham son of Rambam, Shunten, Anna Maria of Hungary, Kirchberg convent, Guy Pallavicini, Huijong of Goryeo, Battle of Cortenuova, Siege of Ryazan, Fujiwara no Ietaka, John Halgren of Abbeville, Al-Ashraf, Agnes of Dampierre, Guigues VI of Viennois, Arni orlaksson, Villanus, Pons de Capduelh, 1237 in poetry. Excerpt: Olaf the Black (1173/4-1237), also known as Olaf Godredsson, was King of Mann and the Isles from 1229-1237. He was the son of Godred Olafsson and Fingola, granddaughter of a High King of Ireland. Olaf was the half-brother of his predecessor, Ragnvald Godredsson. Olaf the Black was a great-grandson of Godred Crovan, King of the Isles, King of Dublin. The ancestry of Godred Crovan is uncertain. The Chronicle of Man names him as: "filius Haraldi nigri de ysland," and it is possible that "ysland" may refer to Iceland. In one Irish annal, he is given the patronymic "mac mic Arailt," and this may mean that he was a son, or nephew, of Imar mac Arailt, King of Dublin (d. 1054). Godred Crovan died in 1095, after ruling the Kingdom of Man and the Isles for over fifteen years. A period of confusion followed his death, before his younger son, Olaf (d. 1153), ruled the kingdom for over forty ye...
