General Notes

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1  NAME Brian /Boru/
1  NAME Brian of the /Tributes/
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1  BIRT
2  DATE 940
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1  DEAT
2  DATE 1014
2  SO UR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001


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Sources: Young; Kings and Queens of Britain and A. Roots, 175, 239;
Kraen tzler 1441.
Roots: Brian of the Tributes (Boru, Borama and Boroimhe), King of the Dalcassians, then King of Munster, 976-1002, and finally usurped the high k ingship of Ireland, 1002-1014. Killed at the Battle of Clontarf, 1014, while fi ghting a mixed force of Norse and Leinstermen. (Brian's amcestry table
depends solely on tradition and is not accepted as proven. The ancestors listed by You ng are different from those in Roots. Have used Young's line.)    K&Q calls him Brian Boru, High King of Ireland from 1002-1014.  According to K&Q he had anot her son, Teige (Terence) who died in 1023 and
apparently was succeeded by his brother, Donnchad, that year. One of Teige's descendants, some 30 generations d own, was Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who married King George the VI and is the m other of Queen Elizabeth II.     And, according to Roots, Dictionary of Nationa l Biography and several other
sources, Brian and another wife, through a daugh ter Slani, were ancestors of a a distinguished Welsh line.    Young: Brian Boro mhe, 940-1014, king of Munster, high king of Ireland, most famous of all Irish kings.

Clan O'Brien

Note: Killed in the Battle of Clontarf.  First King t o unite all ofIreland Reigned 39 years. Crowned at the Rock Of Cashel. Held Bun ratty Castle, County Clare.


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