Donnchad, son of Brian

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1064.

Place of Death: Rome.

The date and place are given by Mhaonaigh.

Relationships

Father: Brian Bóruma.

This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh, by Jaski (p. 136), and A New History of Ireland (9:137).

Mother: Gormflaith.

This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh.

Spouse: Gormlaith, daughter of Ua Donnacáin, king of Ara Tire.

This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh.

Spouse: a daughter of Ragnall, grandson of Ímar.

This relationship is given by Mhaonaigh.

Children (mother uncertain):

Derbforgaill married Diarmait, son of Donnchad Máel na mBó.

Murchad.

Lorcán.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.

Jaski, Bart. “The traditional rule of succession in early Ireland” (Ph.D. thesis, Trinity College Dublin, 1994). Appendix 2, Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties. Online PDF:

https://www.academia.edu/4144299/Genealogical_tables_of_medieval_Irish_royal_dynasties

Mhaonaigh, Máire Ni.. “Donnchad” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

A New History of Ireland. Moody, T.W., F.X.Martin, and F.J. Byrne (eds.). Volume 9 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).