Sudreyjar

E516667

Sudreyjar was the Norse-Gaelic kingdom of the Southern Isles of Scotland, including the Hebrides and nearby islands, that formed a major maritime power in the medieval North Atlantic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sudreyjar canonical 1
Sudreys 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse-Gaelic kingdom ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
medieval kingdom ⓘ
capital Iona (at certain periods) ⓘ
linked to: Iona

Islay (at certain periods) ⓘ
linked to: Islay

Mann (at certain periods) ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Isles ⓘ
culture Norse-Gaelic culture ⓘ
economy maritime trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gaels ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
etymology Old Norse term meaning “Southern Isles” ⓘ
floruit 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Hebrides ⓘ
Islay ⓘ
Isle of Man (in many periods) ⓘ
Isle of Skye ⓘ
Jura ⓘ
Kintyre (in some periods) ⓘ
linked to: Kintyre

Mull ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
language Gaelic ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
locatedIn Firth of Clyde islands ⓘ
Hebrides ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic

Outer Hebrides ⓘ
Southern Isles of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Outer Hebrides
militaryStrength naval power ⓘ
nativeName Suðreyjar ⓘ
overlord Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
partOf British Isles ⓘ
Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Norse North Atlantic realm ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
ruler Godred Crovan ⓘ
Olaf the Black ⓘ
Somairle mac Gille Brigte (Somerled) ⓘ
linked to: Somerled
rulingDynasty Clann Somhairle ⓘ
linked to: Clan Donald

Crovan dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Largs ⓘ
Treaty of Perth ⓘ
strategicImportance major maritime power in the medieval North Atlantic ⓘ
successor Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Lordship of the Isles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sodor and Man → historicRegionIncluded → Sudreys ⓘ
linked to: Sudreyjar