Dub Chablaigh ingen Cathal,
Empress
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
of the
Irish, died 1009.
Background
Dubh Chablaigh was a daughter of
King Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg
Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg (died 1010) was king of Connacht.
Family tree
Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg, d. 1010.
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of
Connacht, who died in 1010. Her mother's identity is uncertain. Her brothers and half-brothers were
Tadg in Eich Gil
Tadg in Eich Gil (died 1030) was king of Connacht.
Family tree
Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg, d. 1010.
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, Brian, Conchobor, In Cléirech, and Tadhg Díreach.
Marriage and issue
She was the fourth wife of
Brian Boru and is thought to have been the mother of his son, Domnall, who died in 1010 or 1011. He was survived by a son, Diarmait, who died in 1051. Brian had three known daughters but it is unknown if Dub Chablaigh was the mother of any of them.
Title
Brian styled himself ''Emperor of the Irish'' in 1005 at
Armagh
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, which is the origin of her title.
See also
*
Dubhchobhlaigh
Family tree
Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg
Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg (died 1010) was king of Connacht.
Family tree
Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg, d. 1010.
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, d. 1010.
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Dub Chablaigh Tadg in Eich Gil, d. 1030. Brian, Conchobor, In Cléirech, fl. 1044. Tadhg Díreach
=Brian Boru =? d. 1029 fl. 1029. , ,
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Domnall? Áed in Gai Bernaig, , ,
, King of Connacht, Tadg, Conchobar,
, died 1067. d.1056. d. 1069.
Diarmait,
d. 1051.
References
* ''Early Irish kingship and succession'', pp.314-315, Bart Jaski, 2000.
* ''
Leabhar na nGenealach
''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add m ...
'', pp.484-85, p.614-15,
* ''Medieval Ireland:An Encyclopeida'', p.46, ed. Seán Duffy, Routledge, 2005.
* ''Brian Boru:Ireland's greatest king?'', pp.31-33, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Tempus, 2007. .
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Irish royal consorts
11th-century Irish women
11th-century Irish people
People from County Galway
People from County Roscommon
Irish princesses