page_title: List of rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
section_title: Late 10th and 11th centuries
hierarchical_section_title: List of rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles / Late 10th and 11th centuries
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration from: Storm, G , ed. (1899) Norges Kongesagaer, Vol. 2, Heimskingla II, I.M. Stenersens Forlag, page 544. The caption reads: "Da Sol randt op, gik Magnus og hans Mænd lland". The illustration depicts the forces of Magnus Barefoot in Ireland.
context_page_description: The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norse as the Suðreyjar, or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland. The historical record is incomplete and the kingdom was probably not a continuous entity throughout the entire period. The islands concerned are sometimes referred to as the "Kingdom of Mann and the Isles", although only some of the later rulers claimed that title. At times the rulers were independent of external control, although for much of the period they had overlords in Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland or Orkney. At times there also appear to have been competing claims for all or parts of the territory. The islands involved have a total land area of over 8,300 square kilometres and extend for more than 500 kilometres from north to south.
caption: 19th-century depiction of Magnus Barefoot's forces in Ireland.
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