- Hervé
Auguste Étienne
Albans Faye ((1814-10-01)1
October 1814 – (1902-07-04)4 July 1902) was a
French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre)...
- be used by
Gaelic speakers in the form of Alba (dative Albainn,
genitive Albann, now obsolete) as the name
given to the
former kingdom of the
Picts which...
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Three other individuals are
identifiable as sons of Gofraid;
Albann, Blácaire and Ragnall.
Albann was
killed in
battle against Muirchertach mac Néill in 926...
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Ragnarsson (Old Norse: Hálfdan; Old English:
Halfdene or Healfdene; Old Irish:
Albann; died 877) was a
Viking leader and a
commander of the
Great Heathen Army...
- "fair heathens" and the "dark heathens". The
Annals of
Ulster describe "
Albann", a
figure usually identified with
Halfdan Ragnarsson, a
leader of the Great...
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himself is not
identified explicitly by the
annals with the Dubgaill, but
Albann, a
figure considered by some to be Ímar's brother, is
called "lord of the...
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Sichfrith Auisle Gofraid Amlaíb Cuarán Mac
Ragnaill Ragnall Blácaire Amlaíb
Albann Gofraid Maccus Ragnall Glúniarran
Sitric Silkbeard Aralt Dubgall Máel Muire...
- the son of Ailchi,
presumably Tomrair mac Ailchi. Two
years later his son
Albann led a
raiding force north,
landing at Linn
Duachaill on 4 September. The...
- "Oistín son of Amlaíb, king of the Nor****, was
deceitfully killed by
Albann."
Along with
kings and kingdoms, the
entries in the
Annals of
Ulster focus...
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According to the
Annals of
Ulster Amlaíb's son
Oistin was
slain in
battle by "
Albann" in 875. This
figure is
generally agreed to be Halfdan. If that is correct...
