Donnchad O'Brien King of Munster [9705] 24
- Born: Abt 975, Ireland
- Marriage (1): Driella [9704]
- Marriage (2): Unknown
- Died: 1064, Rome, Italy about age 89
General Notes:
Some lineages dont show Donncahd. Abdicated 1063. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03897
http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps07/ps07_226.htm
{David Williamson, "Kings and Queens of Britain," p. 234, gives Brien Borom's son and father of "Dearbforgail" as Donnchad, King of Munster (1023-64). "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 175-2 agrees, and reports that he was King of Munster in 1023, on pilgrimage to Rome in 1064 and died that year.
References: [AR7]
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded, 1014.
• Abdicated, 1063.
Donnchad married Driella [9704] [MRIN: 4193], daughter of Godwin of Wessex Earl of Wessex and Kent [8219] and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir [8221].
Donnchad next married.
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