Gormlet Ingen Murhada

Gormlet ingen Murhada ( born Gormflaith ingen Murchada ) was born in Neuss, County Kildare, Ireland, around 960. She was the daughter of King Leinster Murhad poppy Finn and the sister of his successor Mael Mordy poppy Murhada , the second wife and then widow of Olav Kvaran , the Viking King of Dublin and York . She was the mother of King Dublin Sitrick Silk Beard . The main source of her biography is the Irish text Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib .

Gormlet married Máel Sechnaill Mac Domnaill after Olaf’s death, but she is best known as the third wife of the High King of Ireland, Briand Bohr . She was the mother of Donnhad , who succeeded Briand as King of Munster . In 999, Brian defeated Mael Mordu and Sitrick Silkbeard at the Battle of Glenmam. As a result of the peace negotiations, Briand gave one of his daughters to Sitrick, and he married Gormlet. According to the Nyala saga , she was Kormloð : "She was an extremely beautiful woman and good in everything that did not depend on her will, but, as they say, in everything that depended on her, she showed herself only from the bad side." Subsequently, she and Briand divorced, and Gormlet began to develop opposition to the supreme king. She prompted Sitrick to gain Viking support outside of Ireland, primarily Sigurd from the Orkney Islands and Brodir from the Isle of Man .

The culmination of the conflict caused by her was the battle of Clontarf , in which Briand was killed. Briand's forces won, but neither Gormlet nor Sitrick were killed, as they were safe outside the walls of Dublin. Gormlet died in 1030.

The name Gormlet is mentioned in Judy Chicago's Heritage Floor .