King Reginald Godresson

Reginald was King Godred Olafsson’s eldest son and was very warlike. In his younger years, he spent three years going a-viking (“never for a single hour beneath the roof of a house”), and he is still a pagan. When King Godred died, his youngest son, Olaf, was the legal heir, but yn kiare-as-feed (the Manx parliament) preferred Reginald as king, and he was crowned in 1187 AD, despite being illegitimate. Reginald plays a delicate balancing-act between Nor- way (to whom he technically owes fealty), Scotland (with whom he maintains a close friendship) and England (who have titled him their “Admiral of the Seas”).
Since 1219 AD, when the Pope granted assistance to the Manx in fighting English marauders, King Reginald swore an oath of fealty to Rome, and now technically holds the land as a fief under the Pope — but it appears that he does not take that oath of fealty any more seriously than his technical fealty to Norway (which is to say, not at all).
The ageing Reginald is no longer the mighty warrior he once was, but he is still a formidable man — barrel-chested, and strong. He rules Man with a firm but fair hand, and is well-liked by most of the hersar. He lives in Castletown with his family, Queen Katla and Princess Gyda.

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