Affreca de Courcy

Affreca de Courcy or Affrica Guðrøðardóttir was a late 12th-/early 13th century noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godred Olafsson, King of the Isles, a member of the Crovan dynasty. In the late 12th century she married John de Courcy. Affrica is noted for religious patronage in Northern Ireland.

Family background

Affreca was the daughter of Godred Olafsson (, a member of the Crovan dynasty. Godred ruled the Kingdom of the Isles.

She is not to be confused with her grandmother Affrica of Galloway, Queen of Man.

Anglo-Norman Ireland

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