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Magnus Olafsson
Magnus Olafsson was the last king of Mann and the Isles of the Crovan dynasty, reigning from 1254 to 1265. He supported Haakon IV of Norway in the campaign that ended at the Battle of Largs in 1263, then submitted to Alexander III of Scotland. After his death, Norway ceded Man and the Isles to Scotland by the Treaty of Perth in 1266.
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