Death
Following his submission to Alexander, Magnús, the last reigning king of the Crovan dynasty, ruled peacefully until his death in 1265. According to the Chronicle of Mann, the king died at Rushen Castle on 24 November, and was buried at the Abbey of St Mary, Rushen. There is a possibility that a coffin-lid found at Rushen, may be associated with the tomb of one of the three kings of the dynasty known to have been buried there. At the time of his death, Magnús is known to have been married to Eógan's daughter, Máire (d. between 1300–1303). As the last of a long line of Norse-Gaelic rulers of Mann, his death ended the island's so-called "golden-age" of Scandinavian sea-kings. The Annals of Furness record simply, that on his death, "kings ceased to reign on Mann".
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