Affreca de Courcy

Affrica Guðrøðardóttir
Mannequin of Affreca at Carrickfergus Castle.
SpouseJohn de Courcy
DynastyCrovan dynasty
FatherGodred Olafsson

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.

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