Olaf "The Red" Sihtricsson King DUBLIN^{[1, 2]}

Bef 928 - 981  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Olaf "The Red" Sihtricsson King DUBLIN  [3, 4]
  Nickname	The Red
  Born	Bef 928	Dublin, Eireann (Ireland)
  Gender	Male
  Name	Olaf Cuarajn Sitricsson King Of YORK
  Name	The Red
  _UID	118CAF8D857148E6BE6484BC0C55E5C06525
  Died	981	Iona, Ireland   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I10367	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Sitric (Sygtrygg) Caoch King Of York & DUBLIN,   b. Abt 874, Dublin, Eireann (Ireland) ,   d. 927, York, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Edith (Edgyth) Princess Of ENGLAND,   b. Abt 910, Wessex, England ,   d. 21 Jan 947  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Married	30 Jul 925	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England   [5]
  Family ID	F4377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gormflaith Ingen Murchada Mac Finn Of LEINSTER,   b. Abt 950, Leinster, Eireann (Ireland) ,   d. 1030, Kincora, Munster, Eireann (Ireland)  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	1st Husband   [3]
  Children	1. Harald Olafsson Prince Of DUBLIN,   b. Abt 965, Dublin, Eireann (Ireland) ,   d. Abt 999  (Age ~ 34 years)   2. Sitric "Silken Beard" King Of DUBLIN, & York,   b. Abt 970, Dublin, Eireann (Ireland) ,   d. 1042, Clontarf, Dublin, Eireann (Ireland)  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F5154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [Source: Brian Thompsett] Acceded 945. Abdicated in 980. King of York 943. King of Northumberland. Which wife was the mother of which child is an issue for debate between sources. ---------------------------------------------- Olaf SIHTRICSON, byname (in sagas) OLAF THE RED, or OLAF CUARAN, Olafalso spelled ANLAF (d. 981?, Iona?), king of the Danish kingdoms of Northumbria and of Dublin. He was the son of Sihtric, king of Deira, and was related to the English King Aethelstan. When Sihtric died about 927 Aethelstan annexed Deira,and Olaf took refuge in Scotland and in Ireland until 937, when he was one of the leaders of the formidable league of princes that was destroyedby Aethelstan at the famous Battle of Brunanburh. Again he sought a home among his kinsfolk in Ireland, but just after Aethelstan's death in 940 he or Olaf Guthfrithson was recalled to England by the Northumbrians. Both crossed over, and in 941 the new English king, Edmund, gave up Deira to the former. The peace between the English and Danes did not, however, last long. Wulfstan, archbishop of York, sided with Olaf; but in 944 Olaf was driven from Northumbria by Edmund, and crossing to Ireland, Olaf ruled over the Danish kingdom of Dublin. From 949 to 952 he was again king of Northumbria, until he was expelled once more (this time by Erik Bloodaxe), and he passed the remainder of his active life in warfare in Ireland. But in 980 his dominion was shattered by the defeat of the Danes at the Battle of Tara. He went to Iona, where he died probably in 981, although one dubious account says he was in Dublin in 994. [Britannica CD '97]

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] J. K. Loren, J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 239-2 (Reliability: 3). [S826] Kings of the Isle of Man, GEN-MEDIEVAL/soc.genealogy.medieval, by Stewart Baldwin, www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/man.htm, Table 1: The Kings of Dublin (Reliability: 3). [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Carol (Seejay51), 20 Mar 1998 (Reliability: 3).