Olaf "The Red" Sihtricsson King DUBLIN

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• Name: Olaf Cuarajn Sitricsson King Of YORK
• Name: The Red
• _UID: 118CAF8D857148E6BE6484BC0C55E5C06525

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.

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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]

Olaf married Gormflaith Ingen Murchada Mac Finn Of LEINSTER in 1st Husband. Gormflaith (daughter of Murchad Mac Finn King Of LEINSTER and Miss Na CONNACHT) was born about 950 in Leinster, Eireann (Ireland); died in 1030 in Kincora, Munster, Eireann (Ireland). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 996CE3EC5A8F40988F8154F100E1E6D1826B

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Source: lorenfamily.com

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• Name: Silken Beard
• Name: Sitric "Silken Beard" King Of Dublin & YORK
• _UID: 05C6348ED5D448DC8ACFB076B29BA26D354D
• ACCEDED: 989
• Event: 1028
• Deposed: 1036

Notes:

Acceded 989. Deposed 1036. King of Northumberland, King of
Denmark,King of York.

Titled:
King of Dublin

Titled:
King of Denmark

Titled:
King of Northumbria (Northumberland)

Titled:
King of York

ACCEDED:
King of Dublin

Event:
Went on pilgrimage to Rome

Family/Spouse: Slani O'BRIEN. Slani (daughter of King Brian BORU, Of Ireland and Eachraidh Ui Aeda ODBA) was born about 980 in Munster, Eireann (Ireland); and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4F7CE93870784B2DA091EAF4CE7E1205BEC7

Family/Spouse: Maelcorcre Princess Of LEINSTER. Maelcorcre (daughter of Donncuan King Of LEINSTER) was born about 995 in Leinster, Eireann (Ireland); and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Rhanullt O'OLAF
• _UID: C95C3006718744B2894DCF9FD059B143AA2D

Family/Spouse: Cynan Ap IAGO, Prince Of North Wales. Cynan (son of Iago Ap Idwal Of ABERFFRO and Afandreg Verch GWAIR) was born about 1004 in Aberffro, Malltraeth, Anglesey, Wales; died in in Exiled In Dublin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]