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Sigtrygg II
Silkbeard Olafsson (also Sihtric,
Sitric and
Sitrick in
Irish texts; or
Sigtryg and
Sigtryggr in
Scandinavian texts) was a Hiberno-Norse king...
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Sechnaill by the
Germanic Nor**** of
Dublin under their Norse king
Sigtrygg Silkbeard and the
Leinstermen led by Máel Mórda mac Murchada.
Brian campaigned against...
- Ireland,
against a Norse-Irish
alliance comprising the
forces of
Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and a Viking...
- Brian's
Munster forces, and the
submission of Máel Mórda and King
Sigtrygg Silkbeard of
Dublin to
Brian Boru. The
solution did not
prove permanent, however...
- and 995,
returning after his
expulsion from the city in 993 by
Sigtrygg Silkbeard, who
would expel him for good the next time. Like his
relation and contemporary...
- Cáech,
Gofraid ua Ímair, Olaf Guthfrithson, and Olaf Cuaran.
Sigtrygg Silkbeard was "a
patron of the arts, a
benefactor of the church, and an economic...
- Amlaíb Cuarán Mac
Ragnaill Ragnall Blácaire Amlaíb
Albann Gofraid Maccus Ragnall Glúniarran
Sitric Silkbeard Aralt Dubgall Máel
Muire Ímar Cammán Gofraid...
- York
until his
death in 981, and was
mother to his son, King
Sigtrygg Silkbeard.
After Sigtrygg's
defeat at the
Battle of
Glenn Máma in 999, Gormlaith...
- 1035
Ragnall ua Ímair, King of
Waterford slain by
Sigtrygg Silkbeard. 1036
Sigtrygg Silkbeard driven out of
Dublin by
Echmarcach mac Ragnaill. 1038 First...
- Máel
Muire ingen Amlaíb (died 1021)
Gytha ingen Amlaíb (died ?)
Sigtrygg Silkbeard (died 1042)
Artalach mac
Sitric (died 999) Amlaíb mac
Sitric I/II (died...
