Óláf Sihtricson (died 1034)

Irish name: Amlaíb mac Sitric

Óláf was son of the king of Dublin. In The Annals of Ulster describe how in 1029 Óláf, called “Amlaíb son of Sitriuc, king of the foreigners”, was held for ransom by Mathgamain ua Riacáin, king of Brega.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1034.

Place of Death: England.

The date and place are given by Hudson in his ODNB article. The Annals of Ulster (U1034.2) states that he was killed by the Saxons on his way to Rome.

Relationships

Father: Sihtric (Sigtryggr Óláfsson, Sigtryggr Silkiskegg) (died 1042). King of Dublin.

This relationship is given by Hudson in his ODNB article and by Thornton. It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U1034.2) and The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan § 1. (Baldwin LaI).

Mother: Sláine, daughter of Brian Bóruma.

This relationship is given by Hudson in his ODNB article and by Thornton. Her name is only known from The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan § 1 (“Slani hagen, mam avloed vrenhin,oed verch ẏ vrien brenhin muen, dwẏ rann o ẏwerdon.”), but the relationship is confirmed in The Wars of the Gaedhill with the Gaill (pp. 192-193, p. 257). (Baldwin LaI).

Spouse: Máelcorcre ingen Dúnlaing.

This relationship is given in The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan § 1. This source is often unreliable, but is probably accurate about this relationship (Baldwin LaI).

Children:

Radnaillt (Ragnhildr) married Cynan ab Iago.

References

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).

Guy, Ben. Medieval Welsh Genealogy. (The Boydell Press, 2020).

From Guy’s critical edition of the Llywelyn ab Iorwerth genealogies, which were based on an archetype created no later than the first half of the fourteenth century from an original compilation dating to the early thirteenth century, partly based on earlier written sources (Note that Guy is striving for textual rather than genealogical accuracy):

16. Mam Gruffud ap Kynan:

16.1 Ranillt ferch Alfoid m. Sutrig m. <Glinvarn> m. Sutrig m. Harallt Harfagyr m. Siwyrder Sur m. Beor m. Siwyrder Ris m. Harallt Harfagyr. Yr Harallt hwnnw a oresgynnws Lychlyn oll, ag diolyes y holl vrenined ohonei, ag a vu ehun oruchel vrenin dros Lychlyn. Harallt <Harffagyr> ap Haldan Du ap <Gwythrid> Vrenin Helgwr ap Haldan Milde ap Eisten ap Haldan Chinbein, y brenin kyntaf a doeth y Lychlyn o Suesia. Ranallt m <Gwrthryd> ap Afloyd m. Gwrthryt Mearch m. Harallt Du m. Ifor Gamle m. Afloyd m. <Sutric>.

16.1.1 <Mam> Ranillt, nain Gruffud ap Kynan: Maelgreg ferch Dwling m. Dwthil vrenin Lani, y bymet ran o Iwerdon.

16.1.2 Slani oed fam Afloyd vrenin, merch brenin Muen, dwy rann o Iwerdon.

Hudson, Benjamin T. “Sihtric (d.1042)”, in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Hudson, Benjamin T. Viking Pirates and Christian Princes: Dynasty, Religion, and Empire in the North Atlantic. (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Jones, Arthur (ed.) The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan. (Manchester U.P., 1910).

Thornton, David E. “The genealogy of Gruffudd ap Cynan” in Gruffudd ap Cynan (1996).

Todd, James Henthorn (ed.). The Wars of the Gaedhill with the Gaill. Rolls Series 48. (London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867 ).