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Birth:          ABT  970 Dublin, Ireland
Death:          1042 Dublin, Irelnd

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sl%C3%A1ine_ingen_Briain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigtrygg_Silkbeard
Sigtrygg II Silkbeard Olafsson (also Sihtric, Sitric[1] and Sitrick in Irish texts; or 
Sigtryg[2] and Sigtryggr[3] in Scandinavian texts) was a Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin 
(possibly AD 989–994; restored or began 995–1000; restored 1000 and abdicated 
1036) of the Uí Ímair dynasty. He was caught up in the abortive Leinster revolt of 
999–1000, after which he was forced to submit to the King of Munster, Brian Boru. His 
family also conducted a double marriage alliance with Boru, although he later 
realigned himself with the main leaders of the Leinster revolt of 1012–1014. He has a 
prominent role in the 12th-century Irish Cogadh Gaedhil re Gallaibh and the 13th 
century Icelandic Njal's Saga, as the main Norse leader at the Battle of Clontarf in 
1014.

Sigtrygg's long reign spanned 46 years, until his abdication in 1036.[4] During that 
period, his armies saw action in four of the five Irish provinces of the time. In 
particular, he conducted a long series of raids into territories such as Meath, Wicklow, 
Ulster, and perhaps even the coast of Wales. He also came into conflict with rival 
Norse kings, especially in Cork and Waterford.

He went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1028 and is associated with the foundation of Christ 
Church Cathedral in Dublin. Although Dublin underwent several reversals of fortune 
during his reign, on the whole trade in the city flourished. He died in 1042.[4]
Sigtrygg was of Norse and Irish ancestry.[2] He was a son of Olaf Cuarán (also called 
Kváran), King of York and of Dublin, and Gormflaith ingen Murchada.[3] Gormflaith 
was the daughter of the King of Leinster, Murchad mac Finn,[5] and the sister of his 
successor, King Máel Mórda of Leinster.[3] She had previously been married to the 
King of Meath and High King of Ireland, Máel Sechnaill[3] — the first of her three 
husbands. She was a beautiful, powerful and intriguing Irish woman,[3] who according 
to the 13th-century Icelandic Njál's saga, was "the fairest of all women, and best 
gifted in everything that was not in her own power, but it was the talk of men that she 
did all things ill over which she had any power".[3][6] Sigtrygg's paternal half-brother 
was Glúniairn, "Iron-knee", who ruled as King of Dublin from 980–989.

An incident involving the ransom of one of Sigtrygg's sons late in his reign, in which 
"seven score British horse" were mentioned in the list of demands,[7] suggests that 
Dublin was one of the main ports for importing horses into 11th century Ireland, and 
that Sigtrygg and his family may have been personally involved in animal husbandry.[8]
Sigtrygg married Brian Boru's daughter, Sláine, and they had one son: Olaf (d. 1034).
[4] According to the Annals of the Four Masters, Olaf "was slain by the Saxons" on his 
way on a pilgrimage to Rome.[41] He was survived by one Ragnhild, from whom 
Gruffudd ap Cynan and the Kings of Gwynedd were descended.[4]

Separately from Sláine, Sigtrygg had five children: Artalach (d. 999), Oleif (d. 1013), 
Godfrey (d. 1036), Glúniairn (d. 1031) and Cellach (d. 1042).[4][39] The annals record 
the death of Oleif—"son of the lord of the foreigners"—who was killed in revenge for the 
burning of Cork.[42] Glúniairn was killed by the people of South Brega in 1031.[43] 
Godfrey was killed in Wales in 1036 by one Sitric, "son of Glúniairn"—as factionalism 
was common among Viking settlers, this could have been the same Glúniairn as 
Sigtrygg's half-brother, thus making Godfrey and his killer cousins.[44] Sigtrygg's 
daughter Cellach died in the same month as her father.[45]

Sigtrygg was also, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "a patron 
of the arts, a benefactor of the church, and an economic innovator".[39] In the 990s, 
he established Ireland's first mint, in Dublin.[39] He established a bishopric at Dublin 
and in 1028 he made a pilgrimage to Rome.[39][46] It is thus possible to attribute the 
origins of the establishment of territorial bishoprics in Ireland on the Roman model, one 
of the most important results of 11th-century Irish Church Reform, to Sigtrygg.[47] He 
went on to found Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, which today is the oldest building 
in Dublin, but relatively young in comparison to the many monastic cathedrals in the 
rest of Ireland. Like many of the other coastal cathedrals in Ireland, it is of Hiberno-
Norse origin. The cathedral, initially a wooden building, was rebuilt in stone in the 
1180s following the arrival of the Anglo-Normans to Ireland, led by Richard de Clare, 
2nd Earl of Pembroke.[2]

Parents
SITRICSSON Olaf "Cuaran" (ABT  927 -  981)
MURCHADA Gormflaith (ABT  950 - 1030)

Siblings
____ Sigtrygg Silkbeard (ABT  970 - 1042)
OLAFSSON Harald (ABT  975 -  999)

Marriage To BORU Slani (Slaine) (ABT  980 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BORU [BOROIMHE] Brian ( 942 - 23 Apr 1014)
UI AEDA ODBA Eachraidh (ABT  947 - ABT  980)

Children by BORU Slani (Slaine) ABT  980 - 
SIGTRYGGSSON Olaf (ABT 1000 - 1034)

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