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That the cuarán was a piece of footwear specific to Dublin is suggested by statements in other stories that have cobblers in the town owing a cuarán in taxes. Icelandic sagas. Amlaíb Cuarán (Olaf Kvaran) is referred to at least twice in the Icelandic sagas, once in Njal's Saga and again in Saga of Gunnlaugr Serpent-Tongue.
- 941 – 944
- Edmund I
Amlaíb (Óláfr) Cuarán (d. 981), son of Sitriuc Cáech (qv), was Norse king of Dublin. He first came to notice in 940 when he left Dublin to join his cousin Amlaíb (qv) son of Gofraid at York. In 941, when Amlaíb son of Gofraid died, Amlaíb Cuarán himself became king of the Hiberno–Danish kingdom of York and Dublin, but he lost control ...
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Amlaíb mac Sitric (c. 927-980; Old Norse: Óláfr Sigtryggsson) Amlaíb mac Sitric (c. 927-980; Old Norse: Óláfr Sigtryggsson), commonly called Amlaíb Cuarán, in Old Norse: Óláfr kváran, was a 10th-century Norse-Gael who was King of Northumbria and Dublin. His byna …
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Amlaíb Cuarán was born in 0921 as the son of Godfrid King of Dublin and York and St. Eadgyth Princess of Wessex. He married Queen Dúnlaith ingen Muirchertach of Ailech about 0950. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died about 0980, in Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 60, and was buried ...
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- Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jun 3, 2023 · Amlaíb Cuarán (Olaf) Sigtryggsson formerly Sitricsson. Born about 0920 in England. Son of Sigtryggr Blinde Ivarsson and [mother unknown] Brother of Gofraid Sigtryggsson and Harald Sigtryggrsson. Husband of Dúnflaith ua Néill — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Jan 18, 2024 · Amlaíb Cuarán's career began in 941, following the death of his cousin Amlaíb mac Gofrith, when he became co-ruler of York, sharing power with his cousin Ragnall son of Gofraid. According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise, Amlaíb had been in Britain since 940, having left another son of Gofraid, Blácaire, as ruler of Dublin.[15]
May 6, 2022 · Amlaíb Cuarán and the Gail, 941-981. By Alex Woolf; Famous Cemeteries of Medieval Ireland extracted from Kelly Kilpatrick, ‘The Historical Interpretation of Early Medieval Insular Place-Names’ (University of Oxford, unpublished DPhil. Thesis, 2012). Religious and Cultural Boundaries between Vikings and Irish: The Evidence of Conversion.
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