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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.
An excerpt from folio 29r of Oxford Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson B 489 (the Annals of Ulster).The excerpt concerns Sitriuc Cáech.. Sitric Cáech or Sihtric Cáech or Sigtrygg Gále, [nb 1] (Old Norse: Sigtryggr [ˈsiɣˌtryɡːz̠], Old English: Sihtric, died 927) was a Hiberno-Scandinavian Viking [nb 2] leader who ruled Dublin and then Viking Northumbria in the early 10th century.
Sigtryggr And Stiorra are captured, but Uhtred begs for their release; Edward agrees, as long as Sigtryggr and his men are baptised and swear loyalty to him. Sigtryggr refuses, and Edward sentences him to death. Sigtryggr declares he wishes Uhtred to be the one to kill him, as being slain by the greatest Danish warrior will be the ultimate honour.
Sigtryggr Sure of victory (Victory-true) Óðins nǫfn (8) Sigtýr [42] Sigtyr God of Victory, War God Skáldskaparmál, Atlakviða (30), Glúmr Geirason's Gráfeldardrápa (12) Sigþrór Successful in victory, Thriving in victory Óðins nǫfn (8) Skilfingr Skilfing Trembler or he of Hlidshilf Gylfaginning, Grímnismál (54), Óðins nǫfn (8 ...
The evidence for the existence of Sitric is a handful of coins minted at York bearing the inscription SITRIC CVNVNC (King Sitric). These coins have been dated to 942 and they bear similarities to coins of Olaf Cuaran and Ragnall Guthfrithson, two kinsmen who are known to have ruled Northumbria in the 940s. [2]
Jaakko Ohtonen as Wolland (series 5), Sigtryggr and Stiorra's second-in-command; Rod Hallett as King Constantin (series 5; Seven Kings Must Die), the King of Alba who raids the Northumbrian lands on his borders; Ewan Horrocks as Prince Aelfweard (series 5; Seven Kings Must Die), Edward and Aelflaed's son and the disputed heir to the throne of ...
The Battle of Clontarf (Irish: Cath Chluain Tarbh) took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of 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 army from abroad led by Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir ...
Sigtrygg (Sigtryggr) is an Old Norse given name, composed of the elements sig 'victory' and trygg 'trusty, true'. It is cognate with the Anglo-Saxon Sihtric.. In Norse-Gaelic Ireland (9th to 11th centuries) rendered as Sitric or Sihtric (the patronymic Sigtryggsson as mac Sitriuc).