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Birth:          ABT 1000 Dublin, Ireland
Death:          1034 enroute to Rome on pilgrimage
Cause of Death: slain by "Saxons"

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynan_ab_Iago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amla%C3%ADb_mac_Sitriuc
Amlaíb mac Sitriuc ("Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric") or Olaf Sigtryggsson was the son of 
Sigtrygg Silkbeard, the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, and Sláine, the daughter of 
Brian Boru. A member of the Uí Ímair dynasty, his ancestors also included Amlaíb 
Cuarán and Gormflaith, who were influential in medieval Ireland. He was ransomed by 
the Gaelic lord of Brega and later killed in England by Anglo-Saxons while on his way 
on pilgrimage to Rome in 1034. Some of his descendants later became the Kings of 
Gwynedd in Wales.
Family[edit]

Amlaíb was the son of the ruling King of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard (d. 1042), and his 
wife Sláine, daughter of the King of Munster and High King of Ireland, Brian Boru (d. 
1014), and his first wife.[1][1][2][3] His paternal grandfather was Amlaíb Cuarán (d. 
981), the powerful King of York and of Dublin.[1] Amlaíb Cuarán's wife was Gormflaith 
(d. 1030), a "beautiful, powerful and intriguing Irish woman" who later married Boru at 
the same time Sigtrygg married Sláine.[3]

Amlaíb had four half-brothers: Artalach (d. 999),[4] Oleif (d. 1013), Godfrey (d. 1036), 
Glúniairn (d. 1031).[1] Oleif was killed in immediate vengeance for the burning of the 
Norse city of Cork.[5] Glúniairn was killed by the people of South Brega in 1031.[6] 
Godfrey was killed in Wales, possibly by a first cousin.[7] Amlaíb was outlived by his 
half-sister Cellach, who died in 1042 in the same month as her father.[8]

Politics[edit]

In 1027, after the death of Máel Sechlainn in 1022 and the chaos which accompanied 
the subsequent bids for the High Kingship by the Irish princes, Sigtrygg Silkbeard was 
forced to make a new alliance with the men of Brega.[9] Amlaíb joined Donnchad of 
Brega in a raid on Staholmock, County Meath.[10] The army of Sigtrygg and Donnchad 
was defeated by the men of Meath under their king, Roen Ua Mael Sechlainn.[10][11] 
Sigtrygg rallied to the fight again, and fought a battle at Lickblaw where Donnchad 
and Roen were slain.[10][11]

In 1029, Amlaíb was taken prisoner by the new lord of Brega, Mathghamhain Ua 
Riagain, who exacted a ransom of 1200 cows.[2] Further conditions of the agreement 
necessitated payment of another 140 British horses, 60 ounces of gold and of silver, 
"the sword of Carlus", the Irish hostages of Leinster and Leath Cuinn, "four hostages 
to Ua Riagain as a security for peace, and the full value of the life of the third 
hostage."[2] Added to the total, 80 cows "for word and supplication"[2] were to be 
paid to the man who entreated for Amlaíb's release.[12] The incident illustrates the 
importance of ransoming noble captives, as a means of political manipulation, 
increasing one's own revenues and exhausting the resources of one's foes.[12] The 
demand of British horses also suggests that Dublin was one of the main ports for 
importing horses into 11th century Ireland, and that Amlaíb's family may have been 
personally involved in husbandry.[12]

According to the 17th century Annals of the Four Masters, Amlaíb mac Sitriuc "was 
slain by the Saxons" on his way on a pilgrimage to Rome in 1034.[13] He was survived 
by one Ragnhild, who was the mother of Gruffudd ap Cynan, from whom the Kings of 
Gwynedd were descended.[1]
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I18417

Parents
____ Sigtrygg Silkbeard (ABT  970 - 1042)
BORU Slani (Slaine) (ABT  980 - )

Siblings
SIGTRYGGSSON Olaf (ABT 1000 - 1034)

Marriage To OF LEINSTER Maelcorcre (ABT 1000 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Dunlaing (ABT  920 - 1014)
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Children by OF LEINSTER Maelcorcre ABT 1000 - 
____ Ragnhilda (ABT 1031 - )

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