Amlaíb Cuarán MAC SITRIC of Dublin

   Another name for Amlaíb was Óláfr Kváran SIGTRIGGSON.

   General Notes:

He and Gothfraidh ua Ímair were expelled from York by King Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.

He went to Cair-Abroc in 938.12 He was chosen as their king by the Northumbrians who abandoned their allegiance to the Angles of Wessex an Athelstan's death in 941.

He succeeded his 1st cousin, Olaf I, to the throne of Dublin in 941. King of York in England, between 941 and 943. He remained in Dublin after Blacaire, one of the chiefs of the foreigners, was expelled in 943 in Dublin, Ireland. He was restored to the throne of York following Ragnald II, but soon lost it to the English King Eadred in 944. King of York, restored in England, in 944. He was succeeded his 1st cousin, Blacar, to the throne of Dublin in 945. King of Dublin in Ireland, between 945 and 948. He was restored to the throne of York, succeeding Eric Bloodaxe, with the help of Eadred in 949. King of York, restored in England, between 949 and 952.14 He was restored to the throne of Dublin in 953.14 King of Dublin, restored between 953 and 980.

   Marriage Information:

Amlaíb married Gormlaith ingen Murchada UÍ FÁELÁIN, daughter of Murchad mac Finn UÍ FÁELÁIN rí Laigin and ingen Taidg UÍ CONCHOBAIR, before 980. (Gormlaith ingen Murchada UÍ FÁELÁIN was born about 965 and died in 1030.)