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Olaf SIHTRICSON, byname (in sagas) OLAF THE RED, or OLAF CUARAN, Olafal so spelled ANLAF (d. 981?, Iona?), king of the Danish kingdoms of Northumb ria and of Dublin. He was the son of Sihtric, king of Deira, and was relat ed to the English King Aethelstan. When Sihtric died about 927 Aethelst an annexed Deira,and Olaf took refuge in Scotland and in Ireland until 93 7, when he was one of the leaders of the formidable league of princes th at was destroyedby Aethelstan at the famous Battle of Brunanburh. Aga in he sought a home among his kinsfolk in Ireland, but just after Aethelst an's death in 940 he or Olaf Guthfrithson was recalled to England by the N orthumbrians. Both crossed over, and in 941 the new English king, Edmun d, gave up Deira to the former. The peace between the English and Danes d id not, however, last long. Wulfstan, archbishop of York, sided with Ola f; but in 944 Olaf was driven from Northumbria by Edmund, and crossi ng to Ireland, Olaf ruled over the Danish kingdom of Dublin. From 949 to 9 52 he was again king of Northumbria, until he was expelled once more (th is time by Erik Bloodaxe), and he passed the remainder of his active li fe in warfare in Ireland. But in 980 his dominion was shattered by the def eat of the Danes at the Battle of Tara. He went to Iona, where he died pro bably in 981, although one dubious account says he was in Dublin in 994. [ Britannica CD '97]
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