Sihtric Silkbeard Olafsson ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

King of Northumberland, King of Denmark, King of York.

Sitric mac Amlaíb (Old Norse Sigtryggr Silkiskeggi), king of Dublin, deposed 1036, d. 1042.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Dublin, 989.

• Deposed: 1036.

Sihtric married Slani ingen Briain O'Brien, daughter of Brian Bóruma macCennétig and Unknown.

  Marriage Notes:

Slani ingen Briain
The fact that Sitric was married to a daughter of Brian is also confirmed by the early twelfth century source Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh ("War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill"), ed. J. H. Todd (Rolls Series 48, London, 1867), pp. 193, 257.]