Coin minted by Olaf Cuaran as King of Dublin, c. 924. Appears to depict a Raven banner.

Olaf Cuaran (Olaf Kvaaran) (d. 981), was also known as Olaf Sitricsson. In Irish he is known as Amlaíb Cuaran. His nickname, cuaran, means "sandals". Image File history File links Olaf_Cuaran_coin. ... Image File history File links Olaf_Cuaran_coin. ... The raven banner The raven banner (in Old Norse, Hrafnsmerki; in Old English, Hravenlandeye) was a flag, possibly totemic in nature, flown by various viking chieftains and other Scandinavian rulers during the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries CE. The flag, as depicted in Norse artwork, was roughly triangular, with a... Events Births Princess Theodora, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ...

Sigtrygg Caech, Olaf's father, ruled Deira, a part of Northumbria, until his death in 927. Upon Sigtrygg's death, Athelstan annexed Deira and Olaf fled to Scotland. Until 937, he spent time in Scotland and Ireland and, according to some accounts, participated in the Battle of Brunanburh as part of the defeated alliance. Sihtric was a viking leader from Dublin who reigned as king of York. ... Deira (which later absorbed the Brythonic kingdom of Ebrauc) was a kingdom in Northern England during the 6th century AD. It extended from the Humber to the Tees, and from the sea to the western edge of the Vale of York. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom of Angles which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, from two smaller kingdoms of Bernicia and Diera, and... Events Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of Gyeongju and places King Gyeongsun on the throne. ... Athelstan redirects here. ... This article is about the country. ... Events Athelstan wins the Battle of Brunanburh September 21 - Magdeburg is now the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, after a Diet held by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Births Duke William IV of Aquitaine (d. ... The Battle of Brunanburh was a West Saxon victory in 937 by the army of king Athelstan and his brother Edmund over the combined armies of Olaf III Guthfrithson, Viking king of Dublin, Constantine, king of Scotland and King Owain of Strathclyde. ...

Among his wives was Gormflaith, daughter of Murchad mac Finn, King of Leinster, and future wife of Brian Boru. She was mother of his successor, Sigtrygg Silkbeard. Gormflaith was the daughter of Murchad MacFinn, King of Leinster, sister of his sucessor, Mael Mordha, and widow of Olaf Cuaran, the Viking king of Dublin and York. ... The following is a provisional list of the Kings of Leinster up to 1632, and successive Chiefs of the Name to the present day. ... A much later engraving of Brian Boru Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (926 or 941[1] – 23 April 1014) (known as Brian Boru in English) was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. ... Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson (known also as Sitric in Irish texts) was the son of King Olaf Cuaran and Gormflaith. ...

Athelstan died in 939 and Olaf Guthfrithson, king of Dublin at the time, invaded Northumbria and compelled Edmund, Athelstan's successor, to surrender Deira. When Olaf Guthfrithson died in 942, Olaf Cuaran succeeded him, finally recovering the throne of his father in addition to the throne of Dublin. Two years later, however, Edmund expelled him from Northumbria and Olaf was left with only Dublin. Events Vietnam became a tributary kingdom to China. ... Olaf III Guthfrithson (died 941) ruled as Norse king of Dublin from 934 to 941. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Edmund I (or Eadmund, 921 – May 26, 946), called the Elder, the Deed-Doer, or the Just, was King of England from 939 until his death. ... Events Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to Japans Kinryuzan Sensouji Temple is erected. ...

Olaf managed to regain his lands in Northumbria in 949, only to be expelled again in 952, this time by Erik Bloodaxe. Events Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets were within the same 90% arc of the solar system on 1 February 949. ... Events Hugh Capet marries Adelaide of Aquitaine Deaths Emperor Suzaku of Japan Hugh, Duke of Burgundy Categories: 952 ... Eric I (Norw. ...

In 980, Olaf suffered a massive defeat at the Battle of Tara, which destroyed the power of the Norse in Ireland. He went to Iona and probably died there in 981. He was succeeded by his son Glun Iarainn ("Iron Knee"), son of his wife Donnflaith. Events Births Emperor Ichijo of Japan Humbert I of Savoy Avicenna Godiva, Countess of Mercia Deaths Categories: 980 ... The Battle of Tara took place in 980. ... Norse is an adjective relating things to Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. ... Iona is a small island, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. ... Events Births Princess Theodora, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ...

Olaf III Guthfrithson (died 941) ruled as Norse king of Dublin from 934 to 941. ... The Kings of Dublin, or Dyflin. ... Olaf III Guthfrithson (died 941) ruled as Norse king of Dublin from 934 to 941. ... Jórvík was the Viking name for the English city of York and the kingdom centred there. ... Jórvík was the Viking name for the English city of York and the kingdom centred there. ... The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th century until the Conquest by the Normans in 1066. ... Eirik Bloodaxe (Old Norse:Eiríkr blóðöx, Icelandic:Eiríkur blóðöx, Norwegian:Eirik Blodøks) (circa 885 – 954), was the second king of Norway (930-934) and the eldest son of his father Harald Fairhair. ... Jórvík was the Viking name for the English city of York and the kingdom centred there. ... Eirik Bloodaxe (Old Norse:Eiríkr blóðöx, Icelandic:Eiríkur blóðöx, Norwegian:Eirik Blodøks) (circa 885 – 954), was the second king of Norway (930-934) and the eldest son of his father Harald Fairhair. ...

See also

• Raven banner

The raven banner The raven banner (in Old Norse, Hrafnsmerki; in Old English, Hravenlandeye) was a flag, possibly totemic in nature, flown by various viking chieftains and other Scandinavian rulers during the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries CE. The flag, as depicted in Norse artwork, was roughly triangular, with a...

References

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines 175-1, 239-2

Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/files/2507.htm