History |
REMARKS:
In old Norse his name is Sigtryggr
BIOGRAPHY
Sitric, whose old Norse name was Sigtryggr, was born about 885. He was king of Dublin and York. His wife is unknown. Baldwin notes that Sitric married a sister of Aethelstan of England in 926, but it is not chronologically feasible for her to have been the mother of Sitric\'s son Amlaib Cuaran, who succeeded him as king of Dublin and York.
The kingdom of Dublin was established by the Norse invaders of Ireland in the ninth century. By the early tenth century it had become a hereditary kingdom ruled by the descendants of the ninth century ruler Ivar (died 873). The kings of Dublin were also often kings of York during the early period, and cadet branches of this dynasty appear to have also ruled Limerick, Waterford, the Isles and Man. The principal Dublin branch descends from Sitric, who is consistently referred to in the Irish annals as a grandson of Ivar, the intervening generation being uncertain.
The only event with which Sitric\'s name is associated is the Battle of Cennfuait in 917. There he was said to have killed Augaire mac Ailella (of the Ui Muiredaig branch of Ui Dunlainge), king of Laigin. Sitric himself died in 927. [1] |