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* The Viking leader Sihtric fathered  [[Olaf]] whom the Irish nicknamed Cuaran. The son of Olaf was '''Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson''', the Norse king of Dublin. (Cf. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigtrygg_Silkbeard Sigtrygg at Wikipedia], and Silkbeard's appearance on [[Page 532]])
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* '''Sitric Silkenbeard:''' King of Dublin (989-1036) during the Battle of Clontarf (1014), who issued silver coins with his face on them → the Viking king of Dublin Sigtryg Gale fathered  [[Olaf]], whom the Irish nicknamed Amlaíb Cúarán ("Olaf of the Sandals"), and who has sometimes been identified as the historical figure on whom Hamlet is based; the son of Olaf Cúarán was '''Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson''', the most famous Norse king of Dublin → see [[Page_532|FW 532]]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigtrygg_Silkbeard Wikipedia]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160354 Third Census of Finnegans Wake]

Latest revision as of 13:14, 20 March 2007

  • Sitric Silkenbeard: King of Dublin (989-1036) during the Battle of Clontarf (1014), who issued silver coins with his face on them → the Viking king of Dublin Sigtryg Gale fathered Olaf, whom the Irish nicknamed Amlaíb Cúarán ("Olaf of the Sandals"), and who has sometimes been identified as the historical figure on whom Hamlet is based; the son of Olaf Cúarán was Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson, the most famous Norse king of Dublin → see FW 532