Everything about Olaf Iii Guthfrithson totally explained
Olaf III Guthfrithson (
OIr Amlaíb mac Gofraidh), (died
941), a member of the
Norse-Gael Uí Ímair dynasty, was king of
Dublin from 934 to 941.
Gothfrith, his father, held both Dublin and
York until
Athelstan of England expelled him from York in 927.
Olaf married the daughter of
Causantín mac Áeda. He also allied himself with
Eógan I of Strathclyde. In 937, Olaf led his allies into battle against Athelstan, king of
England, in the
Battle of Brunanburh and was decisively defeated.
After Athelstan's death in 939, Olaf again invaded York the same year, forcing Athelstan's successor,
Edmund, into a treaty which ceded to Olaf
Northumbria and part of
Mercia. He didn't get to enjoy his new lands for long, dying just two years later in 941. He was succeeded by
Olaf Cuaran.
Under Olaf,
Jórvík over-reached its own capacity of self-government. Despite the most extensive size and power wielded during his reign, the territorial framework of his kingdom was in sharp decline.
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