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Olaf the White was a
viking sea-king who lived in the latter half of the ninth century CE. He was born around 840, possibly in Ireland. His father was the
Hiberno-Norse warlord
Ingjald Helgasson; Olaf is described in some sources as a descendent of
Ragnar Lodbrok (according to the
Eyrbyggja Saga, his father's mother Thora was the daughter of
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, one of Ragnar's sons); this is problematic given that Ragnar likely lived until the 860s.
Olaf was named
King of Dublin around 853; during part of his reign he may have ruled together with his kinsman
Ivar the Boneless(according to Irish sources only). Olaf married
Aud the Deep-minded, daughter of the ruler of the
Hebrides,
Ketil Flatnoseaccording to Icelandic traditions only (Landnámabók, Laxdæla Saga). Irish fragments provide a different genealogy (Godfred, Ragnall, Godfred, Godfred, Fragm. 127, 195), and his wife was the daughter of king Aedh (Fragm. 151, S. 175; Steenstrup, p. 120-121).
Auðr & Olaf had a son,
Þorsteinn rauðr or (Engl. Thorstein "the Red"), who attempted to conquer
Scotland in the 870s. At some point Olaf had a falling-out with the clan of Ketil and sent Auðr and their son back to her father's house. According to Landnámabók Olaf and Þorsteinn rauðr were both killed in the British Isles.
Þorsteinn rauðr was married to Þuriðr Eyvindardóttir austmann, and they'd several children: Gróa, Álof, Þorgerðr, Þórhildr, Vigdís, Ósk, Ólafr feilan (ancestor of Ari Fróði, author of Landnámabók, see ÍF, 1, genealogy IXa). The family was related to the
Vinland explorers and the Sturlung family (Gísli Sigurðsson, p. 262).
Olaf may be identical with the viking warlord
Amlaíb Conung, who according to
Irish sources was killed in 866 by
Causantín mac Cináeda, king of
Alba.
Gwyn Jones and Peter Hunter Blair dispute this identification.
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