Sihtric mac Ímair ( non, Sigtryggr Ívarrsson ; died 896) was a ninth-century

King of Dublin Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, the earliest and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in Ireland. Its territory corresponded to most of present-day County Dublin. The Norse refe ...

. He was a son of

Ímar Ímar ( non, Ívarr ; died c. 873), who may be synonymous with Ivar the Boneless, was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century who founded the Uí Ímair dynasty, and whose descendants would go on to dominate the Iri ...

and a member of the

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Biography

Sitriuc succeeded his brother Sichfrith as King of Dublin in 888.

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p. 25 For most of Sitriuc's reign, and for the decade preceding it,

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was weakened by internal strife and dynastic feuds. Sichfrith had been a victim of these; he was killed by an unnamed kinsman of the Uí Ímair. However, despite these problems the Dubliners fought successful wars against the forces of

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and the

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. In 893 Sitriuc was challenged for the control of Dublin by one Jarl Sichfrith, with both claiming the title of king. Sitriuc and Sichfrith left Dublin separately that year for military campaigns in

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, and although Sitriuc returned a year later it is unknown which of the two, if either, retained the title of king. Sitriuc was killed by a number of other unnamed Vikings in 896. His death coincided with the death of two other prominent Vikings, Glúntradna son of Glúniarann and Amlaíb, grandson of Ímar, marking a serious drop in the political stability of the kingdom.

p. 26,

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s.a. 896,

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s.a. 896,

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s.a. 896 It has been speculated the aforementioned Glúniarann succeeded Sitriuc as king.

Family

Sitriuc was a son of Ímar and had at least two brothers, Bárid and Sichfrith, both of whom were Kings of Dublin before him.

pp. 24–28 Ímar is considered by some authorities to be identical to

Ivar the Boneless Ivar the Boneless ( non, Ívarr hinn Beinlausi ; died c. 873), also known as Ivar Ragnarsson, was a Viking leader who invaded England and Ireland. According to the ''Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok'', he was the son of Ragnar Loðbrok and his wife Aslau ...

, a

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leader and a commander of the

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which invaded the

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kingdoms of England in 865. According to the

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Ímar was one of the sons of

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, and his brothers included

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and

Ubba Ubba (Old Norse: ''Ubbi''; died 878) was a 9th-century Viking and one of the commanders of the Great Heathen Army that invaded Anglo-Saxon England in the 860s. The Great Army appears to have been a coalition of warbands drawn from Scandinavia, ...

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p. 106 Ímar had at least five grandsons,

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Sitric Cáech Sitric Cáech or Sihtric Cáech or Sigtrygg Gále, ( non, Sigtryggr , ang, Sihtric, died 927) was a Hiberno-Scandinavian Viking leader who ruled Dublin and then Viking Northumbria in the early 10th century. He was a grandson of Ímar and a me ...

, Amlaíb, and

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, but their parents are unidentified, so it is not possible to say which, if any, were the children of Sitriuc.

pp. 28–29

Notes

References

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. The Corpus of Electronic Texts includes the ''Annals of Ulster'' and ''the Four Masters'', the ''Chronicon Scotorum'' and the ''Book of Leinster'' as well as Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sitriuc mac Imair 896 deaths 9th-century Irish monarchs Monarchs of Dublin Year of birth unknown Uí Ímair