Maelcorcre Ingen Dunlaing O' Tuathail (1000 - 1054)

Born 1000 in Leinster, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Óláfr (Sihtricson) Sigtryggsson — married about 1016 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 1054 at about age 54 in Ireland

Biography

Name and Parents

Máelcorcre ingen Dúnlaing was the daughter of Dúnlaing mac Tuathail (of the Uí Muiredaig branch of Uí Dúnlaing), king of Laigin, who died in 1014 ^[1]

She is sometimes referred to as Princess Maelcorcre of Leinster ^[2]

Marriage

She married Óláfr (Sihtricson) ^[1]

Death

She may have died about 1054. ^[3]

Issue

Máelcorcre and Óláfr had two children:

1. Nest Olafsdotter, born Dublin 1024
2. Ragnhild (Olafsdotter) ingen Amlaib, born Dublin 1030

Research Notes

Ancestry

Radnailt of Dublin's Ancestry by Stewart Baldwin

The other main "Gateway Ancestor" to Ireland is Radnailt, daughter of the Norse Dublin prince Amlaib by his wife Maelcorcre, daughter of Dunlaing mac Tuathail, king of Leinster, whose ancestry is given in the Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan (her son, ancestor of numerous Welsh and English families). Since most of her immediate ancestors were also ancestors of Eve of Leinster, it does not take much additional room to give her chart too. Eve of Leinster does not share Radnailt's Dublin Norse ancestors, who are given here to the earliest proven generation. ^[4]

(Baldwin's table re-arranged in ahnentafel format:)

1.Radnailt, md. Cynan ap Iago.

:/2.Amlaib (Olaf) mac Sitric, d. 1034. : /4.Sitric (Sigtrygg) mac Amlaib, k. Dublin, d. 1042AU.

| \5.Slani ingen Briain.*

/8.Amlaib (Olaf) Cuaran, k. Dublin & York, d. 981AU.

| \9.Gormlaith ingen Murchada [#69 on Eve chart].

| | /10.Brian Boruma, k. Ireland [#68 on Eve chart].

/16.Sitric (Sigtrygg) ua Imar, k. Dublin, d. 927AU.

/32.NN mac Imar.*

/64.Imar (Ivar), k. Dublin (& York?), d. 873AU.*

5. The twelfth century "Cogadh Gaedhel re Gailaibh" [ed. Todd, Rolls Series 48, London 1867], an independent source, confirms that Sitric was married to a daughter of Brian, but does not give her name, nor confirm that she was Amlaib's mother.

32. The contemporary records consistently refer to Sitric (Sigtrygg) as being a grandson of Imar (Ivar) without identifying his father. The possible identity of the intervening generation was discussed at length in this newsgroup some time ago.

64. There is no contemporary evidence for the parentage of Ivar. The mythical Ragnarr Lothbrok, his alleged father, is of very dubious historicity.^[4]

:\3.Maelcorcre ingen Dunlaing.*^[4]

| /6.Dunlaing mac Tuathail, k. Laigin [#384 on Eve chart]

Notes refer to numbers above. Reference to "Eve chart" are to Eve of Leinster.

3. No Irish source mentions this marriage, or the marriage of Radnailt to Cynan ap Iago. While it would be nice to have confirmation of these marriages in a more contemporary source, there does not seem to be any good reason to doubt them. The close connections of Gruffudd ap Cynan with Dublin are well documented.^[4]

Line of Descent by David Thaler'

Generation One

1. KING OLAF1 KVAARAN of Dublin, Ireland has an unknown birthdate. He married (WN-2) GORMFLIATH OF NAAS, daughter of (WN-1) King Murchad, who died in 1030[1]. Child: + 2 i. KING SIHTRIC2 OF DUBLIN of Dublin; m. (V-5) SLANI. ^[5]

Generation Two

2. KING SIHTRIC2 OF DUBLIN (Olaf KVAARAN1) of Dublin, son of (1) King Olaf1 and (WN-2) Gormfliath (of NAAS) (BORU), was born between 934 and 1031, and died between 948 and 1140. He married (V-5) SLANI, daughter of (V-3) King Brian. [1] Sihtric of the Silken Beard, King of Dublin AR: (239-2) Child: + 3 i. KING OLAF3 of Dublin; m. (WM-2) MAELCORCRE. ^[5]

Generation Three

3. KING OLAF3 OF DUBLIN (Sihtric2, Olaf KVAARAN1) of Dublin, son of (2) King Sihtric2 and (V-5) Slani, has an unknown birthdate. He married (WM-2) MAELCORCRE, daughter of (WM-1) King Dunlang. [2] Child: + 4 i. RAGNAILLT4; m. (TO-1) PRINCE CYNAN AP IAGO. ^[5]

Generation Four

4. RAGNAILLT4 (Olaf of DUBLIN3, Sihtric2, Olaf KVAARAN1), daughter of (3) King Olaf3 and (WM-2) Maelcorcre, was born between 1000 and 1041, and died between 1055 and 1151. She married (TO-1) PRINCE CYNAN AP IAGO of North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom. [3] Child: See (TO-1) Prince Cynan ap IAGO^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stewart Baldwin. Ancestry of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm Olaf is in Generation 6, #34. Accessed 1/16/2019 jhd
2. ↑ Ken Stelmaszek, Lineage of the Royal Princes of England, Nov 2000
3. ↑ Ancestry Record for Rhanullt O Olaf entered through the import of David Rentschler Family Tree_2010-09-30.ged on 01 October 2010.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Stewart Baldwin. Note in Soc.Genealogy.Medieval dated 2/26/98, reposting an item posted 27 July 1996. Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin Baldwin notes that the numerous diacritical marks have been omitted on this chart, due to the usual difficulty of transmitting special characters over the internet. Accessed 1/22/2019 jhd
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} David Thaler, Redmond, WA. Section VJ: Descendants of King Olaf Kvaaran. Cited by Geni Ranallt Olafsdottir] Manager: Private. Last Updated September 6, 2018.Accessed 1/23/2019 jhd

See also:

• Wales and the Britons, 350-1064, Volume 1 of History of Wales. p. 334. Author T. M. Charles-Edwards. Edition illustrated. Publisher Oxford University Press, 2013

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