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Gyda Olafsdotter

Also Known As: "Gyda Sigtrygsdotter"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Death: 994 (19-28)
Ireland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Olaf Sithricsson, King of Dublin & York and Gormflaith ingen Murchada O'Faelain
Wife of Olav I Tryggvason, King of Norway
Mother of Tryggve Olavsson and Alfred O'Laff, King of Dublin
Sister of Sigtrygg "Silkbeard" Olafsson, King of Dublin & York; Harald mac Amlaíb of Dublin; Dubgall Olafsson; Gofraid Olafsson and Aralt Mac Sitriuc
Half sister of Glúniairn; Conchobhar mac Mael Sechnaill, King of Tara and Donnchad, King of Munster

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About Gyda of Dublin

NOTE: Snorre in his King Olav Trygvason's Saga varies between describing her as a sister and as a daughter of "King Olaf Kvaran". She is shown on Geni as a daughter per:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/IRELAND.htm#_Toc389126206

7. GYDA . Snorre records the betrothal and marriage of Olaf Trygvason to "a queen called Gyda…a sister of Olaf Kvaran who was king of Dublin in Ireland [who] had been married to a great earl in England" after whose death "she was at the head of his dominions"[1318]. In a later passage, Snorre refers to "King Olaf Kvaran" as his wife's father[1319]. m firstly ---. m secondly (in England 988) as his second wife, OLAV Trygveson, son of TRYGVE Olavsson [Norway] & his wife Åstrid Eiriksdatter (posthumously [968][1320]-drowned Øresund o. b. Svold, near Rügen 9 Sep [1000]). He imposed himself as OLAV I King of Norway in [995].

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Gyda of Dublin's Timeline

970
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Dublin, Ireland
990
990
Ireland
993
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994
Age 24
Ireland
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England