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Olaf Guthfrithson

d. 941 · 10th century

Olaf Guthfrithson was a Viking king of Dublin from 934 and of York from 939 until his death in 941. In 937 he led the Dublin Norse in alliance with the Scots and the Britons of Strathclyde against King Æthelstan of England, and was defeated at the Battle of Brunanburh. After Æthelstan's death he took York and the Five Boroughs, but he died soon afterwards.

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