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Olaf Tryggvason: The Christian Viking’s Life & Death
But this did not bring him favor with his neighbor, as this meant she was abandoning a strategic marriage with a Wendish king, arranged by her brother. Olaf made enemies of his neighboring Viking ...
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The Story Of Athelstan, The Unlikely Ruler Who Became The First King Of England
But the Scots didn’t quickly forget this humiliation. In 937, Constantine of the Scots, Owain of Strathclyde, and the Viking ...
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Constantine II, King of Alba 900 – 943
He married his daughter to Olaf Guthfrithsson, the pagan king of Viking Dublin and persuaded Owein of Strathclyde, his relative, to support his cause. In 937 AD they invaded Aethelstan's England.