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Shift in Viking power in Dublin

Type Event Region Ireland Time 1014–1036

After the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, the Viking city-state of Dublin was heavily struck and the Viking military hegemony long acting as an independe…

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  1. 1014Clontarf to Dublin · DublinIn the Battle of Clontarf, Viking warriors allied with Dublin and overseas reinforcements suffered heavy casualties, and several Viking chieftains were killed. Dublin's military deterrent power was greatly reduced, and it could no longer dominate eastern Ireland as an independent maritime city-state as it had in the 9th and 10th centuries.
  2. 1014–1030City of Dublin · DublinAfter the battle, Sitric Silkbeard continued to rule Dublin but had to adjust relations with the native Irish kings. He married Brian's daughter as a gesture of reconciliation; Dublin's trade and minting continued, but its political independence was significantly weakened, increasingly subject to the power struggles of Leinster and the island-wide kingship.
  3. 1030–1052Dublin · DublinSitric abdicated or died around 1036, and the Dublin throne passed into the hands of native Irish nobles. By the mid-11th century, the Vikings had essentially disappeared from Ireland as an independent political and military force; Dublin became the core city of the Kingdom of Leinster, and Viking cultural remains merged into local society.

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