Thorstein Olafsson 'the Red'

• Preferred Name: Thorstein Olafsson 'the Red'
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 888 in Hvammi, Dala, Iceland at LATI: N5.25 LONG: E22
  
• FSID: 949D-P6W
  
• Birth: ABT 858 in Dublin, Ireland at LATI: N3.3443 LONG: E6.2665
  
• Cause+of+Death: 888 with note: Description: Killid by Alba warriors myheritage
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Thorstein the Red or Thorstein Olafsson was a viking chieftain who flourished in late ninth-century Scotland.
  He was born around 850 AD and was the son of Olaf the White, King of Dublin, and Aud the Deep-minded, who was the daughter of Ketil Flatnose. After the death of Olaf, Aud and Thorstein went to live in the Hebrides, then under Ketil's rule. Thorstein eventually became a warlord and allied with the Jarl of Orkney, Sigurd Eysteinsson. Together Thorstein and Sigurd waged a series of campaigns in Caithness, Sutherland, Ross, Moray, and a number of other regions, eventually receiving tribute from half of Scotland. However, the Scottish chieftains plotted against Thorstein, and he was killed; the exact nature of his death is unknown but it probably took place around 880 or 890. After Thorstein's death Aud left Caithness, sojourning for a while in Orkney before settling with other members of her clan in Iceland.
  
  Thorstein married Thurid, the daughter of Eyvind the Easterner. Thorstein and Thurid had a son, Olaf Feilan, and a number of daughters, including Groa, Thorgerd, Olof, Osk, Thorhild, and Vigdis.
  
  A woman named Unn, wife of Thorolf Mostur-beard, claimed to be the daughter of Thorstein, but this claim was viewed by other Icelanders with scepticism.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_the_Red
  
  http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#GreladCaithnessMThorfinnIOrkney

1. Groa Thorsteinsdottir of Iceland, b. ABT 870 in Hvammstangi, Húnaþing, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Ísland     d. ABT 914 in Hvammur í Dölum, Dala, Dalasýsla, Ísland