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Source for: Olof Skötkonung, ABT 980 - 1022
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Name source: S190Page: Olof Skötkonung (Old Swedish: Olawær Skotkonongær, Old Icelandic: Óláfr sænski), also known as Olaf Eiríksson (c. 980–1022) was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and, according to Icelandic sources, Sigrid the Haughty. He succeeded his father in 995. 2013-02-03
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Olof Skötkonung
King of Sweden
Reign995–1022
PredecessorErik Segersäll
SuccessorAnund Jacob
SpouseEstrid
Issue
Emund the Old
Astrid Olofsdotter
Anund Jacob
Ingegerd Olofsdotter
HouseHouse of Munsö
FatherErik Segersäll
MotherSigríð Storråda?
Born980
Died1022 (aged 41–42)
Olof Skötkonung (Old Swedish: Olawær Skotkonongær, Old Icelandic: Óláfr sænski), also known as Olaf Eiríksson (c. 980–1022) was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and, according to Icelandic sources, Sigrid the Haughty. He succeeded his father in 995.
Page: Olof Skötkonung (Old Swedish: Olawær Skotkonongær, Old Icelandic: Óláfr sænski), also known as Olaf Eiríksson (c. 980–1022) was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and, according to Icelandic sources, Sigrid the Haughty. He succeeded his father in 995. 2013-02-03
Text: Olof Skötkonung
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Olof Skötkonung
King of Sweden
Reign995–1022
PredecessorErik Segersäll
SuccessorAnund Jacob
SpouseEstrid
Issue
Emund the Old
Astrid Olofsdotter
Anund Jacob
Ingegerd Olofsdotter
HouseHouse of Munsö
FatherErik Segersäll
MotherSigríð Storråda?
Born980
Died1022 (aged 41–42)
Olof Skötkonung (Old Swedish: Olawær Skotkonongær, Old Icelandic: Óláfr sænski), also known as Olaf Eiríksson (c. 980–1022) was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and, according to Icelandic sources, Sigrid the Haughty. He succeeded his father in 995.
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Source for: Estrid of Mecklenberg, ABT 979 - 1035
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Name source: S186Page: Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites [2013-02-03[
Estrid of the Obotrites
Queen consort of Sweden
Reign1000–1022
SpouseOlof Skötkonung
Issue
Anund Jacob
Ingegerd Olofsdotter
FatherA tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites
Born979
Died1035
Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites (ca. 979 – 1035) was a Medieval and Viking age Swedish Queen consort and West Slavic Princess, married to Olof Skötkonung, the King of Sweden, ca. 1000–1022, mother of king Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus' Saint and Queen (Grand Princess) Ingegerd Olofsdotter.
Legend says that Estrid was taken back to Sweden from a war in the West Slavic area of Mecklenburg as a war-prize. She was most likely given by her father, a tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites, as a peace offering in a marriage to seal the peace, and she is thought to have brought with her a great dowry, as a great Slavic influence is represented in Sweden from her time, mainly among craftsmen.
Her husband also had a mistress, Edla, who came from the same area in Europe as herself, and who was possibly taken to Sweden at the same time. The king treated Edla and Estrid the same way and gave his son and his two daughters with Edla the same privileges as the children he had with Estrid, though it was Estrid he married and made Queen.
Queen Estrid was baptised with her husband, their children and large numbers of the Swedish royal court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converted to Christianity, although the king promised to respect the freedom of religion - Sweden was not to be Christian until the last religious war between Inge the Elder and Blot-Sweyn of 1084-1088.
Snorre Sturlasson wrote about her, that Estrid was unkind to the children (Emund, Astrid and Holmfrid) of her husband's mistress Edla; " Queen Estrid was arrogant and not kind towards her stepchildren, and therefore the king sent his son Emund to Vendland, where he was brought up by his maternal relatives".
Not much is known of Estrid as a person. Snorre Sturlasson mentions her as a lover of pomp and luxury, and as hard and strict towards her servants.
Children
Ingegerd Olofsdotter (circa 1001-1054), Grand Princess of Kiev, in Kievan Rus' called Anna, married Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev.
Anund Jacob (circa 1010-1050), king of Sweden, succeeded Olaf as king in c. 1022.
References
1. Herman Lindqvist: "Historien om Sveriges drottningar" (History of the queens of Sweden) (2006) (In Swedish)
2. Åke Ohlmarks: "Alla Sveriges drottningar" (All the queens of Sweden) (In Swedish)
3. Snorri Sturluson
Page: Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites [2013-02-03[
Estrid of the Obotrites
Queen consort of Sweden
Reign1000–1022
SpouseOlof Skötkonung
Issue
Anund Jacob
Ingegerd Olofsdotter
FatherA tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites
Born979
Died1035
Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites (ca. 979 – 1035) was a Medieval and Viking age Swedish Queen consort and West Slavic Princess, married to Olof Skötkonung, the King of Sweden, ca. 1000–1022, mother of king Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus' Saint and Queen (Grand Princess) Ingegerd Olofsdotter.
Legend says that Estrid was taken back to Sweden from a war in the West Slavic area of Mecklenburg as a war-prize. She was most likely given by her father, a tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites, as a peace offering in a marriage to seal the peace, and she is thought to have brought with her a great dowry, as a great Slavic influence is represented in Sweden from her time, mainly among craftsmen.
Her husband also had a mistress, Edla, who came from the same area in Europe as herself, and who was possibly taken to Sweden at the same time. The king treated Edla and Estrid the same way and gave his son and his two daughters with Edla the same privileges as the children he had with Estrid, though it was Estrid he married and made Queen.
Queen Estrid was baptised with her husband, their children and large numbers of the Swedish royal court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converted to Christianity, although the king promised to respect the freedom of religion - Sweden was not to be Christian until the last religious war between Inge the Elder and Blot-Sweyn of 1084-1088.
Snorre Sturlasson wrote about her, that Estrid was unkind to the children (Emund, Astrid and Holmfrid) of her husband's mistress Edla; " Queen Estrid was arrogant and not kind towards her stepchildren, and therefore the king sent his son Emund to Vendland, where he was brought up by his maternal relatives".
Not much is known of Estrid as a person. Snorre Sturlasson mentions her as a lover of pomp and luxury, and as hard and strict towards her servants.
Children
Ingegerd Olofsdotter (circa 1001-1054), Grand Princess of Kiev, in Kievan Rus' called Anna, married Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev.
Anund Jacob (circa 1010-1050), king of Sweden, succeeded Olaf as king in c. 1022.
References
1. Herman Lindqvist: "Historien om Sveriges drottningar" (History of the queens of Sweden) (2006) (In Swedish)
2. Åke Ohlmarks: "Alla Sveriges drottningar" (All the queens of Sweden) (In Swedish)
3. Snorri Sturluson