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Personal data Astrid Olofsdottir 

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Household of Astrid Olofsdottir

She is married to Olav II Haraldson.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Ulfhild Olavsdatter  ????-1071 


Notes about Astrid Olofsdottir

ASTRID. Snorre names "Emund, Astrid, Holmfrid" as the children of King Olof by his concubine Edla, specifying that Astrid was brought up in West Gautland in the house of Egil[79]. Adam of Bremen records that the wife of Olav King of Norway was "rege Sueonum…filiam"[80]. The Historia Norwegie records that Olav married "soror Margarete" after his betrothal to the latter was terminated by her marriage to "rex Iarezlafus de Ruscia"[81]. Snorre records the marriage of King Olav and "Astrid, daughter of the Swedish king Olaf"[82]. Her marriage was arranged to appease Swedish opposition to King Olav II's recently assumed rule. She remained in Sweden with her daughter when her husband left for Russia[83]. m (Feb 1019) OLAV II King of Norway, son of HARALD "Grenske" King of Vingulmark, Vestfold and Agder & his wife Asta Gudbransdatter (maybe posthumously 995-killed in battle Stiklestad 29 Jul 1030, bur in a sandbank in the river at Trondheim, transferred to St Clement's church which later became Trondheim Cathedral).

Bronnen:

[79] Snorre, Saga of Olaf Haraldson Part III, 89.

[80] Adami, Gesta Hammenburgensis Ecclesiæ Pontificum II.59, MGH SS VII, p. 327.

[81] Historia Norwegie XVIII, p. 104.

[82] Snorre, Saga of Olaf Haraldson Part III, 92.

[83] Snorre, Saga of Olaf Haraldson Part VII, 191

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWEDEN.htm#AstridMOlavIINorway

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Astrid Olofsdottir

Erik VI Segersäll van Zweden
± 950-± 995
Sigrid van Polen
± 950-± 1014
Olaf II van Zweden
± 985-± 1022

Astrid Olofsdottir


Olav II Haraldson
????-1030

Ulfhild Olavsdatter
????-1071

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