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Erik Segeräll King of Sweden
(-Abt 994)
Sigrid Storå
Olaf Skotkonung King of Sweden
(Cir 960-Cir 1020)
Edla of Vinland
Ástrid Óláfsdóttir

 

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Olaf Haraldsson

Ástrid Óláfsdóttir

  • Marriage: Olaf Haraldsson

bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, 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 [Snorre, Saga of Olaf Haraldson Part III, 89]. Adam of Bremen records that the wife of Olav King of Norway was "rege Sueonum…filiam" [Historia Norwegie XVIII, p. 104]. Snorre records the marriage of King Olav and "Astrid, daughter of the Swedish king Olaf" [Snorre, Saga of Olaf Haraldson Part III, 92.].


Ástrid married Olaf Haraldsson, son of Harald "Grenski" Gudrødarson and Ásta Gudbrandsdóttir. (Olaf Haraldsson was born circ 995 in Norway, died on 29 Jul 1030 in Battle Stiklestad and was buried in Trondheim Cathedral.)


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