Person:Olaf Skotkonung (1)
Olaf III Skötkonung _____, King of Sweden
b.Abt 980 Sweden
d.1022 Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 985
  1. Holmfrid _____Abt 972 -
  2. Olaf III Skötkonung _____, King of SwedenAbt 980 - 1022
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 999
  1. Ingegerd Olofsdotter, of SwedenAbt 1001 - 1050
  2. Anund Jacob _____, of SwedenAbt 1008 - Abt 1050
Spouse and Children
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m.
  1. Astrid Olofsdotter _____1003 - 1035
  2. Emund the Old _____ - Abt 1060
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Facts and Events
Name[2][3] Olaf III Skötkonung _____, King of Sweden
Gender Male
Birth[4] Abt 980 SwedenHouse of Munsö
Marriage Abt 999 Uppsala, Swedento Estrid _____, of the Obotrites
Marriage not married
to Edla _____, of Wends
Baptism[4] Abt 1008 Husaby, Skaraborg, Sweden
Death[4] 1022 Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Alt Death? 1024 Husaby, Skaraborg, Sweden
Reference Number[4] Q313436 (Wikidata)


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Olof Skötkonung, (Old Norse: Óláfr skautkonungr) sometimes stylized as Olaf the Swede (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 c. 995. He stands at the threshold of recorded history, since he is the first Swedish ruler about whom there is substantial knowledge. He is regarded as the first king known to have ruled both the Swedes and the Geats. In Sweden, the reign of king Olov Skötkonung is considered to be the transition from the Viking age to the Middle Ages, because he was the first Christian king of the Swedes, who were the last to adopt Christianity in Scandinavia. He is associated with a growing influence of the church in what is today southwestern and central Sweden. Norse beliefs persisted in parts of Sweden until the 12th century.

Olof was victorious alongside Sweyn Forkbeard when the kings created an alliance to defeat the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason in the Battle of Svolder. After the battle, the victorious leaders split Norway into areas of control. Heimskringla gives the most detailed account of the division. Olof received four districts in Trondheim as well as Møre, Romsdal and Rånrike.

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References
  1.   Weis, Frederick Lewis; Walter Lee Sheppard; and David Faris. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists, who came to America before 1700: the lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 7th Edition c1992)
    p. 57.
  2. ↑ Turton, W. H. (William Harry). The Plantagenet ancestry: being tables showing over 7,000 of the ancestors of Elizabeth (daughter of Edward IV, and wife of Henry VII) the heiress of the Plantagenets; with preface, lists, notes and a complete index of about 2,700 entries and a reference for each. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968).
  3. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis; Walter Lee Sheppard; and David Faris. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists, who came to America before 1700: the lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and some of their descendants. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 7th Edition c1992)
    53-22.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Olof Skötkonung, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  5.   OLOF, son of ERIK "Segersäll/the Victorious" King of Sweden & his wife Sigrid "Storråda/the Haughty" ([before 985]-[1022]), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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