Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Astrid Ólafsdóttir
- 1022
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Astrid Ólafsdóttir (daughter of Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden and Ethla of Wendland); died between 1021 and 1022. Astrid married St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway in Feb 1018. Olaf (son of Harald Grenske and Asta Gudbrandsdottir) was born about 995; died on 31 Aug 1030 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried in Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir was born about 1023; died on 24 May 1070.
2. Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden was born about 965 in Sweden (son of Eric Bjornsson, King of Sweden and Sigrið Storråda); died about 1020 in Sweden. Olof married Ethla of Wendland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Ethla of Wendland Notes:
"Tradition says Edla was the daughter of a West Slavic tribal chief from Northern Germany. She was brought to Sweden as a prisoner of war c. 1000 at the same time or a little before, the arrival of Estrid of the Obotrites (Estrid av obotriterna). King Olof Skötkonung married Estrid but also fell in love with Edla and took her as his mistress. She became the mother of Emund, Astrid, and probably Holmfrid." [Wikipedia]
Children:
- 1. Astrid Ólafsdóttir died between 1021 and 1022.
- Emund, King of Sweden
Generation: 3
4. Eric Bjornsson, King of Sweden was born about 935 in Sweden; died about 994 in Sweden. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Abt 995, Sweden
Notes:
Also called Eric the Victorious; Erik "Segersall". None of his claimed ancestors rise above the level of legend.
Eric married Sigrið Storråda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Sigrið Storråda Notes:
"Sigrid the Haughty." Possibly, but not certainly, the same individual as the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and Doubravka of Bohemia who, some claim, married Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark and was the mother of Canute the Great.
Children:
- 2. Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden was born about 965 in Sweden; died about 1020 in Sweden.