Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir
Abt 1023 - 1070 (~ 47 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir was born about 1023 (daughter of St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway and Astrid Ólafsdóttir); died on 24 May 1070. Notes:
Also called Wulfhilde.
Úfhildr married Ordulf of Saxony in Nov 1042. Ordulf (son of Bernard II and Eilika of Schweinfurt) was born about 1020; died on 28 Mar 1072. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Magnus of Saxony was born about 1045; died on 23 Aug 1106; was buried in Artlenburg, Lower Saxony.
2. St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway was born about 995 (son of Harald Grenske and Asta Gudbrandsdottir); died on 31 Aug 1030 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried in Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 29 Jul 1030, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Notes:
Born posthumously. Killed at the Battle of Stiklestad during an eclipse. Called Olaf "the Stout" during his lifetime. Patron saint of Norway.
Olaf married Astrid Ólafsdóttir in Feb 1018. Astrid (daughter of Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden and Ethla of Wendland) died between 1021 and 1022. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Astrid Ólafsdóttir (daughter of Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden and Ethla of Wendland); died between 1021 and 1022. Children:
- 1. Úfhildr Ólafsdóttir was born about 1023; died on 24 May 1070.
Generation: 3
4. Harald Grenske was born about 952; died about 995. Notes:
Called "the Greenlander" but not from Greenland; he appears to have been from Grenland in Norway. Supposedly murdered by foster sister Sigrid Storrada. "Recent scholarship has questioned the historicity of Harald." [Wikipedia]
Todd A. Farmerie, 26 Apr 2016, post to soc.genealogy.medieval:
In Norway, probably no earlier than the father of St. Olaf (these genealogies appear to have been reworked to make the warlords who succeeded to Norway be descendants of Harald Fairhair).Harald married Asta Gudbrandsdottir. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Asta Gudbrandsdottir (daughter of Gudbrand Kula of the Upplands and Ulfhilde). Children:
- 2. St. Olaf II Haraldsson, King of Norway was born about 995; died on 31 Aug 1030 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried in Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway.
6. 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]
7. 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:
- 3. Astrid Ólafsdóttir died between 1021 and 1022.
- Emund, King of Sweden
Generation: 4
10. Gudbrand Kula of the Upplands Gudbrand married Ulfhilde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Ulfhilde Children:
12. 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]
13. 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:
- 6. Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden was born about 965 in Sweden; died about 1020 in Sweden.