Estrid of the Obotrites
(Cir 979-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Olof Skötkonung Eriksson of Sweden

Estrid of the Obotrites 1

  • Born: Cir 979
  • Marriage: Olof Skötkonung Eriksson of Sweden

   Another name for Estrid was Astrid of the Obotrites.

  General Notes:

According to Adam of Bremen, Olof was married to "obotritiskan" Estrid.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was a Princess.


Estrid married Olof Skötkonung Eriksson of Sweden, son of Eric VI the Victorious Bjornsson and Gunhild Mieczyslavsdatter of Poland. (Olof Skötkonung Eriksson of Sweden died circa 1022 in Filipstad, Värmlands län, Sweden.)

Sources

1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon, Bind 28 (1992/94), side 235. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 73.

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page