St. Olav II Haraldsson 
St. Olav II was born in 0992 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway. St. Olav II's father was Harold "The Greenlander" Gudrodsson and his mother was Asted of Uplands. His paternal grandfather was Gudrod Biornsson; his maternal grandparents were Gundbrand Kul and Ulfhild. He was an only child. He died at the age of 38 on July 29th, 1030 in Stiklestad, Norway.General Notes
Olaf II, also called St. Olaf (995-1030), king of Norway (1015-28). A Viking (full name Olaf Haraldsson), he was converted to Christianity in Rouen, Normandy, in the service of the exiled King Ethelred II of England. He returned to Norway in 1015 and, as a descendant of King Harold I, quickly won recognition, displacing the ruling earls. He introduced a strong central administration, completed the conversion of the Norwegians begun by Olaf I, and built churches throughout the land. Many local chieftains, alienated by Olaf's domineering ways, sided with Canute II, king of Denmark and England, when he invaded Norway in 1028; Olaf was compelled to take refuge with his brother-in-law, Grand Duke Yaroslav of Novgorod. Returning with a force to Norway in 1030, he was defeated by a peasant army and killed at the Battle of Stiklestad. Olaf was subsequently worshiped as Norway's patron saint and was canonized in 1164. He was also revered throughout Scandinavia and in England, Germany, and the Baltic countries. His feast day is July 29.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0810 in Vestfold, Norway d.0863 in Vestfold, Norway
- b.~ 0860 in Hedemark, Norway d.0934
- b.0825 in Sogn, Norway d. in RØykensvik in Randsfjorden, Norway
- b.~ 0900
- b.~ 0800 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.0860
- b.0870 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0816 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0932 d.0960
- b.~ 0958 d.0998
- b.0992 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway d.29 Jul 1030 in Stiklestad, Norway
- b.~ 0847
- b.~ 0877
- b.~ 0907
- b.~ 0937
- b.~ 0912
- b.~ 0967
- b.~ 0942
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St. Olav II and Astrid were married in a religious ceremony in Sarpborg, Ostfold, Norway. They had a daughter named Princess of Norway.
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Children
Princess of Norway Ulfild
Princess of Norway was born about 1020 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway. She died on April 24th, 1070.
They had a son named Magnus I "The Good".
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