• General Notes

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  SOURCE NOTES:
  Moriarty, George Andrews, Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III And Queen
  Philippa.  Salt Lake: Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, 1985.  LDS
  Film#0441438.  nypl#ARF-86-2555.
  
  Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Euroopaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte
  der europaischen Staaten, New Series, Marburg: J.A. Stargardt, 1978-.
  
  Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John
  Johnson, 1928.  LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9.
  RESEARCH NOTES:
  King of Norway [Ref: Watney #745]
  
  Not tall, but middle sized, stout, and strong, light brown hair, and red
  and white complexion.  His eyes were particularly fine, beautiful and
  piercing, so that one was afraid to look him in the face when he was
  angry.  Olaf was very expert in all bodily exercies, understoon well how
  to handle to bow, and to throw the spear; he was a great swimmer, and
  hand at smith's work. [Ref: Watney #745]
  
  1013: while yet a pagan, came to England and helped King Aethelred in his
  struggle against the Danes; he returned to Norway a convert to
  Christianity, with priests, and monks for converting his people, but his
  people drove him into exile and killed him at Drontheim in 1030 [Ref: Watney
  #745]
  
  fought against the Danes in England; first Christian King [Ref: Moriarty
  p171]
  
  slain in the battle of St. Klestadt in conflict with King Knut of Denmark
  and England [Ref: Moriarty p171]
  SOURCE NOTES:
  date: abt 995 [Ref: ES II #108, Moriarty p53] abt 995 posthumously [Ref:
  Moriarty p171], parents: [Ref: Moriarty p171, Watney #745]
  SOURCE NOTES:
  date: [Ref: Moriarty p171, Moriarty p53] 1030 [Ref: Watney #745] 29.VII
  (31.VIII) 1030 [Ref: ES II #108, ES II #114], place: [Ref: Watney #745] battle
  of St.  Klestadt [Ref: Moriarty p171]

Details of Saint Olaf's family with Astrid