King of Sweden Olaf (Skotkonung) Eriksson III 
Olaf, known as Skotkonung, was born in 0950 in Sweden.1 Skotkonung's father was Erik Bjornsson VI and his mother was Sigrid (The Haughty) Storrada Skoglar-Testedot. His paternal grandparents were King of Uppsala Bjorn (The Old) Eriksson and <Unknown>; his maternal grandparents were Skogul-Tosti and <Unknown>. He had three half-sisters named Helmfrid, Estrid and Svantoslava. He died at the age of 72 in 1022.1 General Notes
Olof of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung or Skautkonung, the first Christian king in Sweden, reigns between 995 and 1022. He was baptized in Husaby, Götaland in 1008. His father Eric the Victorious, is said to have been baptized, but later when returning to the Svealand kingdom fell back to heathen customs, worshipping the ancient Asa gods. He married Estrid of the Obotrites, better known as Queen Ingrid.
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Title: Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell (08 Oct 1997)
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Text: Olaf Tryggevesson K of Sweden, no parents
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Text: d 1021/1022
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0814
- b.0832 in Sweden d.0873
<Unknown>
- b.0849 d.0900
<Unknown>
- b.0875 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0950
<Unknown>
- b.0930 in Sweden d.0994 in Uppsala, Sweden
<Unknown>
- b.0950 in Sweden d.1022
- b.0909
- b.0950 d.02 Feb 1013
<Unknown>
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Details of Skotkonung's family with Astrid of the Obotrites
Details of Skotkonung's family with Princess Edla of Sweden
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I33683&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I22794&style=TABLE, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Royalty For Commoners, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I22794&style=TABLE, Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I22794&style=TABLE, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Royalty For Commoners, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I22794&style=TABLE, Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child
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