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Margaret I of Denmark. Memorial plate commemorating King Olaf at the site of his death. Olaf II of Denmark (December 1370 – 3 August 1387) [2] [3] was King of Denmark as Olaf II (though occasionally referred to as Olaf III [4] [5]) from 1376 and King of Norway as Olav IV from 1380 until his death. Olaf was the son of Queen Margaret I of ...
The Sigtrygg Runestones of the "House of Olaf" was raised after king Sigtrygg by his mother. 934 AD. King Cnut I (Harthacnut). 17th century engraving.. The exact date of origin of the Kingdom of Denmark is not established, but names of Danish kings begins to emerge in foreign sources from the 8th century and onwards.
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Olaf or Olav ( / ˈoʊləf /, / ˈoʊlɑːf /, or British / ˈoʊlæf /; Old Norse: Áleifr, Ólafr, Óleifr, Anleifr) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Olaf II Haraldsson (born c. 995—died July 29, 1030, Stiklestad, Norway; feast day July 29) was the first effective king of all Norway and the country’s patron saint, who achieved a 12-year respite from Danish domination and extensively increased the acceptance of Christianity. His religious code of 1024 is considered to represent Norway’s ...
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Mar 11, 2021 · A former Viking and mercenary named Olaf Haraldsson seized the throne of Norway around 1015, becoming King Olaf II. As monarch, he devoted himself to two main goals—increasing his crown authority and spreading Christianity to the jarls, chieftains and commoners who still practiced the region’s traditional religion. King Olaf, however, was too aggressive in his […]
May 17, 2018 · Olaf II Haroldsson (ca. 990-1030), also called St. Olaf, was king of Norway from 1015 to 1028. The first king of the whole of Norway, he organized its final conversion and its integration into Christian Europe. Olaf was a son of Harold Graenske, a magnate, or kinglet, in eastern Norway and presumably related to Harold I Fairhair, the first king ...
Memorial plate commemorating King Olaf at the site of his death. Olaf II of Denmark (December 1370 – 3 August 1387) was King of Denmark as Olaf II (though occasionally referred to as Olaf III) from 1376 and King of Norway as Olav IV from 1380 until his death. Olaf was the son of Queen Margaret I of Denmark and King Haakon VI of Norway, and ...
