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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 ...
- Valdemar IV of Denmark
Accession. He was the youngest son of King Christopher II of...
- False Olaf
The False Olaf (died 1402) was a man who impersonated Olaf...
- Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also Olav...
- Valdemar IV of Denmark
Apr 23, 2021 · The conversion of Denmark and Sweden used less force than in Norway. The Danish Harald Bluetooth (Blåtand) Gormsson (c. 910 - c. 987), the king with the bad tooth whom the standard wireless connection has made famous, was baptised around 960, whereas in Norway Olaf Tryggvasson (c. 960-1000) set in motion a wide-scale conversion around 995, and ...
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Apr 24, 2020 · Oluf (Olav II) "King of Denmark and Norway" Haakonsson. Born about 1370 in Norway. Ancestors. Son of Håkan Magnusson and Margarete Valdemarsdotter. [sibling (s) unknown] [spouse (s) unknown] [children unknown] Died 3 Aug 1387 at about age 17 in Falsterbo castle, Denmark. Profile managers : Sheri Sturm [ send private message] and Adam McQuery ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 Olaf IV from 1380 until his death. Olaf was the son of Queen Margaret I of Denmark and King Haakon VI of Norway, and grandson of kings Magnus IV of Sweden and Valdemar IV of Denmark ...
