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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 grandson of kings Magnus IV of Sweden and Valdemar IV of Denmark.
- 3 May 1376 – 3 August 1387
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Mar 29, 2024 · Olaf IV Haakonsson (born 1370—died Aug. 3, 1387) was the king of Denmark (as Olaf III, 1376–87) and of Norway (1380–87). He was the son of Haakon VI and of Margaret (Margrete), daughter of Valdemar IV, king of Denmark. After Valdemar’s death in 1375, Olaf was elected (1376) king of Denmark and succeeded his father as king of Norway in 1380.
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Mar 11, 2021 · March 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.
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Apr 24, 2020 · He was the son of Haakon VI Magnusson, King of Norway and Sweden and Margaret Valdemarsdottir, Queen of Denmark and Norway.1 He died in 1387. He succeeded to the title of King Oluf II of Denmark in 1375. He succeeded to the title of King Olav IV of Norway in 1380.
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Feb 17, 2023 · The False Olaf claimed to be King Olaf II of Denmark [End Page 1] and Norway, who had died at the age of seventeen in 1387. Similarly, the False Konradin in 1269 had impersonated King Konradin of Sicily and Jerusalem, dead at sixteen the previous year (Scales 2012, 237; Schreibmüller 1949).
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 grandson of kings Magnus IV of Sweden and Valdemar IV of Denmark . Reign.
Apr 26, 2022 · circa December 1370: Birthplace: Akershus slot, Oslo, Norge (Norway) Death: August 03, 1387 (12-20) Falsterbo slot, Falsterbo, Danmark (Denmark) Place of Burial: Sorø, Sorø Sogn, Danmark: Immediate Family: Son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margrethe I, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Occupation:
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