Olaf Tryggvason
Appearance
Olaf the Traitor | |
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Anly kent teep o cunyie o Olaf the Traitor, in fower kent specimens. Imitation o the Crux-teep cunyie o Æthelred the Unready.[1] | |
Keeng o Norawa | |
Ring | 995 – 1000 |
Predecessor | Sweyn Forkbeard |
Successor | Sweyn Forkbeard |
Born | 960s Norawa |
Dee'd | 9 September 1000 Svolder, Norawa |
Spouse | Geira o Wendland Gyda of Dublin Gudrun Skeggesdatter Tyra o Denmark |
Issue | Tryggvi the Pretender (possibly) |
Faither | Tryggve Olafsson |
Mither | Astrid Eiriksdatter |
Olaf Trygvasson (960s – 9 September 1000) wis Keeng o Norawa frae 995 tae 1000. He wis the son o Tryggvi Olafsson, king o Viken (Vingulmark, an Rånrike), an, accordin tae later sagas, the great-grandson o Harald Fairhair, first King o Norawa.
- ↑ Skaare, Kolbjørn (1995). Norges mynthistorie. Universitetsforlaget. pp. 38-41.
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- 960s births
- 1000 daiths
- Norse exiles
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