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Olaf II Haraldsson King of Norway St Olaf

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✓ St Olaf (Olav II Haraldsson), King of Norway 1016-1028 ([995]-killed at Stiklestad 29 Jul 1030; enshrined at Trondheim), son of Harald 'Grenske' (Historia Norwegie: 'Olauum perpetuum regem Norwegie' son of 'Haroldum Grensca'); baptised at Rouen [998] (William of Jumieges); reunified and Christianised Norway; m. Astrid, illegitimate da. of Olof Skotkonung, King of Sweden; father by her of an only child, Ulfhild (Wulfhild), wife of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony (Annalista Saxo: 'Wifhildem ... filiam Olaph Nortmannorum regis et martiris'); father by Alfhild of Magnus the Good. CROWN: King of Norway. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Norway, Kings', read 2 Nov 2026 (Snorri, Historia Norwegie, Adam of Bremen, Annalista Saxo, Morkinskinna as quoted). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026|| Olaf himself is fully attested (contemporary skaldic verse, Adam of Bremen, William of Jumieges, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) - the CROWN rests on him and on his daughter Ulfhild (Annalista Saxo, Adam of Bremen), both ✓. Only the rung above him (Harald Grenske x Asta) is ~. Source: Wikipedia, 'Harald Grenske' (read 2 Nov 2026, supplied by Aynsley); Medieval Lands 'Norway, Kings'; Store norske leksikon as cited there.

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