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Birth:           979 
Death:          1035 

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daughter of a Wendish magnate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_of_the_Obotrites
Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites (c. 979 – 1035) was a Viking age Swedish queen and 
West Slavic princess, married to Olof Skötkonung, the King of Sweden, c. 1000–1022, 
mother of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus' saint and grand princess 
Ingegerd Olofsdotter.
Biography[edit]

Legend says that Estrid was taken back to Sweden from a war in the West Slavic area 
of Mecklenburg as a war-prize. She was most likely given by her father, a tribal chief 
of the Polabian Obotrites, as a peace offering in a marriage to seal the peace, and 
she is thought to have brought with her a great dowry, as a great Slavic influence is 
represented in Sweden from her time, mainly among craftsmen.

Her husband also had a mistress, Edla, who came from the same area in Europe as 
herself, and who was possibly taken to Sweden at the same time. The king treated 
Edla and Estrid the same way and gave his son and his two daughters with Edla the 
same privileges as the children he had with Estrid, though it was Estrid he married and 
made queen.

Queen Estrid was baptised with her husband, their children and large numbers of the 
Swedish royal court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converted to Christianity, 
although the king promised to respect the freedom of religion - Sweden was not to be 
Christian until the last religious war between Inge the Elder and Blot-Sweyn of 1084-
1088.

Snorre Sturlasson wrote about her, that Estrid was unkind to the children (Emund, 
Astrid and Holmfrid) of her husband's mistress Edla; " Queen Estrid was arrogant and 
not kind towards her stepchildren, and therefore the king sent his son Emund to 
Vendland, where he was brought up by his maternal relatives".

Not much is known of Estrid as a person. Snorre Sturlasson mentions her as a lover of 
pomp and luxury, and as hard and strict towards her servants.

Children[edit]
Ingegerd Olofsdotter (c. 1001-1054), Grand Princess of Kiev, in Kievan Rus' called 
Anna, married Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev.
Anund Jacob (c. 1010-1050), king of Sweden, succeeded Olof as king in c. 1022.

Parents
____ Mieceslas (III) (ABT  950 - )
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Siblings
OF THE OBOTRITES Estrid ( 979 - 1035)

Marriage To ERIKSSON Olaf III "Skotkonung" (ABT  970 - 1022)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BJORNSSON Erik VIII "Segersall" "Victorious" (ABT  930 - ABT  995)
____ Sigrid (Starrade) ("the Proud") (ABT  950 - )

Children by ERIKSSON Olaf III "Skotkonung" ABT  970 - 1022
OLAFSDOTTIR Ingegerd (Ingegreda) (1001 - 10 Feb 1050)

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