Notizen zu dieser Person
Sweyn Olav II, Olaf II Haraldsson, also called Saint Olaf, Norwegian Hellig-olav the first effective king of all Norway and the country's patron saint, who achieved a 12-year respite from Danish domination and extensively increased the acceptance of Christianity. His religious code of 1024 is considered to represent Norway's first national legislation. The son of the lord Harald Grenske and a descendant of the Norwegian ruler Harald I Fairhair, Olaf was reared as a pagan and became a Viking warrior in the Baltic region. He fought against the English in 1009-11 but assisted the English ruler Ethelred (Aethelred) II the Unready against the Danes in 1013. When the Danish king Sweyn (Svein) I gained the advantage in England, Olaf went to Spain and also to France, where he was baptized (1013). Returning to Norway in 1015, Olaf conquered territory that had previously been held by Denmark, Sweden, and the Norwegian earl Haakon of Lade; by 1016 he had consolidated his rule in all Norway. In the succeeding 12 years he built his base of support among the aristocracy in the interior and pressed relentlessly for the acceptance of Christianity, using missionaries he brought from England. The Church of Norway may be dated from 1024, when Olaf and his ecclesiastical adviser, Bishop Grimkell, presented a religious code at Moster. Olaf resolved his conflict with the Swedish king Olaf Skötkonung by 1019 and joined forces with the king's son Anund Jakob when Canute, king of England and Denmark, threatened to conquer Norway. Canute's control of the trade routes to the west of Norway, and the prospect of his ruling more indirectly than Olaf had done, won the support of leading Norwegian chieftains. Canute forced Olaf to flee to Russia (1028), where the Norwegian ruler took refuge with his Swedish wife's relatives at Kiev. Olaf attempted to reconquer Norway in 1030 with help from Anund Jakob but was defeated by a superior Norwegian peasant and Danish army in the Battle of Stiklestad (1030), one of the most celebrated battles in ancient Norse history. Olaf's popularity, his church work, and the aura of legend that surrounded his death, which was supposedly accompanied by miracles, led to his canonization in 1031. His popularity spread rapidly; churches and shrines were constructed in his honour in England, Sweden, and Rome. He was the last Western saint accepted by the Eastern Orthodox church. Encyclopædia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite.Another Version: Oláfr "den Hellige" Haraldsson, King of Norway b. circa 995, d. 29 July 1030 Pedigree: Also called St. Olaf of Norway Patron Saint. Oláfr "den Hellige" Haraldsson, King of Norway also went by the name of Olaf "the Stout." He was handsome in countenance, middle-sized in growth, and was even when very young of good understanding and ready speech. He associated with Álfhildr (?). He was born circa 995. He was the son of Haraldr Grenske Gudrødarson, Under-king in Norway and Ásta Gudbrandsdóttir. He went as a viking at the age of twelve in 1007. He visited England, one summer and three winters between 1009 and 1012. He was in France two summers and one winter between 1012 and 1013. He and Æthelred II "the Unready", King of the English were fought together against the Danes before 1013 in England. He was was the one to be commemorated for tearing down London Bridge ("London Bridge is falling down..."). He spent the winter in Normandy in 1014. He succeeded Eric and Sweyn, sons of Earl Haakon, to the throne of Norway. He returned to Norway and was recognized as King on 3 April 1015. King of Norway between 3 April 1015 and 1028. He was the first Christian King of Norway, and forcibly converted his country's inhabitants. He fought a battle in 1016 in Nesjar. He married Ástrídr Óláfsdóttir, daughter of Óláfr Skötkonung Eiríksson, Konung av Sverige and Edla of Wendland, in February 1019. He fled from Norway in the winter between 1028 and 1029. He died on 29 July 1030 in Stiklestad, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. Slain during an eclipse. At the time fighting Canute, King of England and Denmark. Oláfr "den Hellige" Haraldsson, King of Norway was buried in Trondheim. Or Droutheim. He was canonized in 1164. Feast Day (together with Cnut the Holy). Child of Oláfr "den Hellige" Haraldsson, King of Norway and Ástrídr Óláfsdóttir: Wulfhilda Óláfsdóttir+ b. 1019-20, d. b 24 May 1070 Child of Oláfr "den Hellige" Haraldsson, King of Norway and Álfhildr (?): Magnus "den gode" Óláfsson, King of Norway and Denmark+ b. 1024, d. 25 Oct 1047 http://en.wikipedia.org
William B.
