Olaf I (Danish: Oluf; c. 1050 – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute IV the Holy. He was a son of king Sweyn II Estridsson, and the third of Sweyn's sons to rule. He married Ingegard, the daughter of Harald Hardråde, but did not have any sons. He was succeeded by his brother Eric the Good.
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OlafI (Danish: Oluf; c. 1050 – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king ofDenmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute...
king of Norway (995–1000) OlafIofDenmark (Oluf Hunger), king ofDenmark (1086–1095) Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153), King of the Isles (1112/1115–1153)...
Eric I (c. 1060 – 10 July 1103), also known as Eric the Good (Danish: Erik Ejegod), was King ofDenmark following his brother OlafI Hunger in 1095. He...
Latinized as Olaus. DenmarkOlafIofDenmark, king 1086–1095 Olaf II ofDenmark, also Olaf IV of Norway Oluf Haraldsen (died c. 1143), Danish nobleman who ruled...
weary of waiting and elected Canute's brother Olaf (the later OlafIofDenmark) to argue their case. That raised the suspicion of Canute, who had Olaf arrested...
ofDenmark and Sweden. Her husbands were OlafIofDenmark (died 1095) and Philip of Sweden (died 1118). Ingegerd Haraldsdotter was the daughter of King...
gode), was King of Norway from 1035 and King ofDenmark from 1042 until his death in 1047. Magnus was an illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, and fled...
Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also Olav Haraldsson, later known as Saint Olaf and Olaf the Holy, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son...
the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. He is numbered as OlafI. Olaf was important in the conversion of the Norse to Christianity...
Norwegian throne, which he had lost to the Danish king Cnut the Great two years prior. In the battle, Olaf and Harald were defeated by forces loyal to...
Lamb (Danish: Erik III Lam, c. 1120 – 27 August 1146) was King ofDenmark from 1137 until 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I and the nephew of Eric II...
Swendsdatter ofDenmark (also spelt Ingrid; 11th century – after 1093) was a Danish princess who became Queen of Norway as the spouse of King Olaf III of Norway...
Cnut I (Danish: Hardeknud; Old Norse: Hǫrða-Knútr) was a semi-legendary King ofDenmark. The old Norse story Ragnarssona þáttr makes Harthacnut son of the...
Margaret I (Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant ofDenmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland)...
Christian I (February 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a German noble and Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king ofDenmark (1448–1481), Norway...
IV ofDenmark (died 1086) c. 1050 – Sweyn the Crusader (died 1097 in modern-day Turkey) c. 1050 – OlafIofDenmark (died 1095) c. 1060 – Eric Iof Denmark...
The False Olaf (died 1402) was a man who impersonated Olaf II ofDenmark and Norway, who had died in 1387. Prussian historian Johann von Posilge reported...
ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King ofDenmark from 986 until his death, King of England for five weeks...
Olof was, according to Adam of Bremen, a Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark c. 900 and founded the House ofOlaf. Evidence for his historicity is...
gave his two-year-old son the Norwegian name Olav after Olaf Haakonsson, king of Norway and Denmark. Olav was thus the first heir to the throne since the...
IV of Sweden, Norway and Scania. Margaret succeeded in having her and Haakon's son Olaf recognized as heir to the throne ofDenmark. In 1376 Olaf inherited...
war on Denmark. On the way Olaf was ambushed by Sweyn and an alliance which included Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden, and Eirik Hákonarson, Jarl of Lade...
King Olaf, King Olav, or similar, may refer to: Olof the Brash (9th century), founder of the House ofOlafOlafIofDenmark (c. 1050–1095), ruled 1086–1095...
king Olaf Haraldsson and Anund Jakob took advantage of Cnut's commitment to England and began to launch attacks against Denmark, Ulf gave the Danish freemen...
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