Estrid of the Obotrites

Estrid of the Obotrites
Queen consort of Sweden
Tenurec. 1000–1022
Born979
Died1035 (aged 55–56)
SpouseOlof Skötkonung
IssueAnund Jacob, King of Sweden
Ingegerd, Grand Princess of Kiev
FatherA tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites

Estrid of the Obotrites (c. 979 – 1035) was Queen of Sweden in the Viking age, a West Slavic princess married to the King of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung c. 1000–1022.[1] She was the mother of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus' saint and grand princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter.[2]

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  2. ^ Fransson, Ulf; Jansson, Ingmar (2007). Cultural Interaction Between East and West: Archaeology, Artefacts and Human Contacts in Northern Europe. Stockholms Universitet. ISBN 978-91-7155-474-1.