Edla (Slavic)

Edla (* around 980 ?; † around 1010 ?) Was a wife of King Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden .

There is hardly any information about her person. She came from "Wendland", the Slavic area on the Baltic Sea, and she was the mother of Emund , Astrid and Holmfrid. Your status is not entirely clear. She was the wife of King Olaf, but probably not married to him. She may have died relatively early.

progeny

Emund the Old , King of Sweden (1050–1060).
Astrid, wife of King Olav II. Haraldsson of Norway
Holmfrid, daughter

swell

Snorri Sturluson , Óláfs saga helga , Heimskringla , around 1230, chap. 89

literature

Åke Ohlmarks: Alla Sveriges drottningar ( All the Queens of Sweden ), Geber, Stockholm 1973

Remarks

↑ Olaf was married to Estrid . Maybe Edla was the first woman and soon died. In the brief information received, however, she was not referred to as queen. Maybe she was a concubine. Her son Emund became king after his half-brother Amund.
↑ In the Olaf saga it was reported that her children were treated badly by the stepmother. She could already have died by this point.

personal data
SURNAME	Edla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Wife of King Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden
DATE OF BIRTH	around 980
DATE OF DEATH	around 1010
Place of death	Sweden

[1] Olaf was married to Estrid . Maybe Edla was the first woman and soon died. In the brief information received, however, she was not referred to as queen. Maybe she was a concubine. Her son Emund became king after his half-brother Amund.

[2] In the Olaf saga it was reported that her children were treated badly by the stepmother. She could already have died by this point.