OBOTRITES Estrid

Abt 0979 - Abt 1035  (56 years)

• Name	OBOTRITES Estrid
  Birth	Abt 0979
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1035	Sverige
  Notes	Not much is known about the person Estrid. Snorre Sturlasson wrote that Estrid was arrogant and not kind towards her stepchildren and a lover of pomp and luxury, and as hard and strict towards her servants. She was christened together with her husband and children in 1008. Name Estrid was probably her original name, in Swedish sources sometimes called Astrid. In MedLands[1] she is listed as "Estred of the Obotrites", daughter of ---. Adam of Bremen names "filiamque Sclavorum Estred nomine de Obodritis" as wife of "Olaph rex Sueonum". Birth We do not know when Estrid was born. It is however estimated that she was born about 979. Parents and siblings The names of her parents are not known by any reliable sources. Different sources tell us she is said to been a Slavic princess, or the daughter of daughter of a Obotrik prince and native of Mecklenburg., or daughter of tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites. We do not know anything about her family orwhere she came, but we can, on good grounds, assume that she was the Wikipedia: 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. Marriage and Children Estrid was married to the Swedish ruler Olof Skötkonung, presumably around 1000. She became a widow in 1022. They seem to have had at least two children, the son Anund Jakob and the daughter Ingegerd (who married Jaroslav Vladimirovitj, Yaroslav the wise, Grand Prince of Kiev and Novgorod). (When Estrid married Olof, her husband already had a mistress, Edla, with whom he had at least three children, they were Emund, Astrid and Holmfrid. Olof is said to have 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.) Death and Burial It is thought she died about 1035. Her burial place is not known. Sources ↑ https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWEDEN.htm#_ftnref43 See also Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_of_the_Obotrites Book: Alla Sveriges drottningar by Åke Ohlmarks Geni, http://www.geni.com/people/Estrid-Astrid-of-the-Obotrites/6000000004827276873?through=6000000003219686363 Fabpedigree, http://fabpedigree.com/s071/f035040.htm
  Person ID	I58657	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	der OBOTRITES Mizislaus Mieceslas Mistuisson Prinz,   b. 0919, Poznan, Poznan, Poland d. 0999, Polabian Obotrites, later North Eastern, Germany (Age ~ 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	OBOTRITES Sophia,   b. 0955, Hungary d. 1017, Scandinavia (Sweden) (Age ~ 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	0979
  Family ID	F26125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ERIKSSON Olof Skötkonung,   b. Abt 0980, Scandinavia (Sweden) d. Abt 1020, Scandinavia (Sweden) (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	0999	Uppsala, Sweden
  Children	1. OLOFSDOTTIR Ingegerd Ирина,   b. 1001, Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden d. 10 Feb 1050, Kyyiv, Ukraine (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026