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Estrid of the Obotrites

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148: 185:, who came from the same area in Europe as herself, and who was possibly taken to Sweden at the same time. The king 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, though it was Estrid he married and made queen. 177:
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.
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Queen Estrid was baptised with her husband, their children and large numbers of the Swedish royal court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converted to Christianity, although the king promised to respect the
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wrote about her, that Estrid was unkind to the children (Emund, Astrid and Holmfrid) of her husband's mistress Edla;
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Fornvännen. (1958). Sverige: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademien.
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Guests in the House: Cultural Transmission between Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300 AD
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mentions her as a lover of pomp and luxury, and as hard and strict towards her servants.
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says that Estrid was possibly taken back to Sweden from a war in the
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Index

Queen consort of Sweden
Olof Skötkonung
Issue
Anund Jacob, King of Sweden
Ingegerd, Grand Princess of Kiev
tribal chief
Polabian
Obotrites
Queen of Sweden
West Slavic
Olof Skötkonung
King of Sweden
Anund Jacob
Kievan Rus'
Ingegerd Olofsdotter

Husaby Church
Legend
West Slavic
Mecklenburg
tribal chief
Polabian
Edla
freedom of religion
Inge the Elder
Blot-Sweyn
Snorre Sturlasson
Snorre Sturlasson
Ingegerd Olofsdotter
Kievan Rus'

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