How I'm related to Olaf

Yesterday I blogged about the Heimskringla and mentioned that I was a distant descendant from Olaf Haraldson (aka Saint Olaf).

Becca provided me with the line today, and by my calculations Olaf would be one (or more) of my (more famous) 8,589,934,592 thirty-second great-grandfathers.

  1. Hazel Jane Lee (great-grandmother, 1894–1993)
  2. Orrin Strong Lee, Jr. (2nd great-grandfather, 1862–1948)
  3. Orrin Strong Lee, Sr. (1835–1919)
  4. Dr. Ezekiel Lee (1795–1877)
  5. Rhoda Keith (1768–1854)
  6. Martha Littlefield (1750–1836)
  7. Rebecca Williams (b. 1715)
  8. Josiah Williams (1692–1770)
  9. Benjamin Williams (b. 1651)
  10. Frances Deighton (b. 1611)
  11. Jane Bassett (1584–1634)
  12. Elizabeth Lygon (b. 1562)
  13. Elizabeth Berkley (b. 1512)
  14. Elizabeth (Isabel) Dennis (b. 1485)
  15. Ann Berkley (b. 1474)
  16. Maruice de Berkley (d. 1506)
  17. Lord James de Berkley (ca. 1394–1424)
  18. James Berkley (d. 1405)
  19. Sir Maurice Berkley (1330–1368)
  20. Margaret Mortimer (1308–1337)
  21. Joan de Greneville (ca. 1285–1356)
  22. Sir Piers de Geneville (d. 1292)
  23. Sir Geoffrey de Geneville (1236–1314)
  24. Beatrice d'Auxonne
  25. Beatrice de Chalons
  26. Beatrice of Germany
  27. Frederick Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany
  28. Judith, Duchess of Swabia (ca. 1101–1131)
  29. Wulfhild, Duchess of Baveria (ca. 1075–1126)
  30. Magnus, Duke of Saxony (ca. 1045–1106)
  31. Ulfhild, Princess of Norway (b. 1020)
  32. (Saint) Olaf Harldson, King of Norway (ca. 995–1030)

Updated February 26th to include timeframes for each ancestor, where known.


—Michael A. Cleverly

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