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Olof Eiriksson III Skötkonung was born about 950 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. He died in 1022 at age ~72 in Husaby, Vastergötland, Sweden.

Astrid Obotrites was born in 985 in Mecklinburg-Schwerin, Germany. She died in 1021 at age ~36 in Sweden.

Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites (ca. 979 ? 1035), was a Swedish queen consort, married to Olof Skötkonung, the King of Sweden, ca. 1000, and mother of king Anund Jacob of Sweden.


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Legend say Estrid was taken back to Sweden as a war-price; she was most likely given by her father, a chieftain of the Polabian Obotrites, as a peace offering in a marriage to seal the peace, and the guess is that she brought a great dowry, as a great Slavic influence is represented in Sweden from her time, mainly among craftsmen.

Her husband also had a mistress, Edla, who came from the same area in Europe as herself and who was perhaps taken to Sweden at the same time, and the king treated Edla and Estrid the same way and gave his son and two daughters with Edla the same privilegies as the children he had with Estrid, though it was Estrid he married and made queen.

Queen Estrid was baptised with her husband, their children and large parts of the Swedish court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converted to Christianity, though the king promised to respect the freedom of religion - Sweden was not to be Christian until the last religion war of 1084-1088.

Snorre Sturlasson wrote, that Estrid was unkind to the children (Emund, Astrid and Holmfrid) of her husband's mistress Edla;

" Queen Estrid was arrogant and not kind towards her stepchildren and therefore the king sent his son Emund to Vendland, were he was brought up by his maternal relatives".

Not much is known of Estrid as a person. Snorre Sturlasson mentions her as the lover of pomp and luxury and as hard and strict towards her servants.

Phillipe 1 De France was born before 23 May 1052. He died on 29 July 1108.

Erik VIII Björnsson Victorious (Seiersal) was born about 930 in Sweden. He died about 994 at age ~64 in Uppsala, Sweden.

Swietoslava was born in Poznan, Poland. She died after 2 February 1014.

Constant(ine) Leonard was born about 1754 in Sussex County, New Jersey. He and Elizabeth Hamilton were married about 1774. He died about 1798 at age ~44 in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Alternative: born 1754 Orange, NY or Orange, Sussex Co., NJ. Border between the two changed five or six times.

Name Constantinos?

Mary E. Leonard, "Our Family History: Constant(ine) Leonard, Revolutionary Soldier and His Descendants," 1995, believes Constant was a son of Joseph Leonard and Fear Southworth, based on almost all of the female descendants of Constant Southworth named at least one of their sons Constant. Joseph and Fear have known, documented children, none of whom are named Constantine.

Constant is said to have been a carpenter and worked around a forge. By family tradition, he died of an injury sustained while working at the forge in Sussex Co., NJ. He died on the banks of the Youghiogheny River near Connellsville, PA, while the family was migrating via flat boat to Ohio in 1798.

Elizabeth Hamilton was born about 1756 in Sussex County, New Jersey. Constant(ine) Leonard and she were married about 1774. She died on 2 February 1813 at age ~57 in Limber Green, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Indian Crk Vl Cm, Limber Green, Fayette, Pennsylvania.

She died at the home of her son, Benjamin.

Constant Mahlon Leonard was born on 21 July 1780 in Sussex County, New Jersey. He and Mary Ann Thorpe were married about 1800. He died in April 1808 at age 27 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Mary Ann Thorpe was born on 26 July 1783 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Constant Mahlon Leonard and she were married about 1800. Francis Morrison and she were married in 1819. She died before 1870 in Ohiopyle, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Reuben Thorp was born on 16 June 1755 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He died on 8 February 1848 at age 92 in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania.

Hannah Lobdell was born on 9 September 1760. She died on 14 December 1826 at age 66 in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania.

Martha Hamilton was born in 1776 in Ireland? Benjamin Leonard and she were married in 1807. She died in 1822 at age ~46.

Reuben Leonard was born on 16 January 1804 in Somerset or Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He and Sarah Acord were married on 29 December 1825 in Perry County, Ohio. He and Susannah White were married on 20 August 1846 in Perry County, Ohio. He died on 18 December 1893 at age 89 in Harrison County, Iowa. He was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Harrison County, Iowa.

The family moved to Perry Co., OH, about 1817 and later moved back to PA. Reuben went to Perry County, Ohio, with his cousin, Reuben Thorp.

Susannah White was born on 18 December 1818 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Reuben Leonard and she were married on 20 August 1846 in Perry County, Ohio. She died on 15 December 1893 at age 74 in Harrison County, Iowa.

Sarah Acord was born on 28 August 1810 in Pennsylvania. Reuben Leonard and she were married on 29 December 1825 in Perry County, Ohio. She died on 20 January 1846 at age 35 in Perry County, Ohio.

Julia Ann Leonard was born on 16 April 1828 in Perry County, Ohio. Robert Giger and she were married on 18 April 1849 in Perry County, Ohio. She died on 14 January 1923 at age 94 in Tama County, Iowa.

Robert Giger and Julia Ann Leonard were married on 18 April 1849 in Perry County, Ohio.

Elizabeth Jane Leonard was born on 13 January 1831 in Perry County, Ohio. Robert Work, Jr., and she were married on 7 October 1852 in Perry County, Ohio. She died on 9 January 1900 at age 68 in Tama County, Iowa.

Check: Eliza or Elizabeth? Ann or Jane?

Robert Work, Jr., and Elizabeth Jane Leonard were married on 7 October 1852 in Perry County, Ohio.

John Leonard was born on 12 May 1834 in Perry County, Ohio. He and Mahala Welty were married on 5 March 1857 in Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 9 July 1915 at age 81 in Marion Township, Hocking County, Ohio.

He was a farmer and a blacksmith.

Mahala Welty was born in 1838 in Marion Township, Hocking, Ohio. John Leonard and she were married on 5 March 1857 in Hocking County, Ohio. She died about 1890 at age ~52.