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Olaf Haraldsen (died ) was a Danish Oluf Haraldsen
at Gyldendals Encyklopædi fighting his cousin King
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/ref> Harald Skrænk, the leader of a peasant rebellion in Scania about 1182, is said to have been Olaf's illegitimate son, but their connection is unsure.
Olaf Haraldsen (died ) was a Danish anti-king
An anti-king, anti king or antiking (; ) is a would-be king who, due to succession disputes or simple political opposition, declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch. OED "Anti-, 2" The OED does not give "anti-king" its own entry ...
who ruled Scania
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for a few years from 1139. He never won control over the rest of Denmark, and he is not included in the list of Danish monarchs
This is a list of Monarchy of Denmark, Danish monarchs, that is, the kings and queen regnants of Denmark. This includes:
* The Kingdom of Denmark (up to 1397)
** Personal union of Denmark and Norway (1380–1397)
* The Kalmar Union (1397–1536) ...
used by the Danish monarchy or ''Den Store Danske Encyklopædi
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''. He is sometimes called "Olaf II" even though there was a later Olaf II of Denmark
Olaf II of Denmark (December 1370 – 3 August 1387) was King of Denmark as Olaf II (though occasionally referred to as Olaf III) from 1376 and King of Norway as Olav IV from 1380 until his death. Olaf was the son of Queen Margaret I of Denmark ...
.
He was the son of Harald Kesja and thus nephew of King Eric II of Denmark
Eric II the Memorable (; – 18 September 1137) was king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137. Eric was an illegitimate son of Eric I of Denmark, who ruled Denmark from 1095 to 1103. Eric the Memorable rebelled against his uncle Niels of Denmark, and ...
. He seems to have been the only one who escaped Eric II's murder of Harald and his sons in 1135. After trying in vain to regain his heritage, Olaf proclaimed himself king in Scania in 1139,at Gyldendals Encyklopædi fighting his cousin King
Eric III of Denmark
Eric III Lamb (, – 27 August 1146) was King of Denmark from 1137 until 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I and the nephew of Eric II, whom he succeeded on the throne. He abdicated in 1146, and was the only Danish monarch to do so volu ...
. The civil war mostly consisted of alternating raids, during which Olaf killed Bishop Rike of Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
, an act that saw him excommunicated
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by the Pope
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. He was at last defeated by Eric III and was killed in a battle in Middle Scania around 1143.Bricka, Carl Frederik
Carl Frederik Bricka (10 July 1845 – 23 August 1903) was a Danish archivist, historian and biographer.
Biography
Carl Bricka was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father, Frederik Vilhelm Theodor Bricka (1809–79), was a medical doctor. He ...
, ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'', vol. XII ünch - Peirup 1898, pp.426-42Available online
/ref> Harald Skrænk, the leader of a peasant rebellion in Scania about 1182, is said to have been Olaf's illegitimate son, but their connection is unsure.
Ancestry
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