Aud Haakonsdottir of Lade, also called ''Öda Haakonsdottir of Lade'' (10th century), was a

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ary Swedish

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queen consort, according to the sagas the last spouse of King

Eric the Victorious Eric the Victorious (Old Norse: ''Eiríkr inn sigrsæli'', Modern Swedish: ''Erik Segersäll''; c. 945 – c. 995) was a Swedish monarch as of around 970. Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive reg ...

of Sweden.

Background

Aud was allegedly a daughter of Norwegian Jarl

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of Lade and sister of regent

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. It is not known exactly if or when she married King Eric, nor when she was born and died, but she is guessed to have married him after his marriage to the famous

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. The marriage has never been confirmed, and it is also suggested, that if she did exist, she may have been his mistress, or a brief marriage late in his life.

References and literature

*Åke Ohlmarks: ''Alla Sveriges drottningar'' (All the queens of Sweden) (Swedish) *Lars O. Lagerqvist (1982) (in Swedish). "Sverige och dess regenter under 1.000 år",("Sweden and its rulers during 1000 years").. Albert Bonniers Förlag AB. . {{Swedish consorts 10th-century births 10th-century Norwegian women 10th-century Swedish people 10th-century Swedish women Aud 0950 People from Trondheim People whose existence is disputed