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Subject: Re: King's Kinsman: King Richard II's kinsman, Olaf VI, King of Norway
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:31:24 EDT
In a message dated 8/26/05 3:02:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:
<< In answer to your question, the transcript of the letter from King
Richard II of England to King Olaf of Norway does not specify any
ordinal for Olaf. The index, however, identified Olaf as Olaf VI, King
of Norway, >>
Then the modern editor is mistaken. This person was Olaf IV, apparently a
typographical error. I checked "Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe" which
agrees that his ordinal, as King of Norway was 4 not 6. As King of Denmark
he was 2.
Will Johnson
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