Legend says that Estrid of the Obrotrites…

Legend says that Estrid of the Obrotrites was taken back to Sweden from a war in the West Slavic area of Mecklenburg as a war-prize.

She was most likely given by her father, a tribal chief of the Polabian Obotrites, as a peace offering in a marriage to seal the peace with King Olof Skötkonung, and she is thought to have brought with her a great dowry, as a great Slavic influence is represented in Sweden from her time, mainly among craftsmen.

Her husband also has a mistress, Edla, who comes from the same area in Europe as herself, and who was possibly taken to Sweden at the same time.

The king treats Edla and Estrid the same way and has given his son and his two daughters with Edla the same privileges as the children he has with Estrid, though it was Estrid he had married and made Queen.

Queen Estrid is baptized with her husband, their children and large numbers of the Swedish royal court in 1008, when the Swedish royal family converts to Christianity, although the king promises to respect the freedom of religion—Sweden is not to be Christian until the last religious war between Inge the Elder and Blot-Sweyn of 1084-1088.