Before 994 [his father] King Harald Grenske of Vestfold and Agder and [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (age 18) were married.
Around 995 [his father] King Harald Grenske of Vestfold and Agder was killed by the sons of Sigrid "The Haughty" who had him burnt to death inside a great hall following a feast to discourage other suitors.
Around 995 King Olaf II of Norway was born to [his father] King Harald Grenske of Vestfold and Agder and [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (age 20).
In 1015 King Olaf II of Norway (age 20) was appointed King Norway.
Around 1020 to 1030 [his mother] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (age 45) died.
Around 1024 [his son] King Magnus "The Good" of Norway was born to King Olaf II of Norway (age 29).
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1027. Canute (age 32), king of England and Denmark, received intelligence that the Norwegians held their king Olaf (age 32) in contempt on account of his meekness and simplicity, his justice and piety. In consequence, he sent large sums of gold and silver to certain of them, earnestly entreating them to reject and depose Olaf, and submitting to him, accept him for their king. They greedily accepted his bribes, and caused a message to be returned to Canute that they were prepared to receive him whenever he chose to come.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1028. This year went King Knute (age 33) from England to Norway with fifty ships manned with English thanes, and drove King Olave (age 33) from the land, which he entirely secured to himself.
Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1028. Canute (age 33), king of England and Denmark, went over to Norway with fifty stout ships, and expelled king Olaf (age 33) from the kingdom, which he subjugated to himself.
The same year was born Marianus, of Ireland, the celebrated Scot, by whose study and pains this excellent Chronicle was compiled from various books.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1030. This year returned King Olave (age 35) into Norway; but the people gathered together against him, and fought against him; and he was there slain, in Norway, by his own people, and was afterwards canonised. Before this, in the same year, died Hacon the doughty earl, at sea.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1030. The before-mentioned earl Haco perished at sea: some, however, say that he was killed in the islands of Orkney. Olaf (age 35), king and martyr, son of [his father] Harold, king of Norway, was wickedly slain by the Norwegians.
On 29th July 1030 King Olaf II of Norway (age 35) was killed by his own people.
GrandFather: Gudrød Bjørnsson
Father: King Harald Grenske of Vestfold and Agder
Mother: Åsta Gudbrandsdatter