Executed Today, September 38th, 1402, —- False OlafOlaf II Haakonsson was king of Denmark,
Executed Today, September 38th, 1402, —- False OlafOlaf II Haakonsson was king of Denmark, Norway, and had a claim in Sweden. However, Olaf’s reign was short, dying at the young age of 17. His mother, Margaret I, served as his regent, and after his death was made queen. So it was much to her surprise when in 1402, a young man who was the spitting image of her son and was hailed as the formerly deceased Olaf arrived, demanding she return the throne for him.Unfortunately for the false Olaf, he was only a mere Prussian commoner, and had some difficulty pronouncing some Danish and Swedish words. This became a dead giveaway of his deceit, and his real identity was shortly uncovered.The false Olaf was executed by being broken on the wheel, then burned at the stake. -- source link
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