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Magnus Erlingsson

King of Norway from 1161 to 1184

Field	Value
succession	King of Norway
reign	1161 – 15 June 1184
coronation	1163/1164, in Bergen
predecessor	Inge I and Haakon II
successor	Sverre
house	Hardrada
father	Erling Skakke
mother	Kristin Sigurdsdatter
spouse	Estrid Bjørnsdotter
issue	Sigurd Magnusson
Inge Magnusson (claimed)
Erling Steinvegg (claimed)
birth_date	1156
birth_place	Etne, Hordaland
death_date	15 June
death_place	Fimreite
place of burial	Bergen

Inge Magnusson (claimed) Erling Steinvegg (claimed)

Magnus Erlingsson (, 1156 – 15 June 1184), also known as Magnus V, was a king of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. He helped to establish primogeniture in royal succession in Norway. King Magnus was killed in the Battle of Fimreite in 1184 against the forces of Sverre Sigurdsson who became King of Norway.

Biography

Magnus Erlingsson was probably born in Etne in Hordaland. He was the son of Erling Skakke, a Norwegian nobleman who earned his reputation crusading with Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, the earl of Orkney. Magnus's mother, Kristin, was the daughter of Sigurd the Crusader, who was the king of Norway from 1103 to 1130. Magnus Erlingsson was named king in 1161 at the age of five. He was the first Norwegian king to be crowned. His father Erling took the title of earl and held the real power since Magnus was a minor. Erling Skakke continued to be the country’s real ruler even after Magnus had come of age.

Magnus' reign saw the arrival in Norway of Sverre Sigurdsson, who claimed the throne for himself as an allegedly illegitimate son of a previous king.

Several more years of warfare ended with Magnus' defeat and death in the Battle of Fimreite on June 15, 1184.

Historic context

References

Other sources

Snorre Sturlason, The Heimskringla: A History of the Norse Kings, vol. 3 (London: Norroena Society, 1907)
Finlay, Alison editor and translator Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway (Brill Academic. 2004)
Gjerset, Knut History of the Norwegian People (The MacMillan Company, Volume I. 1915)
Heggland, Johannes Den unge kongen (Eide Forlag, 1999) Norwegian

References

Wanner, Kevin. (January 2006). "Royal Legitimation in Magnúss saga Erlingssonar". Saga Book-Viking Society for Northern Research.
Bagge, Sverre. (2014). "Cross and Scepter: The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation". Princeton University Press.
[https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/16/0429.html ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon, Volume XVI '' (Copenhagen:J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel, 1915–1930)]
[http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Magnus_5_Erlingsson/utdypning ''Magnus 5 Erlingsson' (Store norske leksikon)'']
[http://nygaard.howards.net/files/3/2171.htm ''Magnus V Erlingsson'' (Family Links)] {{webarchive. link. (2008-12-03)

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