Magnus the Lawmender | |||||
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King of Norway | |||||
Reign | 16 December 1263 – 9 May 1280 | ||||
Coronation | 14 September 1261, Bergen | ||||
Predecessor | Haakon IV | ||||
Successor | Eric II | ||||
Born | 1 May 1238 Tønsberg, Norway | ||||
Died | 9 May 1280 (aged 42) Bergen, Norway | ||||
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Issue | Eric II Haakon V | ||||
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House | Sverre | ||||
Father | Haakon IV of Norway | ||||
Mother | Margrete Skulesdatter |
Magnus the Lawmender[a] (1 or 3 May 1238 – 9 May 1280), also known as Magnus Haakonsson,[b][3] was King of Norway from 1263 to 1280.[1] One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code. He was the first Norwegian monarch known to have used an ordinal number, counting himself as Magnus IV. In modern sources, he is also known as Magnus VI.
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