| Revision as of 16:08, 7 September 2005 editWiglaf (talk | contribs)20,911 edits Margareta Eriksdotter← Previous edit | Revision as of 12:56, 17 October 2005 edit undoRich Farmbrough (talk | contribs)Edit filter managers, Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers, Template editors1,725,566 editsm Wikify dates.Next edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| '''Haakon III''' ('''Håkon Sverreson''') was a ] from ]-]. His brief reign saw the resurrection of the opposing ] party. He died on 1 January 1204 in Bergen, having been born sometime in 1170's. | '''Haakon III''' ('''Håkon Sverreson''') was a ] from ]-]. His brief reign saw the resurrection of the opposing ] party. He died on ] ] in Bergen, having been born sometime in 1170's. | ||
| He was born as the second illegitimate son of the future king Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer, by his concubine Astrid Roesdatter. | He was born as the second illegitimate son of the future king Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer, by his concubine Astrid Roesdatter. | ||
| He succeeded his father king Sverre on his death 9 March ], picked by the hird meeting in Nidaros and proclaimed at ] later in the Spring. | He succeeded his father king Sverre on his death ] ], picked by the hird meeting in Nidaros and proclaimed at ] later in the Spring. | ||
| He invited the exiled bishops to return to Norway and made overtures towards bagler party. An agreement? | He invited the exiled bishops to return to Norway and made overtures towards bagler party. An agreement? | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 17 October 2005
Haakon III (Håkon Sverreson) was a king of Norway from 1202-1204. His brief reign saw the resurrection of the opposing Bagler party. He died on 1 January 1204 in Bergen, having been born sometime in 1170's.
He was born as the second illegitimate son of the future king Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer, by his concubine Astrid Roesdatter.
He succeeded his father king Sverre on his death 9 March 1202, picked by the hird meeting in Nidaros and proclaimed at Øyratinget later in the Spring.
He invited the exiled bishops to return to Norway and made overtures towards bagler party. An agreement?
His early death was suspected as poisoning. Håkon's step-mother Margareta Eriksdotter was suspected of the crime and had to flee back to Sweden.
Haakon Sverresson was not married, but he is claimed to have sired a son to Inga of Varteig. The child was born in Hamar after the death of the putative father. The child, named after father, later became the king Haakon IV. In Summer 1218, Inga underwent a trial by ordeal (bore iron) in Bergen to show the paternity of her son.
The civil wars period of Norwegian history lasted from 1130 to 1217. During this period there were several interlocked conflicts of varying scale and intensity. The background for these conflicts were the unclear Norwegian succession laws, social conditions and the struggle between Church and King. There were then two main parties, firstly known by varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set up as the head figure of the party in question, to oppose the rule of king from the contesting party.
| Preceded bySverre Sigurdsson | King of Norway 1202-1204 |
Succeeded byGuttorm Sigurdsson |
  | This Norwegian biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |