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King of Norway
Eirik Magnusson
Eirik Magnusson
King of Norway
Co-reign
Solo-reign		1273-1280
1280–1299
Coronation1280, Old cathedral of Bergen
PredecessorMagnus VI
SuccessorHaakon V
Senior KingMagnus VI
Born1268
Died(1299-07-15)15 July 1299
Bergen
BurialOld cathedral of Bergen
ConsortMargaret of Scotland
Isabel Bruce
IssueMargaret, Maid of Norway
Ingeborg Eiriksdatter
HouseSverre
FatherKing Magnus VI the Lawmender of Norway (1238–1280)
MotherIngeborg Eriksdatter
ReligionRoman Catholicism

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Eirik Magnusson (Old Norse: Eiríkr Magnússon) (1268 – 15 July 1299) was the King of Norway from 1273/80 until 1299.

Background

Eirik was the eldest surviving son of King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway, and his wife Ingeborg Eriksdatter, daughter of King Eric IV of Denmark. In 1273, when he was 5 years old, he was given the title of king, alongside his father, who planned to hold a coronation for Eirik as his subordinate co-ruler in the summer of 1280. However, King Magnus died before this could be arranged, and Eirik became sole king and was crowned as such in Bergen in the summer of 1280. During his minority, the kingdom was ruled by a royal council consisting of prominent barons and probably also his mother, the dowager queen Ingeborg. After Eirik came of age in 1282, this royal council is still thought to have had a major influence over his reign. His brother, Haakon, was in 1273 given the title "Duke of Norway", and from 1280 ruled a large area around Oslo in Eastern Norway and Stavanger in the southwest, subordinate to King Eirik. The king's main residence was in Bergen in Western Norway.

Eirik married princess Margaret of Scotland, daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland in Bergen in 1281. Margaret died two years later in labour, giving birth to Margaret, Maid of Norway, who became queen of Scotland in 1286 until her death in 1290. Her death sparked the disputed succession which led to the Wars of Scottish Independence. Eirik briefly and unsuccessfully laid claim to the Scottish crown as inheritance from his daughter.

Eirik later married Isabel Bruce, sister of King Robert I of Scotland. Their marriage did not produce a surviving male heir, though it did produce a daughter, Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway, who married Valdemar Magnusson of Sweden, Duke of Finland, in 1312. Ingeborg Eriksdotter was styled Duchess of Öland.

Reign

Arms heraldic of King Eirik Magnusson of Norway from 1298

Eirik received the nickname "Priest Hater" from his unsuccessful relations with the church. He is normally counted a weak and inoffensive man who was mostly guided by his councillors. Probably because of his claim on his maternal heritage he supported the Danish outlaw Stig Andersen Hvide, who ravaged the Danish coasts for some years after the regicide of King Erik V.

As Eirik died without sons, he was succeeded by his brother, as Haakon V of Norway. He was buried in the old cathedral of Bergen, which was demolished in 1531. Its site is marked by a memorial, in present-day Bergenhus Fortress.

Ancestry

Family of Eric II of Norway
16. Sverre of Norway
8. Haakon III of Norway
17. Astrid Roesdatter (existence disputed)
4. Haakon IV of Norway
18. Olav "Smorkoll" Håvardsson (existence disputed)
9. Inga of Varteig
19. Björnsdotter (existence disputed)
2. Magnus VI of Norway
20. Baard Guttormsson
10. Skule Bårdsson
21. Ragnfrid Erlingsdotter
5. Margrét Skúladóttir
22. Jon Torbergsson
11. Ragnhild Jonsdatter
23. Ragnhild Erlingsdotter
1. Eric II of Norway
24. Valdemar I of Denmark
12. Valdemar II of Denmark
25. Sophia of Minsk
6. Eric IV of Denmark
26. Sancho I of Portugal
13. Berengaria of Portugal
27. Dulce of Aragon
3. Ingeborg of Denmark
28. Bernard III, Duke of Saxony
14. Albert I, Duke of Saxony
29. Brigitte of Denmark
7. Jutta of Saxony
30. Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
15. Agnes of Austria
31. Theodora Angelina

References

  1. ^ Narve Bjørgo, "Eirik Magnusson" in Norsk biografisk leksikon vol. II, (Oslo, 2000), pp. 436-437
  2. Margrete Eiriksdotter (Store norske leksikon)
  3. Isabella Bruce (Store norske leksikon)
  4. Eirik Magnusson (Store norske leksikon)
  5. Eirik Magnusson 1280-1299 (Eirik Magnussons mynthistorie)
Eric II of Norway House of SverreCadet branch of the Fairhair dynastyBorn: 1268 Died: 15 July 1299
Regnal titles
Preceded byMagnus VI King of Norway
1273–1299
with Magnus VI (1273-1280) 		Succeeded byHaakon V
Monarchs of Norway
I. Independent Norway

Foreign and non-royal
rulers in italics, disputed
monarchs in brackets
872–1387
Kalmar Union
1387–1523
  • Margaret
  • Eric III
  • Christopher
  • Charles I
  • Christian I
  • John
  • Christian II
    • Denmark–Norway
    1524–1814
  • Frederick I
  • Christian III
  • Frederick II
  • Christian IV
  • Frederick III
  • Christian V
  • Frederick IV
  • Christian VI
  • Frederick V
  • Christian VII
  • Frederick VI
    • II. Independent Norway
    1814
  • Christian Frederick
    • Union with Sweden
    1814–1905
  • Charles II
  • Charles III John
  • Oscar I
  • Charles IV
  • Oscar II
    • III. Independent Norway
    Since 1905
  • Haakon VII
  • Olav V
  • Harald V

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