Magnus the Law-mender | |||||
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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 of Norway Haakon V of Norway | ||||
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House | Sverre | ||||
Father | Haakon IV of Norway | ||||
Mother | Margrete Skulesdatter |
Magnus Haakonsson (Old Norse: Magnús Hákonarson, Modern Norwegian: Magnus Håkonsson; 1 (or 3)[3] May 1238 – 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI) from 1263 to 1280 (junior king from 1257).[1] One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code, after which he is known as Magnus the Law-mender (Old Norse: Magnús lagabœtir, Modern Norwegian: Magnus Lagabøte). He was the first Norwegian monarch known to have used an ordinal number, although originally counting himself as "IV".