Magnus VI

Magnus the Law-mender
Contemporary bust of Magnus VI from the Stavanger Cathedral, dated c. 1270s–80s.[1][2]
King of Norway
Reign16 December 1263 – 9 May 1280
Coronation14 September 1261, Bergen
PredecessorHaakon IV
SuccessorEric II
Born1 May 1238
Tønsberg, Norway
Died9 May 1280 (aged 42)
Bergen, Norway
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1261)
IssueEric II of Norway
Haakon V of Norway
Names
Magnús Hákonarson
HouseSverre
FatherHaakon IV of Norway
MotherMargrete 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".

  1. ^ a b Magnus 6 Håkonsson Lagabøte – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
  2. ^ Lillehammer, Grete, et al. (1995) Museoteket ved Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger: Rogalandsfunn fra istid til middelalder, p. 108
  3. ^ Hugh Tennent (1862). The Norwegian Invasion of Scotland in 1263: A Translation from Det Norske Folks Historie, by P. A. Munch ; Communicated to the Archaeological Society of Glasgow by Hugh Tennent. Bell & Bain. p. 66.

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