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Haakon Sverresson (Norwegian: Håkon Sverresson, Old Norse: Hákon Sverrisson; c. 1183 – 1 January 1204) was King of Norway (being Haakon III) from 1202 to 1204. Biography. Haakon was born as the second illegitimate son of the future King Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer.
Haakon III Sverresson (died 1204) was the king of Norway (1202–04), the illegitimate son of King Sverre Sigurdsson. During his short reign he tried to heal the breach between the crown and the church, so that exiled bishops returned to their sees.
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Jun 30, 2016 · The new king, elected by the Birkebeiners, was Inge Baardsson. Soon it was discovered that the recently deceased king, Haakon Sverresson, had left an unknown living heir who had been born in 1204 to Inga of Varteig (one of the mistresses of influence) in Folkenborg, Norway, in the province of Østfold.
May 21, 2024 · Hakon Sverresson was the illegitimate son of King Sverre [1]. After his father's death, he was recognized as king of Birchlegs . Following the advice that King Sverre should have given him on his deathbed, who died on 9 March 1202, declared that he had no other son alive than Håkon.
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Sep 20, 2023 · Håkon III (Norwegian Håkon Sverresson, Old Norse Hákon Sverrisson) (1182 – 1 January 1204) was king of Norway from 1202 to 1204. He was born as the second illegitimate son of the future king Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer, by his concubine Astrid Roesdatter, at some point in the 1170s.
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Haakon Sverresson ( Norwegian: Håkon Sverresson, Old Norse: Hákon Sverrisson; c. 1183 – 1 January 1204) was King of Norway (being Haakon III) from 1202 to 1204. Biography. Haakon was born as the second illegitimate son of the future King Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer.
Håkon III ( Norwegian: Håkon Sverresson, Old Norse: Hákon Sverrisson) (1182 – 1 January 1204) was king of Norway from 1202 to 1204. Biography. He was born as the second illegitimate son of the future king Sverre, then a Faroese adventurer, by his concubine Astrid Roesdatter, at some point in the 1170s. This was during the Norwegian civil wars.
