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Sverre Sigurdsson ( Old Norse: Sverrir Sigurðarson) (c. 1145/1151 – 9 March 1202) was the king of Norway from 1184 to 1202. Many consider him one of the most important rulers in Norwegian history. He assumed power as the leader of the rebel party known as the Birkebeiner in 1177, during their struggle against King Magnus Erlingsson.
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Jul 10, 2023 · Reignship and civil strife emerge. The reign of King Sverre was almost two decades long and full of energetic reform. He is, perhaps, best known for an introduction of a new style of kingship to Norway. Having seen his realm devastated by civil war, sparked in part by the church and aristocracy, he sought to centralize more and more power in ...
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Apr 10, 2024 · king (1177-1202), Norway. Sverrir Sigurdsson, (born c. 1149, Faroe Islands—died March 9, 1202, Bergen, Nor.) was the king of Norway (1177–1202) and one of the best-known figures in medieval Norwegian history. By expanding the power of the monarchy and limiting the privileges of the church, he provoked civil uprisings that were not quelled ...
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Nov 20, 2020 · Sverre Sigurdsson, Norwegian king in the period 1177, 1179 and 1184-1202. According Sverre saga , he was born in Norway and raised in the Faroe Islands from the age of five. His mother Gunhild, supposedly of Bergen , married to Unas a comb maker. Sverre was then sent to Unas' brother Roe, who was bishop of the Faroes.
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Jun 29, 2016 · AncientPages.com - On June 29, 1194, Sverre (Sverrir) Sigurdsson was crowned King of Norway. Sverre Sigurdsson (c. 1151-1202) was one of the best-known figures in the medieval history of Norway. According to sagas, he was born and grew up in the foster-father's home, Bishop Roe, in the Faeroe Islands. Sverre (Sverrir) Sigurdsson - Public Domain.
Oct 1, 2023 · Sometime after his victory at the Battle of Kalvskinnet in 1179, near Trondheim, Norway, King Sverre Sigurdsson (1151-1202), in the second year of his tenuous reign, beckoned an Icelandic abbot named Karl Jonssen, of the Tingeyre (Þingeyri) monastery, in the windswept coast of northwest Iceland, to chronicle his life and ensure his story would prevail through the ages.
Master’s Thesis, University of Oslo, 2004. Introduction: The leadership of the Norwegian Kings during the Medieval ‘Civil War’ plays a prominent part in social, political and economical life in high Medieval Norway. The objective of the present dissertation discusses how King Sverre Sigurdsson (1177-1202) and Haakon Haakonsson (1217-1263 ...
