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When Magnus had won and been proclaimed king in 1275, he made Erik, Duke of Småland. Erik died shortly thereafter and was buried at Varnhem Abbey together with his father and his father's second wife. [6] According to the Magnúss saga lagabœtis, Erik called himself "Eirek allz-ekki" because he had no title. Only when Magnus III became king ...
Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjelbo. When Ingeborg's brother King Eric XI died in 1250, though a child, Valdemar was elected king and crowned the following year in the cathedral at Linköping. [1] During the first sixteen years of Valdemar's reign, it was Birger Jarl who ...
Birger (Swedish: Birger Magnusson; 1280 – 31 May 1321) was King of Sweden from 1290 to 1318. His reign was marked by unrest and civil strife; he was imprisoned by his brothers Erik and Valdemar following the "Håtuna games" in 1306, but when he tried to play them the same trick in Nyköping, there was an uprising that ended with Birger losing the crown and the execution of his 18-year-old ...
- 18 December 1290 – March/April 1318
- Hedwig of Holstein
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Jan 19, 2023 · His son, Prince Magnus Birgersson, was executed at Stockholm. In 1319, the three year old son of Duke Erik, King Magnus VII of Norway, was hailed King (Magnus IV of Sweden) under the Regency of his grandmother Queen Helvig, his mother Duchess Ingeborg.[5] [edit]Children. Prince Magnus Birgersson of Sweden (1300-1320) Prince Eric Birgersson of ...
- Uppsala, Upplands län
- Queen Margarete of Sweden
- Upplands län
- circa 1280
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When King Eric XI died in 1250, Valdemar was elected king. Even after the coming of age of Valdemar in 1257, Birger jarl held a grip over the country. After Birger's death in 1266 Valdemar came into conflict with his younger brother Magnus Birgersson, Duke of Södermanland, who wanted the throne for himself.
Birger (Swedish: Birger Magnusson; 1280 – 31 May 1321) was King of Sweden from 1290 to 1318. Birger was the son of King Magnus III of Sweden and Hedwig of Holstein. He was hailed king of Sweden when he was four years old. This was done by his father in order to secure the succession. In 1275, King Magnus had led a rebellion against his elder brother, King Valdemar, and ousted him from the ...
