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Magnus V ( Old Norse: Magnús Erlingsson, 1156 – 15 June 1184) was a king of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. He was the first known Scandinavian monarch to be crowned in Scandinavia. He helped to establish primogeniture in royal succession in Norway.
Mar 25, 2024 · Magnus V Erlingsson was the king of Norway (1162–84) who used church support to gain the throne (1162) and become the nation’s first crowned monarch (1163). After 1177 his rule was challenged by his rival Sverrir, whose forces killed Magnus in battle.
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Jan 11, 2024 · Magnus Erlingsson ( Norwegian : Magnús Erlingssun ) (born 1156 , died 15 June 1184 ), Magnus V, was King of Norway in the period 1161 - 1184 . Magnus Erlingsson was born in Etne, Hordaland, Norway in 1156, the son of the Norwegian landowner Erling Skakke.
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Feb 26, 2016 · Magnus V Erlingsson (Old Norse: Magnús Erlingsson) (1156–1184) was a King of Norway during the Civil war era in Norway. He was in 1161 chosen king of the viksk-vestlandske lendmannspartiet which was built around King Inge Haraldsson "Hookback" . He did not have the hereditary claim to the throne who which typically belonged to sons of former kings.
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Feb 1, 2024 · Magnus VI Lagabøte’s legal code was repealed in 1687, but certain principles and formulations remain in current Norwegian legislation. On 1 February 2024, Norges Bank issued a special edition 20-krone circulation coin to commemorate the 750th anniversary of Magnus Lagabøte’s national legal code.
Originally a Latin byname meaning ‘great’, this was first extracted from the name of Charlemagne (recorded in Latin chronicles as Carolus Magnus ‘Charles the Great’) and used as a given name by the Scandinavians. It was borne by seven medieval kings of Norway, including Magnus I ( 1024–47 ), known as Magnus the Good, and Magnus VI ...
Magnus Haakonsson (Old Norse: Magnús Hákonarson, Modern Norwegian: Magnus Håkonsson; 1 (or 3) May 1238 – 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI) from 1263 to 1280 (junior king from 1257). One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code, after which he is known as Magnus the Law ...
