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Magnus Erlingsson (
1156—
1184) was a king of
Norway, probably born in
Etne in
Hordaland. He was son of
Erling Skakke and Kristin Sigurdsdatter, daughter of king
Sigurd Jorsalfare. He was named king in 1161, and was the first Norwegian king to be crowned. His father Erling took the title of
earl and held the real power while Magnus was a minor. Magnus' reign saw the arrival in Norway of
Sverre Sigurdsson, who claimed the throne for himself. Several years of warfare ended with Magnus' defeat and death in the battle of
Fimreite in
1184.
The
civil wars period of
Norwegian history lasted from
1130 to
1217. During this period there were several interlocked conflicts of varying scale and intensity. The background for these conflicts were the unclear Norwegian
succession laws, social conditions and the struggle between Church and King. There were then two main parties, firstly known by varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set up as the head figure of the party in question, to oppose the rule of the king from the contesting party.
Successor as the next Heklung pretender:
Jon Kuvlung
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