Birgersson, King of Sweden Magnus I 1a

Birth Name Birgersson, King of Sweden Magnus I
Gender male
Age at Death 49 years

Narrative

Magnus I of Sweden
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Magnus I of Sweden (1240 – 1290), often called Ladulås: Barnlock, was king of Sweden from 1275/1280 until his death in 1290. Later historians ascribe his epithet to a decree of 1279 freeing the Yeomanry from the duty to provide sustenance for travelling Nobles and Bishops ("Peasants! Lock your barns!"), but probably its simply a corruption of Ladislaus, which possibly was his second name.

With the Alsnö stadga (Decree of Alsnö) about 1279, Magnus gave anyone who undertook to provide the Crown with a mounted warrior (knight) and a warhorse, the freedom from certain taxes (such a freedom was called frälse in Swedish. This is often (mistakenly) said to be the formal foundation of the Swedish nobility, though it certainly was a step in the evolution towards hereditary class of nobles enjoying privileges).

Second son of Birger Jarl (Earl Birger Magnusson) and Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, herself the youngest sister of childless Eric XI of Sweden and youngest daughter of Eric X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark. His father designated Magnus as his successor in powers of the earl of the realm, henceforward titled Duke. The elder brother, Valdemar I of Sweden having become the king in succession of their maternal uncle.

In 1275, Magnus started a rebellion against his brother with Danish help, and ousted him from the throne. Instead, Magnus was elected King at Mora. Magnus Ladulås married 1276 as his second wife Helvig of Holstein, daughter of Gerhard I of Holstein (through her mother Elisabeth of Mecklenburg, she was descendant of Christina, the putative daughter of Sverker II of Sweden, and of Ulvhild of Saxony, a descendant of Astrid Olofsdotter, queen of Norway and daughter of Olof I of Sweden). Helvig later acted as Queen Regent (probably 1290-1302 and) 1320-1327. A papal annullment of Magnus' first marriage and a dispensation for his second (necessary because of consanguinuity) were issued ten years later, in 1286.

Children of his second marriage to Helvig of Holstein
Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, born abt. 1279. Married King Eric VI of Denmark, Erik Menved.
Birger Magnusson, born abt. 1280, king of Sweden.
Eric Magnusson of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland in 1302, born abt. 1282. Died of starvation 1318 at Nyköpingshus castle while imprisoned by his brother King Birger.
Valdemar Magnusson, Duke of Finland in 1302 and Öland 1310. Died of starvation 1318 at Nyköpingshus castle while imprisoned by his brother King Birger.
Rikissa Magnusdotter, abbess of the convent of Sta Clara at Stockholm. Died after 1347.

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1236 Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden    
Death 1285 Stockholm, Sweden    

Age: 49y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Magnusson, Jarl of Bjälbo Birgerabout 12101266-10-21
Mother Eriksdottir, Ingeborgabout 12141254
    Brother     Birgersson, Erik 1228
    Brother     Birgersson, Gregor 1230
    Sister     Birgersdotter, Richiza 1234 1288-12-13
         Birgersson, King of Sweden Magnus I 1236 1285
    Sister     Birgersdóttir, Rikitsa 1238
    Brother     Birgersson, King of Sweden Valdemar 1243 1302
    Sister     Birgersdotter, Katarina 1245
    Sister     Birgersdotter, Ingeborg 1247
    Sister     Birgersdotter, Christina 1249
    Brother     Birgersson, Bengt 1254

Source References

  1. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I28348 Caldwell and related families
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        ID: I28348
        Name: Ragnhild Magnusdatter
        Sex: F
        Birth: ABT 1093 in Bergen, Norway

         

         

        Father: King of Norway Magnus "Barefoot" Olafsson b: 1073 in Bergen, Norway
        Mother: Margareta Ingesdatter b: ABT 1076 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

        Marriage 1 King of Denmark Harald Kesja Eriksson b: ABT 1083 in Slangerup, Denmark
        Children
        Has Children King of Denmark Bjørn Järnsida Haraldsson b: ABT 1110 in Slangerup, Denmark

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