Haakon IV
Haakon IV Haakonsson is known as King of Norway. He was born in 1204 and died in 1263.[2]
Haakon IV | |
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King of Norway | |
June 1217 – 16 December 1263 | |
29 July 1247 (Bergen) | |
Predecessor | Inge II |
Successor | Magnus VI |
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Born | c. March/April 1204 Folkenborg, Norway |
Died | 16 December 1263 Kirkwall, Orkney, Norway | (aged 59)
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Spouse | Margaret Skulesdatter (m. 1225) |
Issue among others... | |
House | Sverre |
Father | Haakon III of Norway |
Mother | Inga of Varteig |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Haakon IV Media
Haakon and Skule Bårdsson, from the 14th century Icelandic Flateyjarbók.
Haakon's Hall in Bergen, constructed in the mid-13th century.
19th-century impression of the birkebeiner bringing the infant Haakon to safety (Knud Bergslien).
References
- ↑ Helle, 1995, p. 183.
- ↑ Haakon IV Haakonsson