Haakon IV

Haakon IV Haakonsson is known as King of Norway. He was born in 1204 and died in 1263.

Haakon IV
180px Haakon's seal, from a 1247/48 letter (with reverse). The seal itself was given to Haakon as a gift from Henry III of England in 1236.
King of Norway
June 1217 – 16 December 1263
29 July 1247 (Bergen)
Predecessor	Inge II
Successor	Magnus VI
Junior kings	Haakon the Young (1240–1257) Magnus VI (1257–1263)
Born	c. March/April 1204 Folkenborg, Norway
Died	16 December 1263(1263-12-16) (aged 59) Kirkwall, Orkney, Norway
Burial	St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (until 1264) Old Cathedral of Bergen (destroyed in 1531)
Spouse	Margaret Skulesdatter ​ ​ (m. 1225)​
Issue among others...	(ill.) Cecilia, Queen of the Isles Haakon the Young Christina, Lady of Valdecorneja Magnus VI of Norway
House	Sverre
Father	Haakon III of Norway
Mother	Inga of Varteig
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Haakon IV Media

• Birkebeinerne ski01.jpg

  19th-century impression of the birkebeiner bringing the infant Haakon to safety by Knud Bergslien

• HakonTheOldAndSkule-Flateyjarbok.jpg

  Haakon and Skule Bårdsson, from the 14th century Icelandic Flateyjarbók.

• Haakonshallen Bergen Norway 2009 1.JPG

  Haakon's Hall in Bergen, constructed in the mid-13th century.

• Norwegian Hereditary Empire excluding Greenland.png

  Medieval Norway at its greatest extent, around the time of Haakon's death.

• Margretepsalter.jpg

  Haakon, Margreta and Haakon the Young, as seen in a psalter owned by Margrete.