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Erik Magnusson di Svezia ( 1282 – 1318) fu Duca di Södermanland . Figlio del re Magnus III di Svezia, fu uno dei più potenti signori di Svezia. La sua ambizione di unificare sotto una sola corona i tre regni della Scandinavia, lo condusse in una guerra civile contro il fratello Birger .
Eric XII (Swedish: Erik Magnusson; 1339 – 20 June 1359) was King of Sweden and lord of Scania in 1344–1359. He was a co-ruler with his father, King Magnus IV , from 1356 until his death in 1359. [1]
Erik XII (VII) Magnusson (1339 – 21 giugno 1359) era figlio di re Magnus IV. Dal 1356 al 1359 contese il trono al padre. Questa situazione creò un clima molto teso in Svezia e provocò l'allontanamento di entrambi dal paese.
- Biography
- Peace of Nöteborg
- Outlawing Thralldom
- Crusade Against Novgorod
- Greenland
- Later Years
- Evaluation of His Reign
- Popular Culture
- See Also
- Further Reading
Magnus was born in Norway either in April or May 1316 to Eric, Duke of Södermanland, a son of Magnus III of Sweden and Ingeborg, a daughter of Haakon V of Norway. Magnus was elected king of Sweden on 8 July 1319, and acclaimed as hereditary king of Norway at the thing of the Haugating in Tønsberg in August of the same year. Under the regencies of h...
On 12 August 1323, Magnus concluded the first treaty between Sweden and Novgorod (represented by Grand Prince Yury of Moscow) at Nöteborg (Orekhov) where Lake Ladoga empties into the Neva River. The treaty delineated spheres of influence among the Finns and Karelians and was supposed to be an "eternal peace", but Magnus' relations with Russia were ...
In 1335, Magnus outlawed thralldom (slavery) for thralls "born by Christian parents" in Västergötland and Värend, being the last parts of Sweden where slavery had remained legal. This put an end to Medieval Swedish slavery – though it was only applicable within the borders of Sweden, which left an opening – used long afterwards – for the 17th- and ...
Relations were quiet between Sweden and Novgorod until 1348, when Magnus led a crusade against Novgorod, marching up the Neva, forcibly converting the tribes along that river, and briefly capturing the fortress of Orekhov for a second time.The Novgorodians retook the fortress in 1349 after a seven-month siege, and Magnus fell back, in large part du...
In 1355 Magnus sent a ship (or ships) to Greenland to inspect its Western and Eastern Settlements. Sailors found settlements entirely Norse and Christian. The Greenland carrier (Groenlands Knorr) made the Greenland run at intervals till 1369, when she sank and was apparently not replaced.
King Valdemar IV of Denmark reconquered Scania in 1360. He went on to conquer Gotland in 1361. On 27 July 1361, outside the city of Visby, the main city of Gotland, the final battle took place. It ended in a complete victory for Valdemar. Magnus had warned the inhabitants of Visby in a letter and started to gather troops to reconquer Scania. Valdem...
In spite of his many formal expansions his rule was considered a period of decline both for the Swedish royal power and for Sweden as a whole. Foreign nations like Denmark (after its recovery in 1340) and Mecklenburgintervened and Magnus does not seem to have been able to counter internal opposition that arose. He was regarded as a weak king and cr...
Most of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Undsettakes place in Norway during Magnus's reign. He appears in one scene, and is presented in a relatively critical manner.
Mikael Nordberg, I kung Magnus tid (In the Times of King Magnus) ISBN 91-1-952122-7Contents. Erik Magnusson. king of Sweden. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Sweden. In Sweden: Code of law. In 1344 Magnus’s elder son Erik was elected heir to the Swedish throne, one year after his younger brother Haakon received the crown of Norway.
Erik Magnusson. Född:1282 omkring. Död:1318 – Nyköpings Sankt Nicolai församling, Södermanlands län. Hertig. Band 14 (1953), sida 308. Meriter. 3. Erik Magnusson, hertig, f. omkr. 1282, d. (16?) febr. 1318 på Nyköpingshus. Föräldrar: konung Magnus Ladulås och Helvig av Holstein.
Erik Magnusson, konung, f. senast i början av år 1339 (nämnes i ett brev av april d. å. i ordalag, som ansetts tyda på att brevskrivaren just mottagit underrättelse om hans födelse; nämnes som myndig i en urkund av 29 aug. 1353), f 20 juni 1359.
