Magnus VI of Norway

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King of Norway human medieval monarch

Magnus VI of Norway, also known as Magnus the Law-mender, was a 13th-century Norwegian king renowned for his comprehensive legal reforms that unified and modernized the kingdom’s laws.

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Label Occurrences
Magnus VI of Norway canonical 15

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Norway ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1238-05-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Norway ⓘ
Tønsberg ⓘ
burialPlace Bergen Cathedral ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Bergen ⓘ
child Eric II of Norway ⓘ
Haakon V ⓘ
surface form: Haakon V of Norway

Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Ingeborg Magnusdatter of Norway
chronologicalPlacement High Middle Ages ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
deathDate 1280-05-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Bergen ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
era 13th century ⓘ
father Haakon IV of Norway ⓘ
fullName Magnus Haakonsson ⓘ
givenName Magnus ⓘ
house House of Sverre ⓘ
implementedReform national law code for rural districts of Norway ⓘ
separate law code for Norwegian towns ⓘ
knownFor comprehensive legal reforms in Norway ⓘ
modernizing the kingdom’s laws ⓘ
unifying Norwegian law ⓘ
legalReformFocus codification of customary law in written form ⓘ
standardization of regional laws in Norway ⓘ
strengthening royal authority through law ⓘ
monarchOf Norway ⓘ
mother Margaret Skulesdatter ⓘ
nativeLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
nickname Magnus Haakonsson ⓘ
surface form: Magnus Lagabøte

Magnus ⓘ
surface form: Magnus the Law-mender
notableWork Bylov (Norwegian town law code) ⓘ
Landslov (Norwegian national law code) ⓘ
ordinalNumber VI ⓘ
patronymicName Magnus Haakonsson ⓘ
surface form: Haakonsson
positionHeld King of Norway ⓘ
predecessor Haakon IV of Norway ⓘ
reignEnd 1280 ⓘ
reignStart 1263 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
royalHouse House of Sverre ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Ingeborg of Denmark
successor Eric II of Norway ⓘ
title King of Norway ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haakon IV of Norway → successor → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Haakon IV of Norway → child → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles → hasMainBelligerent → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Scottish–Norwegian conflict over the Western Isles → treatyParty → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Treaty of Perth → signedBy → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Margaret, Maid of Norway → paternalGrandfather → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
King Haakon V of Norway → father → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Haakon V of Norway
Christ Church, Bergen → burialSiteOf → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
House of Sverre → notableRuler → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Haakon the Young → relative → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Haakon the Young → sibling → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Christina of Norway → sibling → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Christina of Norway → monarchDuringLifetime → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Treaty between Scotland and Norway of 1266 → signatory → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Treaty of Perth
Treaty between Scotland and Norway of 1266 → signedUnderReignOf → Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Treaty of Perth