Birger, King of Sweden
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Birger Magnusson was King of Sweden from 1290 until his deposition in 1318. The son of King Magnus Ladulås and Queen Helvig of Holstein, Birger was crowned at a young age and ruled with the support of
Memorial portrait of Birger at St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted, Denmark
Birger's father, Magnus Ladulås
Detail of Birger's and Martha's gravestone at Ringsted
Magnus Eriksson
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Magnus Eriksson was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360. His long reign saw major legal and administrative reforms,
Birger, King of Sweden
…brother Erik having died the year before and ex-king Birger dying in Denmark the year after. In 1319, the three-year-old son of Duke Erik, also called Magnus, had then already been hailed King of Sweden after the short regency of his mother Duchess Ingeborg. Birger had the following children with Martha…
Magnus on the title page of his Swedish national lawcode (issue 1430)
Royal seals of Magnus's parents Duke Erik and Duchess Ingeborg
King Magnus's shipwreck from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Head from Trondheim thought by Professor Jan Svanberg to be King Magnus