Margaret Skulesdatter
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Margaret Skulesdatter was a Norwegian queen consort, spouse of King Haakon IV of Norway and queen consort of Norway from 1225 to 1263.
Initial from a psalter probably owned by Margarete, showing Christ blessing a royal bridal couple
Magnus the Lawmender
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Magnus the Lawmender, also known as Magnus Haakonsson, was King of Norway from 1263 to 1280. One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code. He wa
Contemporary bust of Magnus from the Stavanger Cathedral, dated c. 1270s–80s.
Page from the national law (Landslov) of Magnus.
Magnus giving his national law to a lawman, illumination from the 14th century Codex Hardenbergianus.
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