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Birger [1] (Swedish: Birger Magnusson; 1280 – 31 May 1321) was King of Sweden from 1290 to 1318. His reign was marked by unrest and civil strife; he was imprisoned by his brothers Erik and Valdemar following the "Håtuna games" in 1306, but when he tried to play them the same trick in Nyköping, there was an uprising that ended with Birger losing the crown and the execution of his 18-year ...
The conflict resumed in 1317, when Birger imprisoned his brothers at the Nyköping Banquet and let them starve to death. In the following upheavals, Birger lost his throne, and Duke Eric's three-year old son Magnus was elected King of Sweden, and acknowledged as the hereditary King of Norway, uniting the two kingdoms in a personal union.
Birger's mother Ingrid Ylva was, according to Olaus Petri, a daughter of Sune Sik and the granddaughter of King Sverker I of Sweden. His brothers or half-brothers—Eskil, Karl, and Bengt —were born well before 1200, suggesting they likely had a different mother.
' Barnlock ') or Magnus Birgersson (c. 1240 – 18 December 1290) was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290. [2] He was a son of Birger Jarl, and became a king after a rebellion against his brother Valdemar. He was succeeded by his ten-year-old son Birger Magnusson with Torkel Knutsson acting as his guardian.
Birger, King of Sweden also called Birger Magnusson (c. 1280–1321), King of Sweden 1290–1318 Birger Jarl also called Birger Magnusson (c. 1200–1266), Jarl of Sweden and statesman Topics referred to by the same term
Valdemar, a son of Birger jarl, was elected as the King of Sweden in 1250. Members of the House of Bjälbo had married into all rival royal dynasties in Sweden, eventually producing an heir related to them all.
Torkel Knutsson held large amounts of power in Sweden at the time of the coup, however, in the shadows, the king, Birger Magnusson began plotting with his brothers, Eric and Valdemar. Birger had grown tired of Torkels great influence and supposedly saw him as a bigger threat than his brothers, despite the fact that Torkel had shown great ...
Birger Magnusson, King of Sweden (1290 to 1318), stated in a letter of 4 March 1295 that the motive of the crusade was long-time banditry and looting in the Baltic Sea region by Karelians, and the fact that they had taken Swedes and other travellers as captives and then tortured them. [6]