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Magnus Walker (born July 7, 1967) [1] is a British-American fashion designer and car collector. He emigrated to the United States in 1986 at nineteen and eventually ...
Magnus's nephew, Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, laid claim to the Earldom of Orkney, and was advised by his father Kol to promise the islanders to "build a stone minster at Kirkwall" in memory of his uncle, the Holy Earl, and this became St Magnus Cathedral. When the cathedral, begun in 1137, was ready for consecration, the relics of St Magnus were ...
Haakon Magnusson or Håkon Magnusson may refer to: . Haakon Toresfostre (1068–1095), son of Magnus II of Norway, recognized as king only in Trondheim; Haakon V (1270–1319), King of Norway from 1299 until 1319.
Magnus (fl. 1068) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England.He was, in all likelihood, driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England, along with two of his brothers, and from there took part in one, or perhaps two, expeditions to south-western England, but with little military success.
Magnus II (c. 1185 or 1190 – 1239) was the first in the Angus line of Scottish earls (or jarls) of Orkney. [1] His title was "Earl of Orkney and Caithness." He was the son of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus, and his second wife, Ingibiorg Ericsdottir of Caithness; Ingibiorg was the granddaughter of Orkneyar Jarl Rögnvald Kali Kolsson.
Magnus was a claimant to the throne of Sweden, which was much-contested at the time. In 1156 he allegedly bribed a trusted servant of King Sverker the Elder to assassinate him. [ 3 ] A few years later, according to a legendary source, he allied with a certain chief in the country, possibly Sverker's son Karl . [ 4 ]
Magnus was born around 1240 as the second son of Birger Jarl (1200–66) and Princess Ingeborg, daughter of King Erik Knutsson and sister of King Erik Eriksson of Sweden. The early life of Magnus is poorly documented, but he seems to have received an extensive education.
Magnus was the son of Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Wolfenbüttel).In 1362 Magnus and his brother Louis I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg helped their brother Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen to assert himself against the incumbent diocesan administrator Morris of Oldenburg, who claimed the see for himself.