This article is about the first Norwegian king named Magnus Olafsson. For the later Norwegian king, see Magnus Barefoot.
Magnus the Good
Depiction of Magnus the Good
King of Norway
Reign
1035 – 25 October 1047
Predecessor
Cnut
Successor
Harald III
Co-ruler
Harald III (1046–47)
King of Denmark
Reign
8 June 1042 – 25 October 1047
Predecessor
Cnut III
Successor
Sweyn II
Born
c. 1024 Norway
Died
25 October 1047 (aged 23) Zealand, Denmark
Burial
Nidaros Cathedral
Issue
Ragnhild Magnusdatter [no]
Names
Magnús Óláfsson
House
St. Olaf (Vestfold branch of Fairhair dynasty)
Father
Olaf II of Norway
Mother
Alfhild
Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson; Norwegian and Danish: Magnus Olavsson; c. 1024 – 25 October 1047), better known as Magnus the Good (Old Norse: Magnús góði; Norwegian and Danish: Magnus den gode), was King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042 until his death in 1047.
Magnus was an illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, and fled with his mother Alfhild when his father was dethroned in 1028. He returned to Norway in 1035 and was crowned king at the age of 11. In 1042, he was also crowned king of Denmark. Magnus ruled the two countries until 1047, when he died under unclear circumstances. After his death, his kingdom was split between Harald Hardrada in Norway and Sweyn Estridsson in Denmark.
Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson; Norwegian and Danish: Magnus Olavsson; c. 1024 – 25 October 1047), better known as MagnustheGood (Old Norse:...
Sturluson (1993), Nordiska kungasagor: Magnus den gode till Magnus Erlingsson. Stockholm: Fabel, p. 57 (MagnustheGood's Saga, Chapter 33). Adam av Bremen...
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candidates". The political agreement between Harthacnut and MagnustheGood included the appointment of the latter as heir to Harthacnut. At the time, the agreement...
taxation, a rebellion, and the restoration of the former Norwegian dynasty under Saint Olaf's illegitimate son MagnustheGood. In 1014, while Cnut was...
exhuming the king and reinterring him in Nidaros Cathedral, currently the burial place of nine Norwegian kings, among them MagnustheGood and Magnus Haraldsson...
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. He is the world #1 ranked player (FIDE world chess rankings). He is a...
Magnus I may refer to: MagnustheGood (1024–1047), King of Norway and King of Denmark Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (ruled from 1108 to about 1115)...
Norway, but was beaten by Magnus I of Norway. When Harthacnut died in 1042, Magnus claimed the Danish throne and made Svend the jarl of Jutland. In 1043...
son Magnus ('theGood') laid claim to the Norwegian throne, Svein and Ælfgifu were forced to flee. Olaf has traditionally been seen as leading the Christianisation...
mother of MagnustheGood Álfhildr (Gautreks saga), the daughter of king Harald of Wendland and wife of Geatish king Gautrekr Alfhild, daughter of the Geatish...
Magnus Haakonsson (Old Norse: Magnús Hákonarson, Modern Norwegian: Magnus Håkonsson; 1 (or 3) May 1238 – 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI)...
arose in the 10th century and was popularized in the 11th by Arnórr jarlaskáld, whose Hrynhenda (c. 1045} is about King MagnustheGood; in the 12th century...
been a need to defend against the threat from King MagnustheGood of Norway. It is possible that Harold led some of the ships from his earldom that were...
Albertus Magnus OP (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar...
of Hel, the location in Norse mythology Hel, a battle-axe used by MagnustheGood of Norway Hel (band), a Swedish band Hel, a character in the 1927 film...
between his predecessor MagnustheGood and the earlier King of England Harthacnut, whereby, if either died without heir, the other would inherit both...
(Olav Digre / Sankt Olav / Olav den Hellige) : 1015–1028 Magnus I of Norway MagnustheGood (Magnus den Gode) : 1035–1047 Hardrada dynasty: Harald III of...
Chartrand et al. 2006, p. 90. Krag, Claus. "Magnus 1 Olavsson Den Gode, Konge" [Magnus 1 Olavsson theGood, King] (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon...
Thorfinn. This was during the reign of MagnustheGood, son of Olaf II, who ruled from 1035 to 1047, and probably before the death of Harthacanute in 1042...
Gardarike to fetch Olav Haraldsson's son Magnus. When Magnus came to Norway the people sided with him and against the Danes. Svein had to flee home to Denmark...
as a saint to the population. Niels Skovgaard's Magnus Stone was erected in 1898 in Skibelund Krat in memory of MagnustheGood and the battle of Lyrskov...
Aldis' debut under the name Brutus Magnus, a modern-day gladiator. Aldis competed under his Brutus Magnus name and gimmick at the TNA Maximum Impact!...
also contested the succession. His claim to the throne was based on an agreement between his predecessor, MagnustheGood, and the earlier English king...
Retrieved October 26, 2015. Snorri Sturluson. "Saga Of MagnusTheGood". Heimskringla, The Chronicle of The Kings of Norway. Retrieved October 26, 2015. S. Rosborn...
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