Haakon IV

Haakon IV
Haakon's seal, from a 1247/48 letter (with reverse). The seal itself was given to Haakon as a gift from Henry III of England in 1236.[1]
King of Norway
ReignJune 1217 – 16 December 1263
Coronation29 July 1247 (Bergen)
PredecessorInge II
SuccessorMagnus VI
Junior kings
  • Haakon the Young (1240–1257)
  • Magnus VI (1257–1263)
Bornc. March/April 1204
Folkenborg, Norway
Died16 December 1263(1263-12-16) (aged 59)
Kirkwall, Orkney, Norway
Burial
  • St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall (until 1264)
  • Old Cathedral of Bergen (destroyed in 1531)
Spouse
Margaret Skulesdatter
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(m. 1225)​
Issue
among others...
  • (ill.) Cecilia, Queen of the Isles
  • Haakon the Young
  • Christina, Lady of Valdecorneja
  • Magnus VI of Norway
HouseSverre
FatherHaakon III of Norway
MotherInga of Varteig
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Haakon IV Haakonsson is known as King of Norway. He was born in 1204 and died in 1263.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Helle, 1995, p. 183.
  2. ↑ Haakon IV Haakonsson
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