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Eric II of Norway

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352: 343: 259:. In 1273, when he was 5 years old, he was given the title of king, alongside his father, who planned to hold a coronation for Eirik as his subordinate co-ruler in the summer of 1280. However, King Magnus died before this could be arranged, and Eirik became sole king and was crowned as such in 370:(De fredløses krig), which was waged on and off from 1289 until 1295. A major motivation for this warfare was Eirik's claim on his mother's Danish inheritance. In 1287, he entered into an alliance with a group of Danish nobles, most prominently 393:
As Eirik died without sons, he was succeeded by his brother, as Haakon V of Norway. He was buried in the old cathedral of Bergen, which was demolished in 1531. Its site is marked by a memorial, in present-day
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and probably also his mother, the dowager queen Ingeborg. After Eirik came of age in 1282, this royal council is still thought to have had a major influence over his reign. His brother,
382:. Eirik gave the outlaws sanctuary in Norway in 1287. King Eirik himself led a large Norwegian fleet which, along with the Danish outlaws, attacked Denmark in 1289, burning 1514: 1249: 624: 1499: 1489: 831: 283: 299: 295: 156: 252: 208: 17: 1242: 523: 1494: 644: 617: 1101: 371: 303: 263:
in the summer of 1280. During his minority, the kingdom was ruled by a royal council consisting of prominent
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in the southwest, subordinate to King Eirik. The king's main residence was in Bergen in Western Norway.
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Museoteket ved Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger: Rogalandsfunn fra istid til middelalder
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Seal of Eric in known use 1289–98, with obverse (left) and reverse (right).
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A prominent feature of Eirik's reign was the war with Denmark, called the
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in 1281. Margaret died two years later in childbirth, giving birth to
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of Sweden, Duke of Finland, in 1312 and was then styled Duchess of
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Index

Eirik II of Norway

Stavanger Cathedral
King of Norway
Coronation
Old cathedral
Bergen
Magnus VI
Haakon V
Bergen, Norway
Margaret of Scotland
Isabel Bruce
Issue
Margaret, Queen of Scots
Ingeborg, Duchess of Finland
House
Sverre
Magnus VI of Norway
Ingeborg of Denmark
Old Norse
Norwegian
King of Norway
King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway
Ingeborg
Eric IV of Denmark
Bergen
barons
Haakon
Oslo
Stavanger

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