Magnus VI of Norway

Magnus VI of Norway Lagabøte ( the legislator ) (1238 - 1280) king de Norvège of 1263 with 1280

Third wire of Håkon IV of Norway and Margareta Skulesdatter born on May 1st 1238 Magnus VI of Norway succeeded his/her father in 1263 following the disappearance of his/her two older brothers. It was a very peaceful prince his nickname is related to its great activity of lawyer. In order to make progress Norway in this field, it reformed the laws. With this intention it joins together into only one the four different legislations of it use in the country. It also intervened in this field in Iceland. It in addition made definitively the crown hereditary. It signed finally a legal settlement with the church.

On the level external it concluded the July 2nd 1266 the Treated from Perth with the king Alexandre III of Scotland which puts an end to the conflict initiated by his/her father in 1263. The Hébrides and the island of Man return to Scotland which commits itself paying in Norway a sum 4.000 marks and a tribute of 100 marks annually to perpetuity.

Magnus VI of Norway married the September 11th 1261 a Danish princess Ingeborg born in 1244 and girl of Eric IV of Denmark. The couple had four wire:

Olaf born in 1262, dead the March 15th 1267

Magnus died towards 1264

Eric II of Norway born in 1268

Håkon V of Norway born in 1270

The king Magnus VI of Norway died in Bergen the May 9th 1280 and the Ingeborg queen the 24 or March 26th 1287.

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