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Birger Magnusson

Type Figure Region Sweden Time c. 1280–1321 Also known as Birger Magnusson、King Birger

Birger Magnusson (c. 1280–1321) was king of Sweden of the House of Folking, grandson of the regent Birger Jarl. He ascended as a child in 1290;…

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  1. 1290–1310Stockholm · SwedenHe ascended in 1290 after the death of his father Magnus III, with Queen Mother Ingeborg and ministers serving as regents. He gradually learned statecraft, began personal rule in 1298, and promoted legal codification and centralization.
  2. 1311–1321Stockholm · SwedenFormally crowned in 1319, he allied with King Haakon V of Norway and arranged dynastic marriages for his children. But the 1317 'Nacka Banquet', in which he imprisoned his brothers Erik and Valdemar, provoked a noble backlash; he was overthrown and deposed in 1321 and imprisoned in Finland until his death.

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