← Explore on the interactive map

Assassination of Eric V and the Flight of Exiled Nobles to Norway

Type Event Region Scandinavia Time 1286–1287

Danish King Eric V was assassinated on 22 November 1286; nine nobles led by Marshal Stig Andersen were convicted in 1287 and fled to Norway's Eric II…

Timeline

  1. 1280–1286Danish–Norwegian border waters · ScandinaviaThe inheritance of Eric Plopenning's daughters in Denmark had long gone unfulfilled, one branch linked to the Norwegian royal house. In the 1280s Norwegian fleets repeatedly raided the Danish coast; in 1284 Denmark joined North German princes in pressuring Norway without success, and relations remained tense.
  2. 1286–1287Finnerup (Jutland) · JutlandAfter Eric V's assassination, twelve-year-old Eric VI succeeded with Queen Dowager Agnes as regent. At Pentecost 1287 nine nobles led by Marshal Stig and Count Jacob of Halland were found responsible for the king's death and outlawed; they had already fled to Norway, seeking refuge with Eric II.

Sources