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Magnus Erlingsson
Magnus Erlingsson (1156–1184) was king of Norway from 1161, a son of the powerful nobleman Erling Skakke and a grandson of King Sigurd the Crusader through his mother. With church support he was crowned in Bergen in 1163 or 1164, the first coronation in Scandinavia. He was challenged by Sverre and the Birkebeiner and was killed at the Battle of Fimreite in 1184.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Magnus Erlingsson. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/magnus-erlingsson
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