Magnus Sigurdsson
Magnus the Blind | |
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Sigurd I of Norway | |
Mother | Borghild Olafsdatter (concubine) |
Magnus Sigurdsson (c. 1115 – 12 November 1139), also known as Magnus the Blind, was
Biography
Magnus was the son of King
Against the advice of his councilors, Magnus disbanded his army and traveled to
Magnus was put in
Magnus then rejoined Sigurd Slembe's men, but they continued to have little support in Norway. After some time spent more like bandits than kings, they met the forces of King Inge I and King
Norwegian civil war
During the civil wars period of Norwegian history (1130–1240) there were several interlocked conflicts of varying scale and intensity. The background for these conflicts were the unclear Norwegian succession laws, social conditions and the struggle between church and king. There were then two main parties, firstly known by varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set up as the head figure of the party in question, to oppose the rule of king from the contesting party. ((Baglers and Birkebeiners did not exist before until about 30 years later, so this entry is not relevant to the subject matter, as it was a completely different war, in the same historical series of conflicts))