Sigillum ad causas for Magnus II of Sweden

Magnus II Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, (1316 – December 1, 1377), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric Magnusson of Sweden and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway. Also known by his nickname "Magnus Smek" (Eng. "Pet-Magnus"). PD image, from Swedish Wikipedia This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... PD image, from Swedish Wikipedia This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 17 – Gregory XI enters Rome. ... Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eric Magnusson was the son of Magnus LadulÃ¥s and queen Helvig. ... Jump to: navigation, search Burial site of HÃ¥kon V in Oslo Haakon V Magnusson (1270 - May 8, 1319) was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319. ...

Magnus had succeeded to the Norwegian throne when at age four he was elected king of Sweden in 1320. Under the Regencies of his Grandmother Queen Helvig and his Mother Duchess Ingeborg the countries were ruled by Knut Jonsson and Erling Vidkunsson. Jump to: navigation, search Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ...

In 1332 the king of Denmark, Christopher II, died as a "king without a country", having pawned Denmark piece by piece. King Magnus took advantage of his neighbour's distress, redeeming the pawn for the eastern Danish provinces for a huge amount of silver, and thus became ruler also of Terra Scania. Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... King Christian II, painting by P. van Coninxloo, 1521. ... Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ...

In spite of his many formal expansions his rule was considered a period of decrease both to the Swedish royal power and to Sweden as a whole. Foreign nations like Denmark (after its recovery 1340) and Mecklenburg intervened and Magnus himself does not seem to have been able to resist the internal opposition. He was regarded a weak king and criticised because an alleged favourite rule. Mecklenburg is a geographical area located in Northern Germany. ...

In 1336 he married Blanche of Namur, daughter of Count Jean of Namur and Marie of Artois, a descendant of Louis VIII of France. In 1343 their son Haakon was designated to succeed his father to the Norwegian throne as Haakon VI, even though Magnus remained ruler during his minority. Events End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan. ... Queen Blanche of Sweden and sometime also of Norway, born as daughter of the Count of Namur. ... Namur is the name of a city in Belgium, capital of Wallonia, as well as a province and a diocese named after it. ... Louis VIII the Lion (French: Louis VIII le Lion) (September 5, 1187 – November 8, 1226) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226. ... Events Magnus II of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway. ...

Because of the raise in taxation to pay for the acquisition of the Scanian province, some Swedish nobles supported by the Church attempted to oust Magnus, setting up his elder son Eric as king (Eric XII of Sweden), but Eric died supposedly of the plague in 1359, with his wife Beatrice of Brandenburg and their two sons. Eric XII Magnusson (1339-1359) was rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus II from 1356 to his death in 1359. ... Plague is usually understood as a generic term for Bubonic plague, the mortal disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, which is spread by fleas from rats and some species of mice to human beings. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389) Berlin joins the Hanseatic League. ...

King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquered Terra Scania in 1360. In 1363 Magnus was deposed from the Swedish throne being replaced by the Duke of Mecklenburg's son. Magnus was seeking refuge with his younger son in Norway, where he drowned in 1377. Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) shown on a fresco in Næstveds Saint Peters Church (Sankt Peders Kirke). ... Events Treaty of Brétigny King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark seizes Scania (from 1658 a Swedish province). ... Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Years: 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 - 1363 - 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 See also: 1363 state leaders Events Magnus II, King of Sweden, is deposed by Albert of Mecklenburg. ... Events January 17 – Gregory XI enters Rome. ...

See also: Unions of Sweden Sweden has for political and dynastic reasons been in union with other kingdoms and princely states, ostensibly personal unions. ...