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Magnus IV

king of Norway
Also known as: Magnus den Blinde, Magnus the Blind
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Magnus IV (born c. 1115, Norwayβ€”died 1139, Norway) was a joint ruler of Norway (1130–35), with Harald IV. His abortive attempt (1137–39) to wrest sovereignty from Inge I Haroldsson and Sigurd II, sons of Harald IV, ended the first epoch in the period of Norwegian civil wars (1130–1240). The son of the Norwegian king Sigurd I Magnusson, Magnus succeeded to the throne jointly with Harald IV in 1130. In 1134 war broke out between the...

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