Everything about H Kon Vi Of Norway totally explained
Haakon VI Magnusson (appr.
1340 –
1380), was King of
Norway 1343-80 and co-king of Sweden 1362-64.
He was the younger son of King
Magnus Eriksson of
Sweden and
Norway and
Blanche of Namur. In
1343 he succeeded his father to the Norwegian throne, who would still rule during his minority, until
1355 when he reached majority as sovereign of Norway.
15 February 1362 he was elected (co)king of Sweden in Mora stones (representatives of
Finland taking part in the election for the first time) at instigation of nobles, but soon in agreement with his father. In
1363 he married
Margaret of Denmark, daughter of King
Valdemar IV of Denmark. In
1370 they'd the son
Olav who would succeed his grandfather to the Danish throne in
1376.
His cousin
Albert III of Mecklenburg and nobles moved against his father in Sweden, ultimately deposing Haakon and Magnus and taking the old king prisoner.
Haakon then concentrated mainly on business of his Norwegian kingdom. However he succeeded in getting his father released and allowed to settle in Norway where he died. Some occurrences, they made efforts to oust Albert. Haakon continued to claim the Swedish throne, a reason why his wife and later widow Margaret used the title queen of Sweden until her own death.
In 1379 Haakon solved the disputes over succession in the Norse
earldom of Orkney, awarding it to
Henry Sinclair, ocean explorer, a (youngest) grandson of earl Maol Iosa, over the widower of Maol Iosa's elder daughter and other descendants.
In
1380 King Haakon died and was succeeded by his own son
Olav IV Haakonsson who was also
King of Denmark.
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