Magnus the Lawmender
May 1, 1238 –May 9, 1280
Monarch
Lived 42 years
- Born in
- Tønsberg
- Passed away in
- Bergen
Magnus the Lawmender (1 or 3 May 1238 – 9 May 1280), also known as Magnus Haakonsson, was King of Norway from 1263 to 1280. One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code. He was the first Norwegian monarch known to have used an ordinal number, counting himself as Magnus IV.
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_the_Lawmender