Magnus I of Sweden

Magnus I of Sweden (1240 – 1290), often called Ladulås: Barnlock, was king of Sweden from 1275/1280 until his death in 1290. Later historians ascribe his epithet to a decree of 1279 freeing the Yeomanry from the duty to provide sustenance for travelling Nobles and Bishops ("Peasants! Lock your barns!), but probably its simply a corruption of Ladislaus.

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1240 - 1290 - King - Sweden

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With the Alsnö stadga about 1279, Magnus III gave anyone who supported the Crown with a knight and a horse freedom from certain taxes (such a freedom was called frälse in Swedish. This is often (mistakenly) said to be the formal foundation of the Swedish nobility.

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1279 - Swedish nobility

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Son to Birger Jarl (Earl Birger Magnusson) and Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden. Magnus Ladulås married 1276 as his second wife Helvig of Holstein, daughter of Gerhard I of Holstein and Queen Regent (probably 1290-1302 and) 1320-1327. A papal anullment of his first marriage and a dispensation for his second (consanguinuity) were issued ten years later, in 1286.

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Birger Jarl - Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden - 1276 - Helvig of Holstein - Gerhard I of Holstein

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