Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameKing Haakon HAAKONSSON IV, King of Norway
BirthJun 1204, Folkenborg, Ostfold, Norway
Death16 Dec 1263, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
EducationKing of Norway from 1217 to 1263.
Misc. Notes
Under Haakon's rule, medieval Norway is considered to have reached its zenith or golden age. His reputation and formidable naval fleet allowed him to maintain friendships with both the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, despite their conflict.
He was at different points offered the imperial crown by the pope, the High Kingship of Ireland by a delegation of Irish kings, and the command of the French crusader fleet by the French king. He amplified the influence of European culture in Norway by importing and translating contemporary European literature into Old Norse, and by constructing monumental European-style stone buildings. In conjunction with this he employed an active and aggressive foreign policy, and at the end of his rule added Iceland and the Norse Greenland community to his kingdom, leaving the Norwegian realm at its territorial height.
Although he for the moment managed to secure Norwegian control of the islands off the northern and western shores of Scotland, plus the Isle of Man, he fell ill and died when wintering in Orkney following some military engagements with the expanding Kingdom of Scotland.
He was at different points offered the imperial crown by the pope, the High Kingship of Ireland by a delegation of Irish kings, and the command of the French crusader fleet by the French king. He amplified the influence of European culture in Norway by importing and translating contemporary European literature into Old Norse, and by constructing monumental European-style stone buildings. In conjunction with this he employed an active and aggressive foreign policy, and at the end of his rule added Iceland and the Norse Greenland community to his kingdom, leaving the Norwegian realm at its territorial height.
Although he for the moment managed to secure Norwegian control of the islands off the northern and western shores of Scotland, plus the Isle of Man, he fell ill and died when wintering in Orkney following some military engagements with the expanding Kingdom of Scotland.
Spouses
Birth1198, Folkenborg, Eldsberg, Ostfold, Norway
Death1225, Norway
EducationHaakon had three illegitimate children with his mistress Kanga the Younger
ReligionAnd four more after marrying Margrethe Skulsdotter
Birth1198, Eidsberg, Ostfold, Norway
Death1270, Rissa Prestegjeld, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Educationfour children with King Haakon
Religionsee familysearch.org
Marriage25 May 1225