Magnus Henriksson

Magnus Henriksson (* around 1130; † after February 4, 1161 in Örebro ) was King of Sweden from 1160 to 1161.

His parents were the son of Sven the Crusader , the Danish Prince Henrik Skadelår , and his wife Ingrid Ragnvaldsdatter , daughter of the Swedish King Ragnvald and his wife Helena. He was married to Brigida, the illegitimate daughter Harald Gilles , who had married Magnus' mother after the death of her husband Henrik Skadelår. So she was his stepsister. Brigida had previously been married to Karl Sunesson.

He belonged to one of the three agnatic lines after the Danish King Sven Estridsson . His grandfather Sven's five brothers had been kings of Denmark. Except that he testified to a letter of privilege for the Benedictine monastery in Ringsted in 1148, there is no information about him before the mid-1150s. According to Saxo Grammaticus , in his endeavor to become king, he is said to have incited a servant of King Sverker the Elder to murder him. The royal chronicle of Västgötalag reports the same process. There it is said that the murderer was the king's stable master, but does not mention Magnus Henriksson's name in this context. The Eriks legend reports that Erik the Saint was killed on May 18, 1160, at the Trinity Church of Östra Aros (Uppsala) by a Danish prince Magnus. This Magnus is identified with Magnus Henriksson. Snorri Sturluson , who like Saxo Erik the Saint, does not mention that Magnus' half-brother Orm, an illegitimate son of his mother, fled to his brother King Magnus of Sweden when their half-brother King Inge Krogrygg of Norway killed on February 4, 1161 had been.

According to the royal chronicle, Magnus was killed by Karl Sverkersson , the son of the murdered Sverker I, near Örebro.

literature

• Hans Gillingstam: "Magnus Henriksson" in: Svensk biografisk Lexikon 24 (1982–1984), p. 646 .
• Lars O. Lagerqvist: Sverige och des regenter under 1000 år . Norrtälje 1976. ISBN 91-0-041538-3 . P. 53.