King of Sweden Magnus I Birgersson 
King of Sweden Magnus I was born in 1236 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden. King of Sweden Magnus I's father was Jarl of Bjälbo Birger Magnusson and his mother was Ingeborg Eriksdottir. His paternal grandparents were Jarl of Bjälbo Magnus Minnesköld Birgersson and Ingrid Ylva Sunnesdotter; his maternal grandparents were King of Sweden Erik X Knutsson and Princess of Denmark Richiza Valdemarsdatter. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Erik, Gregor, King of Sweden Valdemar, Bengt, Richiza, Rikitsa, Katarina, Ingeborg and Christina. He was the fourth oldest of the ten children. He died at the age of 49 in 1285 in Stockholm, Sweden.General Notes
Magnus I of Sweden
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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, which possibly was his second name.
With the Alsnö stadga (Decree of Alsnö) about 1279, Magnus gave anyone who undertook to provide the Crown with a mounted warrior (knight) and a warhorse, the 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, though it certainly was a step in the evolution towards hereditary class of nobles enjoying privileges).
Second son of Birger Jarl (Earl Birger Magnusson) and Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, herself the youngest sister of childless Eric XI of Sweden and youngest daughter of Eric X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark. His father designated Magnus as his successor in powers of the earl of the realm, henceforward titled Duke. The elder brother, Valdemar I of Sweden having become the king in succession of their maternal uncle.
In 1275, Magnus started a rebellion against his brother with Danish help, and ousted him from the throne. Instead, Magnus was elected King at Mora. Magnus Ladulås married 1276 as his second wife Helvig of Holstein, daughter of Gerhard I of Holstein (through her mother Elisabeth of Mecklenburg, she was descendant of Christina, the putative daughter of Sverker II of Sweden, and of Ulvhild of Saxony, a descendant of Astrid Olofsdotter, queen of Norway and daughter of Olof I of Sweden). Helvig later acted as Queen Regent (probably 1290-1302 and) 1320-1327. A papal annullment of Magnus' first marriage and a dispensation for his second (necessary because of consanguinuity) were issued ten years later, in 1286.
Children of his second marriage to Helvig of Holstein
Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, born abt. 1279. Married King Eric VI of Denmark, Erik Menved.
Birger Magnusson, born abt. 1280, king of Sweden.
Eric Magnusson of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland in 1302, born abt. 1282. Died of starvation 1318 at Nyköpingshus castle while imprisoned by his brother King Birger.
Valdemar Magnusson, Duke of Finland in 1302 and Öland 1310. Died of starvation 1318 at Nyköpingshus castle while imprisoned by his brother King Birger.
Rikissa Magnusdotter, abbess of the convent of Sta Clara at Stockholm. Died after 1347.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1126 in Flanders, Belgium
- b.~ 1148 in Flanders, Belgium d.1194 in Bjälboatten, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1110 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1132 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1100 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1180 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden d.1228 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden
- b.~ 1146 in Trøndelag, Norway
- b.~ 1210 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden d.21 Oct 1266 in Varnhem Klosterkirke, Vastergotland, Sweden
- b.~ 1190 in Stockholm, Sweden d.1250 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden
- b.1236 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden d.1285 in Stockholm, Sweden
- b.1120 in Stockholm, Sweden d.1160 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1150 in Stockholm, Sweden d.08 Apr 1196 in Varnhem, Varnhems Klosterkyrka, Sweden
- b.~ 1110 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1130 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1100 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.1180 in Stockholm, Sweden d.10 Apr 1216 in Visingsho, Jhonkhoping, Sweden
- b.~ 1160 in Stockholm, Sweden d.08 Apr 1196 in Varnhem, Varnhems Klosterkyrka, Sweden
- b.~ 1214 in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden d.1254 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden
- b.1182 in Copenhagen, Denmark d.08 May 1220 in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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