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| III. The Postclassical Period, 500–1500 > F. Europe, 461–1500 > 6. Western Europe, 1300–1500 > g. Scandinavia > 2. Sweden | ||||
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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 2. Sweden | |
| 1319–65 | |
| MAGNUS II (Smek), age three at his accession and, until 1333, ruler under the regency of his mother. He was a weak and ineffectual ruler, but through his mother succeeded (1319) to the Norwegian crown and, during the troubled period in Denmark, managed to acquire, temporarily, Scandinavia, Halland, and Bleking (given up again in 1360, to Waldemar IV). His long minority and his reliance on unworthy favorites led to a striking weakening of the royal power and an equally striking rise of the aristocratic party (first Riksdag, including burghers, 1359). | 1 |
| 1363–88 | |
| Magnus was ultimately deposed and was succeeded by Albert of Mecklenburg, from the outset merely a tool of the nobility. | 2 |
| 1387–1412 | |
| The magnates eventually deposed him and defeated him, calling to the throne MARGARET, the regent of Denmark. (See 1387–1412) | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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