Magnus I (1024 – October 25, 1047), known as the Good or the Noble, was the King of Norway from 1035 to 1047 and the King of Denmark from 1042 to 1047. He was the illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, later known as Saint Olaf, by his English concubine Alfhild or Alvhild, and according to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla was named Magnus (Magnús in Old Norse) by Sigvat, his father's Icelandic skald, after Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus in Latin...
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Magnus I (1024 – October 25, 1047), known as the Good or the Noble, was the King of Norway from 1035 to 1047 and the King of Denmark from 1042 to 1047. He was the illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, later known as Saint Olaf, by his English concubine Alfhild or Alvhild, and according to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla was named Magnus (Magnús in Old Norse) by Sigvat, his father's Icelandic skald, after Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus in Latin.
From 1028 to 1035, he was in exile in Kievan Rus' with his mother, but after the death of Canute the Great, the Norwegian noblemen did not want to be under Danish rule any longer, in particular the oppressive rule of Canute's son Svein and his mother Ælfgifu (known as Álfífa in Norway). Einarr Þambarskelfir and Kalf Arnesson, Magnus' father's ally and the enemy commander from Stiklestad, went together to Gardariki to bring the boy back to rule as King of Norway. He was acclaimed king and Svein and his mother fled; Svein died shortly after....
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