1376–1387.
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| 1375, 1376. | Olaf, Son of Hako, elected; his Mother Regent | [253] |
| 1373. | Lavish Promises of Margaret | [254] |
| Opinion respecting them | [255] | |
| 1376–1380. | She triumphs over all Competitors | [255] |
| 1380–1386. | Olaf becomes King of Norway; ambitious Policy of the Queen-Mother | [256] |
| 1386. | Transactions with the House of Holstein | [257] |
| 1387. | Sudden Death of Olaf | [258] |
CHAP. II.
NORWAY.
1030–1387.
CANUTE THE GREAT.—SWEYN.—MAGNUS I.—HARALD HARDRADE.—OLAF III.—MAGNUS II.—MAGNUS BAREFOOT.—EVILS OF A DIVIDED SOVEREIGNTY.—ROMANTIC ADVENTURES OF SIGURD I.—MAGNUS IV.—CIVIL WARS.—EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF SWERRO.—HAKO IV.—MAGNUS VI.—ERIC II.—HAKO V.—OTHER SOVEREIGNS.—UNION OF NORWAY WITH DENMARK.
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| 1030–1035. | Canute the Great.—Sweyn | [260] |
| 1035. | The Norwegians look to Magnus, a bastard Son of St. Olaf | [261] |
| 1035, 1036. | Magnus I. enters into a Treaty with the King of Denmark | [262] |
| 1038–1040. | His Mother and Stepmother | [262] |
| 1042–1046. | He becomes King of Denmark | [262] |
| 1047. | Last Days of this Monarch | [263] |
| 1047–1064. | Harald Hardrade | [263] |
| 1066. | He falls in England | [264] |
| 1066–1069. | Two Kings in Norway | [264] |
| 1069–1093. | Olaf alone | [264] |
| 1093–1095. | Magnus Barefoot | [265] |
| 1096–1099. | His Expedition to the British Isles | [265] |
| 1099–1101. | His War with Sweden | [266] |
| 1102–1103. | His second Expedition to these Islands, and his Death in Ireland | [266] |
| 1103. | Partition of the Sovereignty between his three Sons | [267] |
| 1103–1122. | Fate of two of them | [268] |
| 1107–1111. | Romantic Adventures of the third Son, Sigurd I. | [268] |
| 1111–1123. | His Severity against Idolaters | [269] |
| 1124–1130. | His strange Conduct | [270] |
| 1130. | Magnus IV. compelled to share the Kingdom with an Adventurer | [271] |
| 1130–1152. | Harald IV.—Sigurd II., &c. | [272] |
| 1152. | Arrival of a Papal Legate | [273] |
| 1153–1161. | Internal Troubles | [274] |
| 1161–1164. | Continued | [275] |
| 1164–1170. | Transactions with Denmark | [276] |
| 1166–1169. | Troubles; Rival for the Throne | [276] |
| 1173–1177. | A second Rival | [277] |
| 1174–1178. | A third, the celebrated Swerro | [277] |
| 1178–1186. | His romantic Adventures | [278] |
| 1186–1194. | Swerro’s vigorous Rule | [280] |
| 1194–1200. | His unscrupulous Conduct | [282] |
| 1194–1202. | Internal Troubles | [283] |
| 1202. | His Death and Character | [283] |
| 1202–1204. | Hako III. | [284] |
| 1204–1207. | Guthrum | [284] |
| 1207. | Ordeal to prove the Descent of Hako from King Swerro | [284] |
| 1208–1241. | Hako IV.; his troubled Minority | [285] |
| 1242–1260. | Internal Events of his Reign | [286] |
| 1263. | His Transactions with the Scots | [287] |
| His famous Expedition | [288] | |
| 1263–1266. | Magnus VI. | [289] |
| 1263–1280. | Internal Changes during this Reign | [290] |
| 1280–1289. | Eric II. | [291] |
| 1289–1299. | Transactions with Scotland | [292] |
| 1299–1319. | Hako V. | [292] |
| 1319. | Under this Prince, Norway declines | [293] |
| 1319–1387. | Succeeding Kings | [294] |
CHAP. III.
SWEDEN.
1001–1389.