Norwegian civil wars

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The Norwegian civil wars were a prolonged series of dynastic and factional conflicts in medieval Norway, spanning roughly from the mid-12th to early 13th century, that shaped the kingdom’s political consolidation and royal succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ
medieval conflict ⓘ
country Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
documentedIn Bagler sagas ⓘ
Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar ⓘ
Sverris saga ⓘ
endTime 1240 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Bergen (1181) ⓘ
Battle of Bergen (1198) ⓘ
Battle of Fimreite ⓘ
Battle of Florvåg ⓘ
Battle of Hjørungavåg (civil war context disputed) ⓘ
Battle of Hove ⓘ
Battle of Ilevollene ⓘ
Battle of Kalvskinnet ⓘ
Battle of Låka ⓘ
Battle of Nordnes ⓘ
Battle of Oslo (1161) ⓘ
Battle of Oslo (1204) ⓘ
Battle of Re ⓘ
Battle of Rydjokul ⓘ
Battle of Sekken ⓘ
Battle of Valsneset ⓘ
influencedBy power of the Norwegian Church ⓘ
regional aristocratic interests ⓘ
languageOfSources Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
locatedIn Northern Europe ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
mainCause absence of clear succession laws ⓘ
disputes over royal succession ⓘ
dynastic rivalry within the Norwegian royal family ⓘ
participant Archbishop of Nidaros ⓘ
Bagler ⓘ
Birkebeiner ⓘ
Erling Skakke ⓘ
King Eystein II of Norway ⓘ
King Haakon II of Norway ⓘ
linked to: Haakon II of Norway

King Haakon III of Norway ⓘ
King Haakon IV of Norway ⓘ
linked to: Haakon IV of Norway

King Inge I of Norway ⓘ
King Magnus Erlingsson ⓘ
King Sigurd II of Norway ⓘ
linked to: Sigurd II of Norway

King Sverre Sigurdsson ⓘ
linked to: Sverre of Norway

Skule Bårdsson ⓘ
partOf history of Norway ⓘ
history of the Norwegian monarchy ⓘ
period High Middle Ages ⓘ
result establishment of clearer rules of royal succession ⓘ
political consolidation of the Norwegian kingdom ⓘ
strengthening of the monarchy under Haakon IV ⓘ
significantEvent compromise between Birkebeiner and Bagler in 1208 ⓘ
death of King Magnus Erlingsson at the Battle of Fimreite ⓘ
final defeat of Skule Bårdsson in 1240 ⓘ
rise of the Bagler faction ⓘ
rise of the Birkebeiner faction ⓘ
victory of King Sverre Sigurdsson over the Bagler and other rivals ⓘ
startTime c. 1130 ⓘ

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Inga of Varteig → partOf → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
House of Sverre → significantEvent → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Inge II of Norway → conflict → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Inge II of Norway → historicalPeriod → Norwegian civil war era ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian civil wars
Battle of Oslo (1240) → conflict → Norwegian Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian civil wars
Battle of Oslo (1240) → partOf → Norwegian Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian civil wars
Haakon III of Norway → conflict → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Haakon II of Norway → conflict → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Skule Bårdsson → conflict → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Skule Bårdsson → conflict → Birkebeiner–Bagler wars ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian civil wars
House of Hardrada → associatedEvent → Norwegian civil wars (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian civil wars
Bagler faction → activeInPeriod → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Birkebeiner faction → conflict → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Sverris saga → associatedWith → Norwegian civil war chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Norwegian civil wars
Guttorm of Norway → historicalContext → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
Guttorm of Norway → conflict → Norwegian civil wars ⓘ