Bagler faction

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The Bagler faction was a medieval Norwegian political party and rebel group that opposed the ruling Sverre dynasty during the Norwegian civil wars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bagler faction canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval Norwegian political faction ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
activeInPeriod Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
alliedWith Danish interests at times ⓘ
basedIn Eastern Norway ⓘ
conflictType dynastic struggle ⓘ
conflictWith Birkebeiner faction ⓘ
linked to: Birkebeiner
country Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
engagedIn civil war ⓘ
eventuallyDefeatedBy Birkebeiner kings ⓘ
linked to: Birkebeiner
formedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
goal control of Norwegian throne ⓘ
overthrow Sverre dynasty ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance shaped Norwegian royal power consolidation ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct political faction ⓘ
influencedBy Norwegian Church hierarchy ⓘ
languageOfMembers Old Norse ⓘ
nameRefersTo support from the bishops ⓘ
notableLeader Inge Magnusson ⓘ
Philippus Simonsson ⓘ
operatedIn Oslo ⓘ
Viken region ⓘ
opposed King Sverre Sigurdsson ⓘ
linked to: Sverre of Norway

Sverre dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Sverre
opposedGovernment Sverre royal government ⓘ
linked to: House of Sverre
opposedPolicy Sverre’s limitation of Church power ⓘ
originOfName Old Norse word "bagall" (bishop’s staff) ⓘ
partOfConflict Norwegian civil war era ⓘ
politicalPosition aristocratic opposition ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Norwegian monarchy ⓘ
regionOfActivity Scandinavia ⓘ
religiousAlignment Catholic Church ⓘ
resultOf discontent with Sverre’s rule ⓘ
socialBase high-ranking clergy ⓘ
secular magnates ⓘ
urban elites ⓘ
supportedBy Archbishop of Nidaros ⓘ
Norwegian aristocracy ⓘ
Norwegian clergy ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
typeOfOrganization armed political faction ⓘ
usedClaimants royal pretenders ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Sverre → conflictWith → Bagler faction ⓘ
Inge II of Norway → associatedWith → Bagler faction ⓘ
Sverre of Norway → opponent → Bagler faction ⓘ
Birkebeiner faction → opposedBy → Bagler faction ⓘ