House of Sverre

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The House of Sverre was a medieval Norwegian royal dynasty that ruled Norway during the late 12th and 13th centuries, notably strengthening the monarchy and central authority.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
House of Sverre canonical 24
Sverre dynasty 2
House of Sverre through Håkon Håkonsson 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian royal house ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
alliedFaction Birkebeiner ⓘ
capitalDuringRule Bergen ⓘ
conflictWith Bagler faction ⓘ
Norwegian Church ⓘ
linked to: Church of Norway
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
dissolved 1319 ⓘ
dynasticLegitimacyBasis claim of descent from Harald Fairhair ⓘ
dynasticUnionResult union of Norway and Sweden under Magnus VII ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norwegians ⓘ
founder Sverre Sigurdsson ⓘ
linked to: Sverre of Norway
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
heirThroughFemaleLine Magnus VII of Norway ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
inception c. 1184 ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
lastMonarch Haakon V of Norway ⓘ
linked to: Haakon V
militaryCharacteristic use of peasant levies and guerrilla tactics ⓘ
namedAfter Sverre Sigurdsson ⓘ
linked to: Sverre of Norway
notableLawReform Magnus VI’s law codification ⓘ
notableRuler Eric II of Norway ⓘ
Guttorm of Norway ⓘ
Haakon III of Norway ⓘ
Haakon IV of Norway ⓘ
Haakon V of Norway ⓘ
linked to: Haakon V

Haakon the Young ⓘ
Inge II of Norway ⓘ
Ingeborg of Norway ⓘ
Magnus VI of Norway ⓘ
Sverre Sigurdsson ⓘ
linked to: Sverre of Norway
politicalImpact consolidation of Norwegian kingdom ⓘ
precededBy House of Hardrada ⓘ
region Scandinavia ⓘ
reignedIn 13th century ⓘ
late 12th century ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent Norwegian civil wars ⓘ
source Sverris saga ⓘ
strengthened Norwegian monarchy ⓘ
central royal authority in Norway ⓘ
succeededBy House of Bjelbo ⓘ
House of Folkung ⓘ
territorialCore Trøndelag ⓘ
Western Norway ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy personal kingship strengthened over aristocracy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Haakon IV of Norway → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
Haakon V of Norway → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
subject linked to: King Haakon V of Norway
Margaret Skulesdatter → royalHouse → House of Sverre ⓘ
Margaret Skulesdatter → spouseDynasty → House of Sverre ⓘ
Inge II of Norway → monarchFrom → House of Sverre ⓘ
Inge II of Norway → dynasty → House of Sverre ⓘ
Haakon III of Norway → nobleFamily → House of Sverre ⓘ
Magnus VI of Norway → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
Magnus VI of Norway → royalHouse → House of Sverre ⓘ
Haakon the Young → royalHouse → House of Sverre ⓘ
Sverre of Norway → dynastyFounded → Sverre dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Sverre
Sverre of Norway → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
Christina of Norway → memberOf → House of Sverre ⓘ
Christina of Norway → royalHouse → House of Sverre ⓘ
Margaret of Scotland → royalHouse → House of Sverre ⓘ
Eric II of Norway → nobleFamily → House of Sverre ⓘ
Eric II of Norway → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
Fairhair dynasty → followedBy → House of Sverre ⓘ
Ingeborg of Norway → nobleFamily → House of Sverre ⓘ
Haakon V → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
Haakon V → lastMonarchOf → House of Sverre ⓘ
Skule family → dynasticConnection → House of Sverre ⓘ
House of Hardrada → followedBy → House of Sverre ⓘ
Bagler faction → opposed → Sverre dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Sverre
Bagler faction → opposedGovernment → Sverre royal government ⓘ
linked to: House of Sverre
Varteig → associatedWithDynasty → House of Sverre through Håkon Håkonsson ⓘ
linked to: House of Sverre
Guttorm of Norway → house → House of Sverre ⓘ
Guttorm of Norway → dynasty → House of Sverre ⓘ