{"slug": "haakon-iv-of-norway", "label": "Haakon IV of Norway", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_IV_of_Norway", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1225, 1263], "span_label": ["1225 CE", "1263 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-norway-8721397", "label": "Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-iii-of-scotland", "label": "Alexander III of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hebrides", "label": "Hebrides", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "finland", "label": "Finland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "icelandic-commonwealth", "label": "Icelandic Commonwealth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "trondheim", "label": "Trondheim", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bergen", "label": "Bergen", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – At his royal palace in Bergen, King Haakon IV of Norway marries Margaret Skulesdatter, daughter of Haakon's rival for the throne, Skule Bårdsson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#April_–_June", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1240, "year_label": "1240 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Duke Skule Bårdsson, claimant to the Norwegian throne, is defeated by King Haakon IV (\"the Old\") and his supporters. He seeks refuge in Elgeseter Priory in Trondheim, and Haakon burns down the monastery, in which Skule is burned alive. Haakon becomes the undisputed ruler; this ends the civil war era in Norway, after 110 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428406#Europe", "title": "1240", "revid": 1361428406, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1241, "year_label": "1241 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of King Haakon IV of Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362486166#Events", "title": "1241", "revid": 1362486166, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1249, "year_label": "1249 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Second Swedish Crusade: A Swedish expedition led by Birger Jarl subjugates the province of Tavastia – securing Swedish power in Finland. As a part of the Treaty of Lödöse Birger marries off his 11-year-old daughter Rikissa to Haakon the Young, ruler and eldest son of King Haakon IV of Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362150898#Europe", "title": "1249", "revid": 1362150898, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1258, "year_label": "1258 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Gissur Þorvaldsson, Icelandic chieftain (or goði), is made Earl of Iceland for his loyal service to King Haakon IV of Norway (\"the Old\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318120479#Europe", "title": "1258", "revid": 1318120479, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1262, "year_label": "1262 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into the Old Covenant (Gissurarsáttmáli), establishing a union with Norway, and acknowledges King Haakon IV of Norway (\"the Old\") as its ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275696322#Europe", "title": "1262", "revid": 1275696322, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July", "text": "July – Scottish–Norwegian War: King Haakon IV of Norway (\"the Old\") assembles a fleet (some 120 warships), and sets sail to defend the Hebrides, in an attempt to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the Western Isles of Scotland. Haakon stops at the Isle of Arran, where in August negotiations are started with the 21-year-old King Alexander III of Scotland. The talks are prolonged by the Scots until the autumn storms begin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Europe", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Haakon IV of Norway (\"the Old\"), king of Norway (b. 1204)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Deaths", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Deaths"}}]}