Biography of King Haakon V 1270-1319

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On 11th September 1261 [his father] King Magnus VI of Norway (age 23) and [his mother] Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] King Eric IV of Denmark and [his grandmother] Jutta of Saxony (age 38). He the son of [his grandfather] King Haakon IV of Norway (age 57).

On 10th April 1270 King Haakon V was born to King Magnus VI of Norway (age 31) and Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 26).

On 9th May 1280 [his father] King Magnus VI of Norway (age 42) died. His son [his brother] Eric (age 12) succeeded King Norway.

On 24th March 1287 or 26th March 1287 [his mother] Queen Ingeborg of Norway (age 43) died.

In 1295 King Haakon V (age 24) and Isabel Joigny were married. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway.

In 1297 [his wife] Isabel Joigny died.

In 1299 King Haakon V (age 28) and Euphemia of Rügen Queen Norway (age 19) were married. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway.

On 15th July 1299 [his brother] Eric II King Norway (age 31) died. His brother Haakon (age 29) succeeded V King Norway. [his wife] Euphemia of Rügen Queen Norway (age 19) by marriage Queen Norway.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1301 [his son] Ingeborg of Norway was born to King Haakon V (age 30).

On 17th June 1301 [his son] Ingeborg of Norway died.

In May 1312 [his wife] Euphemia of Rügen Queen Norway (age 32) died.

On 8th May 1319 King Haakon V (age 49) died.