King Magnus IV/VII (1316-1374) and Queen Blanche of Namur

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Magnus IV (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374; Swedish Magnus Eriksson) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII (including Iceland and Greenland) from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360. By adversaries he has been called Magnus Smek (English: Magnus the Caresser).

Referring to Magnus Eriksson as Magnus II is incorrect. The Swedish Royal Court lists three Swedish kings before him of the same name. A few authors do not count Magnus Nilsson as a Swedish king (though the Royal Court does) and have thus called this king Magnus III. He is the second longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history, only surpassed by the current king Carl XVI Gustaf, who surpassed Magnus in 2018.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_IV_of_Sweden

King of Sweden:
Reign: 8 July 1319 – 15 February 1364
Coronation: 21 July 1336
Predecessor: Birger
Successor: Albert
King of Norway:
Reign: August 1319 – 1355
Predecessor: Haakon V
Successor: Haakon VI
Born: April or May 1316, Norway
Died: 1 December 1374 (aged 58)
Bømlafjorden, Norway (shipwreck)
Spouse: Blanche of Namur
Issue: Eric XII of Sweden
Haakon VI of Norway
House: Bjelbo
Father: Eric, Duke of Södermanland
Mother: Ingeborg of Norway
Religion: Roman Catholicism

Blanche of Namur (Swedish and Norwegian: Blanka; 1320–1363) was Queen of Norway and Sweden as the wife of King Magnus VII / IV.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Namur

Queen consort of Sweden:
Tenure: 1335–1363
Coronation: 22 July 1336
Queen consort of Norway:
Tenure: 1335–1343
Born: 1320
Died: 1363 (aged 42–43)
Spouse: Magnus VII of Norway/IV of Sweden
Issue: Haakon VI of Norway
Eric XII of Sweden
House: Dampierre
Father: John I, Marquis of Namur
Mother: Marie of Artois

 

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Image of Queen Blanche of Namur
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