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Haugating

Governing assembly in medieval Norway

Haugating was a Thing in medieval Norway. Haugating served as an assembly for the regions around Vestfold and the area west of Oslofjord. It was located

Haugating

Thing (assembly)

Governing assembly of early Germanic societies

together a meeting at the Haugating, where he was declared King of Norway. Sigurd Magnusson was proclaimed king in 1193 at the Haugating. Magnus VII was acclaimed

Thing (assembly)

Thing_(assembly)

Tønsberg

Town/city in Eastern Norway, Norway

assumed to have been Tønsberg's birthplace. Haugar became the seat for the Haugating, the Thing for Vestfold and Norway's second most important place for the

Tønsberg

Magnus Eriksson

King of Sweden (1319–1364) and Norway (1319–1355)

power. Magnus was also acknowledged as the hereditary king of Norway at Haugating in Tønsberg in August of the same year. After his mother Ingeborg was

Magnus Eriksson

Magnus_Eriksson

Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf

Norwegian petty king (c. 877–c. 934)

presumed to have been buried on the same spot. Haugar became the seat for Haugating and Norway's second most important place for the proclamation of kings

Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf

Olaf_Haraldsson_Geirstadalf

Harald Gille

King of Norway from 1130 to 1136

he heard of King Sigurd's death. He called together a meeting at the Haugating (from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill or burial mound). At this

Harald Gille

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Guttorm of Norway

King of Norway in 1204

in the end, the Bagler proclaimed Erling as king and Philip as earl at Haugating and Borgarting (things of the southeastern parts of Norway), and the Bagler

Guttorm of Norway

Guttorm_of_Norway

Erling Vidkunsson

Norwegian noble

neighboring Sweden. Magnus was acclaimed as hereditary king of Norway at the Haugating in Tønsberg in August 1319 under the regency of his mother, Ingeborg Håkonsdotter

Erling Vidkunsson

Erling_Vidkunsson

Tønsberg Fortress

Fortress in Norway

under his rule. Tønsberg was an important trading center and site of the Haugating, the Thing (assembly) for Vestfold and one of Norway's most important

Tønsberg Fortress

Tønsberg_Fortress

Erling Steinvegg

Candidate for the Norwegian throne (died 1207)

35 ships as a gift of him. Afterwards, Erling was taken by the king to Haugating in Tønsberg and declared to be king of Norway. When Erling died in 1207

Erling Steinvegg

Erling_Steinvegg

Haakon IV

King of Norway from 1217 to 1263

was later the same year hailed as king at Gulating in Bergen, and at Haugating, Borgarting and local things east of Elven (Göta Älv). While Skule's supporters

Haakon IV

Haakon_IV

Medieval Scandinavian law

Subset of Viking law practiced by North Germanic peoples

Gulating, Eidsivating and Borgarting. There were also smaller þings, such as Haugating, which did not develop into major legislative meetings. A jury typically

Medieval Scandinavian law

Medieval_Scandinavian_law

Vestfold

County in Eastern Norway

Haugar (from Old Norse haugr meaning hill or mound) became the seat for Haugating, the Thing for Vestfold and one of Norway's most important place for the

Vestfold

Civil war era in Norway

Period of Norwegian history from 1130 to 1240

son of King Magnus Erlingsson, was proclaimed to be king in 1193 at the Haugating near Tønsberg. Aged 13, Sigurd was a figurehead leader. He had the support

Civil war era in Norway

Civil_war_era_in_Norway

Jon Kuvlung

Norse pretender (1157–1188)

with Jon Kuvlung. Jon Kuvlung was subsequently declared to be king at Haugating in Tønsberg. The leading man was Símon Kárason whose wife, Margrete Arnesdotter

Jon Kuvlung

Jon_Kuvlung

Sigurd Magnusson

Norwegian nobleman (1180–1194)

The young Sigurd was proclaimed to be King of Norway in 1193 at the Haugating near Tønsberg. As the son of Magnus Erlingsson, Sigurd was the nominal

Sigurd Magnusson

Sigurd_Magnusson

Battle of Florvåg

1194 Norwegian naval battle

1193 with 23 ships and 2,000 men, and had Sigurd proclaimed king at the Haugating. This force was commonly called the Eyjarskeggjars, meaning the "island-men"

Battle of Florvåg

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