Magnus II of Sweden, son of Henry; Swedish

Swedish language

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: Magnus Henriksson (died 1161) was a Danish lord and King of Sweden

Sweden

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 between 1160 and 1161, being afterwards treated as usurper.

His mother was Ingrid Ragvaldsdotter, a granddaughter of Inge I

Inge I of Sweden

Inge the Elder was a King of Sweden.-Biography:Inge was the son of the former King Stenkil and a Swedish princess. Inge shared the rule of the kingdom with his probably elder brother Halsten Stenkilsson, but little is known with certainty of Inge's reign...

. His father was the Danish

Denmark

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 lord Henrik Skatelår, son of an illegitimate son of king Sweyn II of Denmark

Sweyn II of Denmark

Sweyn II Estridsson Ulfsson was the King of Denmark from 1047 to 1074. He was the son of Ulf Jarl and Estrid Svendsdatter. He was married three times, and fathered 20 children or more, including the five future kings Harald III Hen, Canute IV the Saint, Oluf I Hunger, Eric I Evergood and Niels...

.

Magnus, a claimant to the competed throne, ambushed and killed Eric the Saint

Eric IX of Sweden

Eric "IX" of Sweden, , also called Eric the Lawgiver, Erik the Saint, Eric the Holy and in Sweden Sankt Erik meaning Saint Eric was a Swedish king c.1155 – 1160...

 as he left the church in Uppsala

Uppsala

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 on May 18, 1160. He reigned as king of almost all of Sweden until he was murdered by the men of Charles Sverkerson

Charles VII of Sweden

Charles "VII" also Carl , or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish , was ruler of Gothenland, and then King of Sweden from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated....

, the rival king, the year after.