Magnus II of Norway

Magnus Haraldsson (Old Norse: Magnús Haraldsson; c. 1048 – 28 April 1069) is King of Norway from 1066 to 1069, jointly with his brother Olaf Kyrre from 1067.

He will not be not included in official Norwegian regnal lists until modern times, but has since been counted as Magnus II.

A son of King Harald Hardrada, Magnus is in 1058 appointed nominal leader of an expedition into the Irish Sea while still only a child.

He appears to have assisted Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia in their struggles against the English, although his primary objective may have been to assert control over Orkney.

He later accompanies his father in Harald's campaign against Denmark in 1062, and is appointed regent and made king before Harald's fatal invasion of England in 1066.

Magnus briefly rules Norway alone thereafter, until his younger brother Olaf returns from England in 1067.

Magnus co-rules with Olaf following his brother's return to Norway, but less than three years into his reign, Magnus becomes ill and dies.

His kingship has been downplayed in later history in part due to this.

Magnus has only one child, Haakon Toresfostre who is king briefly after Olaf, but who will also die young, and without issue.

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