Inge Magnusson

Inge Magnusson (* 1182, † 1202 Storøya (now Helgøya ) in Mjøsa ) was from 1196 until his death in 1202 the Norwegian king of Baglerpartei.

After the spread of the Baglern version of his father Magnus Erlingsson was ( 1156-1184 ). His mother is not known.

Together with the refugees who fled to Denmark Bishop Nikolas Arnason and many Norwegians in 1196 he came to Halör market in the then Danish Scania. Here the revolt against King Sverre was decided and Inge, who claimed to be the son of King Magnus Eringsson, was proclaimed king. The Birkebeiner, however, claimed that Inge was a Dane and hot in truth Torgils Tuveskitt. Inge was still a child and had only symbolic functions as a figure of identification Bagler.

After the Birkebeiner had withdrawn from Viken, Inge was in 1196 proclaimed on the Borgarting king. The following year, Inge into custody by Hallvard of Såstad in Opland, was probably on his estate in rod in Hedmark. After Christmas, Inge went with the Baglern to Trondheim, which they occupied in 1198. Inge then got the title of king also awarded on the Øyrating. Inge came as a military leader for the first time in an attack on the Bagler Nidaros 1199 in appearance. After that, his role grew in Baglerpartei. When the Bagler 1200 were advancing from Denmark, Inge was with Reidar send man the leader of the fleet. They took Nidaros again the Birkebeinern from and defended it successfully against a peasant army. Then they moved to the south, but were prevented by mountains and proceeded to Viken, where they were well received. Inge remained there from first in the Eastern parts of the country, while Reidar sat with his forces in Tønsberg.

After the Bagler Saga Bagler had after the death Sverres the whole coast in Sogn og Fjordane and Møre. But after the costly battles in Vestlandet the Bagler moved back to Østlandet. During the year 1202 the number of troops decreased steadily because the population is more and more King Håkon Sverreson joined. In the summer, he also lost the support of the church. Archbishop Eirik Ivarsson and the other bishops who had been the mainstay of Bagler, compared with Håkon. King Inge retired with his team back to the island Storøya (now Helgøya ) in Mjøsa. Here he was killed by treachery of his own people. When the Bagler experienced in the rest of the country by the King's death, they fled, and the Party of Bagler broke up.