Knut Haakonsson
Knut Håkonsson (* 1208, † 1261 in Bergen ) was a Swedish- Norwegian king against the insurgent Ribbungene.
His parents were the Jarl Håkon Galen and his wife Kristina Nils Dotter, daughter of Nils Simonsson Sweden and granddaughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint. In 1227 he married Ingrid Skulesdatter († in winter 1232/1233 ), daughter of Skule Bårdsson and his wife Ragnhild Nikola Datter ( last mention in 1247 ).
After Sigurd Ribbungs death in 1226 he was proclaimed by the Ribbungene to the king, but had to be compared to the old year later with Håkon Håkonsson. Later he was appointed Jarl. He has now been held for the most distinguished man after the king, but had apparently still little political influence.
After the death of his father in 1214 his mother returned to Götaland and married the laws spokesman Eskil, a nephew of Birger Jarl Brosa.
1226 came messengers from the Ribbungene and Birkebeinern. The Ribbungene asked whether he wanted to be their new leader. The country was open to him if he follow them to Norway. The mother had great faith to the messengers of Ribbungene and gave them their son. She had always placed great hopes in him, because he was of 1212 received the kingship after the succession agreement between Inge and Håkon Bårdsson Galen when Inge should die without a son born out of wedlock. Knut was not after Inge's death in 1217 King, but only after the death of Sigurd Ribbung 1226.
After the death of King Sigurd's men dominated Knuts the entire Oppland un parts of Viken, and Knut was proclaimed both in Romerike and in Oslo king. But in Viken rejected the people from a leader with Swedish parents. The farmers in Aker had such a bad experience with the Ribbungene that they double war tax, ie four times the normal tax and hostages offered King Håkon Håkonsson when he protect them from the Ribbunge. The offer of hostages shows that at that time there was a natural hostility between farmers and the warrior aristocracy. The king refused the offer; because he was advised not to hibernate in Oslo, because the farmers could not be trusted. Knut had to assert its position, the decision in the battle looking for. But he first had to accept defeat, and later he was able to win no victories. Unlike his predecessors, he had no military success. He also stopped unlike its predecessor more in Götaland and adjacent areas than in Oppland. This eventually led to a break with the local residents. The local peasant society was now at a distance. Also effective foreign aid was not expected. Therefore, Knut decided in 1227 to enter into a settlement. The last major uprising against the Birkebeiner was finished.
Compared Knut was half Ryfylke half Sogn and by 1240 four Fylke in Trondheim and Namdalen. He married Ingrid, daughter Skule Bårdssons and sister of Queen Margaret. After her death five years later broke his friendship between him and Jarl Skule. He was of the opinion that he had been discriminated against in the division of the kingdom against Skule. In 1239 he turned down the offer Skule Jarlswürde, but took them against the king. He was commander in Østlandet. From 1240 he was regarded as the most distinguished man of the kingdom after the king. But he hardly played a special political role. At the coronation of King Magnus Lagabætirs in September 1261 he was still wearing the Jarlskrone, but was so ill that he had to be supported by two stable masters. He died soon afterwards. The Håkon Håkonsson saga leads his death back to its considerable alcohol consumption.