Timeline Monday 25 October 1047

Events on Monday 25 October 1047 2

• 1024 – 1047 Magnus the Good (1024-1047) Died 25 October 1047, aged 23 Magnus Olafsson, known as Magnus the Good, ruled as King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042. He died childless near Zealand, leaving no heir to the union he had forged between the two kingdoms.
• 1047 Death of Magnus the Good splits Norway and Denmark Harald Hardrada and Sweyn Estridsen inherit separate crowns Following Magnus the Good's sudden death without an heir, the crowns of Norway and Denmark separated after years of personal union. Harald Hardrada took the Norwegian throne while Sweyn Estridsen secured Denmark, a division that set the stage for decades of conflict between the two kingdoms.