Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: Magnús berfœttr, Norwegian; Magnus Berrføtt) or Magnus III Olafsson (1073 – 24 August 1103) was King of Norway from 1093 until 1103 and King of Mann and the Isles from 1099 until 1103.
Read more about Magnus Barefoot: Background, Reign, Irish Sea Campaign, War With Sweden, Irish Campaign/Death in Battle, Succession, Place of Death/Burial Site, Ancestry
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