Inge Magnusson

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Inge Magnusson or Inge Baglar-king, was from 1196 to 1202 Bagler pretender to the Norwegian throne. He was claimed to be a bastard son of king Magnus V of Norway Erlingsson. Bagler lost the battle of Strindsjøen against king Sverre in 1199. Inge died in 1202, the same year as his rival Sverre.

In the Norwegian Civil War Era it was usual that several royal sons fought over against each other of power in Norway.The civil wars period of Norwegian history lasted from 1130 to 1217. During this period there were several interlocked conflicts of varying scale and intensity. The background for these conflicts were the unclear Norwegian succession laws, social conditions and the struggle between Church and King. There were then two main parties, firstly known by varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set up as the head figure of the party in question, to oppose the ruke of king from the contesting party.