Magnus of Livonia

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Magnus
King of Livonia
Reign	1570 - 1578
Coronation	1570
Born	14 August 1540
	Copenhagen
Died	28 March 1583
	Pilten
Buried	Pilten
Consort	Marie von Lyffland
Issue	Marie Oldenburg Eudoxia Oldenburg
Royal House	Oldenburg
Father	Christian III of Denmark
Mother	Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Magnus of Livonia (26 August 1540 – 18 March 1583) was a Prince of Denmark and Estland and the King of Livonia.

Magnus was born in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen to the House of Oldenburg. He was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Queen Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, brother of Frederick II of Denmark.

In 1560 the Livonian Order conditionally recognised his right of ownership of the Bishopric of Reval and the Principality of Estland. On April 12, 1574, Magnus married Maria of Livonia, the only surviving daughter of Vladimir of Staritsa, in Velikiy Novgorod

Magnus's capitals were Kiel, Arensburg (Kuressaare), Reval (Tallinn), Pilten (Piltene), Oberpahlen (Põltsamaa), and Wenden (Cēsis). Magnus recognized the sovereignty of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1578. He died in Pilten in 1583.

[edit] See also

• List of Estonian rulers
• List of Rulers of Schleswig-Holstein
• Livonian War

[edit] External link

• The Role of Duke Magnus of Holstein in the Baltic Sea Region during the Livonian War, by Andres Adamson
• Livonian Wars, by Kara Broughton
• Die Münzen von Herzog Magnus (German)
• Genealogy of Magnus of Livonia
• Magnus Oldenburg, King of Livonia
• Maria of Staritsa

Preceded by Christian III of Denmark	Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Lauenburg & Oldenburg 1559	Succeeded by Frederick II of Denmark
Preceded by Johann V von Münchhausen	Bishop of Ösel-Wiek 1560 – 1572	Succeeded by Denmark
Preceded by Moritz (Mauritius) von Wrangel	Bishop of Reval 29 June 1560 – June 6, 1561	Succeeded by Principality of Estland
Preceded by Johann IV von Münchhausen	Bishop of Courland 1560 – 1583	Succeeded by Denmark-Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Preceded by Bishopric of Reval	Prince of Estland May 3, 1561 – 1578	Succeeded by Sweden
Preceded by Commonwealth of Both Nations	King of Livonia 1570 – 1578	Succeeded by Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth