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With the declaration of the Alsnö stadga 1279, Magnus Ladulås gave the knights, (or anyone who supported the crown with a warrior on a horse) freedom from tax (a freedom called Frälse in Swedish) this was the formal foundation of the Swedish nobility.
Son to Birger Jarl (earl Birger Magnusson) and princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden . Magnus Ladulås married 1276 Helvig of Holstein , a daughter of Gerhard I of Holstein .
| Preceded by: Valdemar IValdemar Birgersson ( 1243- 1302), King of Sweden 1250- 1275, was the son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden and Birger Jarl, Earl Birger Magnusson of Sweden, who more or less ruled Sweden under the official king Eric Ericsson the Lame. When king | King of SwedenThis is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. There are lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with dates far older than these. These records contain th | Succeeded by: Birger |