Magnus of Livonia

Magnus of Livonia (1540 August 26 – 1983 March 18) 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.

See also

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

External links

• 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