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Revision as of 14:28, 17 November 2007
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.
See also
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
