Olaf V
king of Denmark and Norway
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relationship to Haakon VI Magnusson
- In Haakon VI Magnusson
…Danish throne for his son Olaf V (1370–87) by placating Danish magnates fearful of Hanseatic intervention. Olaf also succeeded to the Norwegian throne on Haakon’s death (1380), but he died in 1387 at the age of 17, leaving his mother (Haakon’s widow), Margaret, to rule in both Denmark and Norway.
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