Albert, King of Sweden

Reign: 1364 – 1389
Life: 1340–1412

In 1384, he inherited the ducal title of Mecklenburg and united it with Sweden in a personal union. In a battle near Enköping in 1365 between Albert's German forces and those of King Magnus, supported by king Haakon VI of Norway , Magnus's surviving son, Magnus was defeated and taken prisoner by Albert. After the initial defeat, King Valdemar IV of Denmark , Haakon's father-in-law, intervened on Magnus's and Haakon's behalf, and Valdemar's forces were joined by Swedish peasants who supported Magnus. With the help of Danish and Swedish allies, King Haakon managed to temporarily beat back Albert and lay siege on Stockholm in 1371.

During Albert, King of Sweden's reign, Murad I ruled Ottoman Empire, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ruled Japan (Shogunate), and Ferdinand I of Portugal ruled Portugal.

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A History of Sweden by Byron J. Nordstrom

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