Agnes Haakonsdatter (abt. 1290 - 1319)

Born about 1290 in Norway

Ancestors

Wife of Havtor (Jonsson) Sudreim — married 1314 in Sørum, Akershus, Norway

Descendants

Died 1319 at about age 29 in Sørum, Akershus, Norway

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Biography

Agnes Haakonsdatter was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Agnes Haakonsdatter (Old Norse: Agnes Hákonardottir; 1290–1319), mentioned from 1302 to 1312, illegitimate daughter of Håkon Magnusson V and a woman whose name remains unknown, but Hakon must have had a relationship with her at the time he was a duke, before he married the German Count's daughter Eufemia 1299. Although he admitted paternity of Agnes was real, it was not enough to mean so much that a princely marriage would come to her. The uncertain dynastic situation nevertheless brought Agnes's legitimate children to come into consideration as heirs to the Norwegian throne. When she married Baron HAVTOR Jonsson; mother of Jon and Sigurd Havtorsson.

In 1302 Agnes married Baron Havtore Jonsson (1275–1320) of the Sudreim dynasty in Romerike. Havtore was the governor of Romerike and had eight other estates and territories throughout Norway, including Borregård and a half of Sarpefossen.

Their two sons, collectively referred to as Havtoresønnene ('Sons of Havtore'), would become central persons in Norwegian politics. Jon Havtoresson (ca. 1312–ca. 1390) and Sigurd Havtoresson (ca. 1315–ca. 1392) accessed influential positions during the reign of their cousin, King Magnus VII Ericson.

Her descendants were claimants to the Norwegian throne (see: Sudreim claim).

(Nynorsk) Agnes, nevnt 1302–12, uekte datter av Håkon 5 Magnusson; gift med lendmannen Havtore Jonsson; mor til Jon og Sigurd Havtorsson.

Sources

• DN, Vol. 1 no. 132
• Terje Bratberg, "Sudreimsætten," Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2 Oct 2022.
• Knut Helle, Konge og gode menn i norsk riksstyring ca. 1150-1319 (Bergen–Oslo–Tromsø: Universitetsforlaget, 1972).
• Knut Helle, "Agnes Håkonsdatter," Norsk Biografisk Leksikon/Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 2 Oct 2022.
• Per G. Norseng, "Jon Havtoresson," Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 2 Oct 2022.
• Helge Salvesen,"Sigurd Havtoresson," Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2 Oct 2022.
• Gustav Storm, Islandske Annaler indtil 1578 (Christiania: Grøndahl & Sons Bogtrykkeri, 1888), s. 147. See under IV. Annales regii (C) 1302-1303: "Hafþórir sonr Jóns rávðs festi jvngfrú Agnes ¹) dóttvr Hákonars konvngs."