page_title: Magnus I of Sweden
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Magnus I of Sweden / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Misplaced 16th century tomb for King Magnus I (the site of his burial is unknown and not likely to have been at Vreta)Place: Vreta Church, Linköping, Sweden
context_page_description: Magnus I, was a Danish duke who ruled Gothenland in southern Sweden from the 1120s to c. 1132. His status as ruler of Sweden was disputed in his own time, but today he is recognized as one of the historical Swedish monarchs. Snorri Sturlason gives him the epithet Magnus the Strong.
context_section_description: After Magnus's death, his widow Richeza returned to the other side of the Baltic Sea where she married Volodar of Minsk, a Rurikid ruler of Viking origins. She later returned to Sweden and thirdly married the man who defeated Magnus, King Sverker I.
  Magnus's son, Canute V, contested the Danish throne with his second cousin, Svend III. When Canute died in 1157, Magnus's legitimate descent became extinct. Canute's elder son Niels died in 1180. Canute's illegitimate posthumous son, Valdemar, bishop of Schleswig and Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, died in 1236 as the last descendant of king Magnus.
caption: The grave monument of King Magnus was placed at Vreta in the 16th century but is a cenotaph. The location of his actual burial is not known.
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