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14 MARGARET OF NORWAY.
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Extravagant as some of these clauses were , they suited the temper of tlie nationand inclined the deputies more than ever in favor
, of Olaf . AH . classes had now something- to gain , and something to hope for—the peasant more liberty , the priest more power , the
noble more license . Added to which , the national pride was gratified by the prospect of uniting Norway to the Danish crown ..
Seeing with what effect she had intrigued up to this point , Margaret next arranged that the States should meet separately in
their own provinces , instead of again assembling at Odensee to carry on the discussion . This master-stroke of policy was followed
by entire success . Jutland , with its orders of nobles , clergy , and burghersmet first and voted for Olaf ; Scania sent in the same
, decision ; and the rest of the States followed the example of the two first . Thus duly elected , the little King was proclaimed on the
twenty-third of May , 13 76 , and , in presence of his father and mother , solemnly invested with the insignia of royalty . As he was now
but _ixve years of age Queen Margaret was nominated regent . Plow she contrived never again to relinquish the reins of power , but
_continued throughout all the rest of her life to exercise a sovereign authority in Denmark , will be seen hereafter .
No sooner was the choice of the Danish States made public , than all the old wars and jealousies broke out afresh . The Princess
Ingeborg , whose son was older than Olaf , and who was herself older than Margaret , was exasperated beyond measure , and appealed to
her father-in-law , Charles IV . of Germany . The Emperor immediately took arms in his grandson ' s cause ; Albert of Sweden assembled
an army ; the Counts of Holstein , mindful of old wrongs , made common cause with the rest ; and a gigantic armada set sail for the
coast of Denmark . But Margaret was prepared to fight , and , having contracted an offensive and defensive alliance with the Dukes
of Pomerania , awaited her foes with forces equal to their own . Once again , however , the elements did battle for her—once again
the bitter Arctic winds poured down from the north , and the angry seas rose hih to do her service . Dispersed and destroyed by storms ,
the invaders g were defeated without the striking of a blow , and Margaret disdained to avenge herself on the few who were cast
upon her shores . It was next proposed to settle the dispute by arbitrationbut as there are no records of such arbitration extant ,
, it is supposed never to have taken place . A brief season of peace now followed , during which the Queen ' s
chief care was to consolidate her authority and secure the good will of the nation . She reconciled Denmark with the Hanseatic towns ,
lavished titles and favors upon the nobles , reformed abuses , and made the laws respectedand the government beloved .
, In 1380 King Hako died , and the child Olaf succeeded to the crownso that at nine years of age he reigned both in Denmark
and Norway , . But Hako , though once deposed in Sweden , was to
the last the legal iaheritor \ of that kingdom , and Queen Margaret
14 Margaret Of Norway.
14 MARGARET OF NORWAY .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/14/
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