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MARGARET OF NORWAY. 17
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to ' appoint a successor and associate hiin with lier in the cares of government- —a _stipiilation almost as distasteful and as the first . at More last
than a year was thus consumed in negotiations , Margaret consented to name a successor . Determined not to bate one jot of her power , she now sought , not the most suitable , _biit the least
formidable colleague possible . Her sister ' s son Albert had died not long before , and hto , h satisfy ad he been her love till livin of unpartaken g , would scarce authority ly have been But
y Ingeborg oung enou ' s dau g , ghter , the Duchess of Pomerania , was married , and . had ? an infant son named Eric . Of this childthen five years of age ,
, Queen Margaret made choice . She knew that his minority must be longand so relied on many years of absolute sovereignty : she
hoed t , educate him in her own viewsto mould him to her own ambi p tionsto rule him while she lived , and , to influence his policy ,
hy of h -which er prece she pts was long care aft ful er s to he fix hersel his . f majorit had passed y for away no par . ticular Beside y s all
and thus , reserved the right of reigning alone for just so long a , period as she pleased .
Having soothed the Norwegian pride by these concessions , Mararet next found herself at leisure to consider the affairs of Sweden
g which were in a unsettled condition . Oressedmisoverned , and discontented very the Swedish nobles were pp most of , them g in open ,
rebellion , and in , the year 1388 sent a deputation to Norway to entreat military succours . The Queen was not unprepared for this
appeal . She had for years cultivated the good opinion of the Swedes with no other end than to promote their confidence in her protection
, and had also , by means of her agents , fomented their fears and fanned their discontent . Now their need became her profit , and ,
finding it in her power to make conditions , she bargained for the crown . It were impossible , she argued , and _unjiist , to spend her
people ' s blood without some adequate object , or , in short , to hazard two kingdoms for any stake lower than a third . Eager at all costs
to be rid of Albert's tyranny , the Swedish envoys consented . An act of transfer was then drawn up , in which the Barons formally
accepted Margaret for their Queen , and Margaret , on her side , engaged to respect the laws and defend the liberties of the country .
The chief towns , seaports , and fortresses thereupon recognised her authority ; while Albert , who still preserved , some few adherents ,
took arms to defend his throne , and solicited the support of his relatives , the Princes of Mecklenburgh . His call was forthwith
responded to , not only by this particular house , but by most of the chief nobles of Germany , who with their followers , nocked at once
to his standard , and placed him at the head of a gigantic _arnryiv Intoxicated with hope and confident of victoryAlbert now assumed
, the title of King of Denmark , vowed never again to wear his cap till he had driven Margaret from her dominionsand spoke
con-, temptuously of her as " the monarch sans-culo ties" He even so far forgot the courtesy of warfare as to send her a whetstone many
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Margaret Of Norway. 17
MARGARET OF NORWAY . 17
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/17/
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