Editing Magnus II of Norway (section)

===Background===
Magnus was born in 1048<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Magnus II Haraldsson|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/357662/Magnus-II-Haraldsson|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> or 1049.<ref name="NBL">{{Cite web|author=Krag, Claus|author-link=Claus Krag|url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Magnus_2_Haraldsson/utdypning|title= Magnus 2 Haraldsson|work=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|language=no|access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> He was the first of two sons of King [[Harald Hardrada]], by his consort [[Tora Torbergsdatter]].<ref name="NBL"/> There are no known [[skald|skaldic poems]] written about Magnus, and he appears only briefly in the Norse [[saga]]s.<ref name="NBL"/> The author of ''[[Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum]]'' describes him in passing as "a most handsome man."<ref>''Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum'', chapter 43</ref> While not mentioned anywhere in the sagas, Magnus appears in contemporary British sources around the year 1058 as the leader of a Norwegian expedition in the [[Irish Sea]].{{sfn|Woolf|2007|p=267}}