Complete the sentence about Hákon Hákonarson with the correct year: As a king of the Birkebeiner faction, Haakon defeated the uprising of the final Bagler royal pretender, Sigurd Ribbung, in ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 1227
As a king of the Birkebeiner faction, Haakon put down the uprising of the last Bagler royal claimant in 1227.
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