In 1134, he plotted with his disreputable Gaelic relative, Ölver rósta, to oust earl Páll, but was not successful. Like a good víkingr he was slain in 1158, and was briefly described as _íþrótta-maðr mikill ok skáld gott_, a very accomplished man and a good skáld. The name and race of his wife are unknown. He had a daughter, Ingigerð, who married Eiríkr stagbrellr, in Sutherland (a grandson of one of Moddan’s carlines, and whose mother had been the frilla of the slim deacon), and their children were, earl Haraldr ungi, who was slain in 1198, Magnús mangi (nobody; _Mangi_ is also a contracted form of _Magnús_, which is sometimes spelt _Mangus_ in Orkney documents), Rögnvaldr, Ingibiörg, Elin, and Ragnhildr. Margrét, daughter of earl Hákon Pálsson and Helga Moddansdóttir, was 51/128 Norse, 77/128 Gael, and is described as _fríð kona ok svarri mikill_, a beautiful woman and very proud. She married Maddadh, the Gaelic earl of Atholl, as his second wife, and was the mother of Haraldr Maddaðarson, who became earl of Orkney. After her husband’s death she returned to Orkney and had an illegitimate son by Gunni, Svein’s brother, for which he was outlawed. After that she eloped with Erlendr ungi, of whom nothing is known.[3] [3] He has been unaccountably confused with earl Erlendr, who would thus have run off with his own aunt. THE GAELIC EARLS. Earl Haraldr Maddaðarson, 1139-1206, was the son of Margrét Hákons-dóttir and Maddadh, Gaelic earl of Athole (Gaelic, _maddadh_, a dog), and was 51/256 Norse, 205/256 Gael. When about twenty years of age, he was _mikill maðr vexti ok sterkr, ljótr maðr ok vel vitr_, a big man in growth and strong, an ugly man and well-witted. He was a _mikill höfðingi_, great chief; _manna mestr ok sterkastr_, the tallest and strongest of men; _ódæll ok skap-harðr_, overbearing and harsh. He was twice married, viz., (1) Afreka, daughter of Duncan, Gaelic earl of Fife, whom he repudiated, and (2) Hvarflöð (Gaelic, _Gormflaith_), daughter of Malcolm, earl of Morhæfi (Moray). The names of the children of the first were, Heinrekr (Henry), Hákon, Helena, Margrét, and by the second, Þorfinnr, Davið, Jón, Gunnhildr, Herborg, and Langlíf. He allowed a rebellion, against king Sverrir, to be hatched in Orkney, for which he had Shetland taken from him in 1194, when it was placed under the government of Norway,[4] and was not restored to the earls till 1379. [4] Fb. Here the _Orkneyinga Saga_ ends, and information about the succeeding earls is derived from documents few and far between.