Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The FreskynsGray, James
History
Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The Freskyns
Gray, James
Caithness (Scotland) -- History; Freskin family; Sutherland (Scotland) -- History
Johanna of Strathnaver, lady;
m. Freskin de Moravia of Duffus;
her estate;
her father;
relationship to Snaekoll Guuni's son;
supposed dau. of earl John;
Skene's theory that she inherited earl John's, i.e. earl Paul's,
half of the earldom without the title;
the opposite theory, that she inherited Erlend lands;
Skene's opinion;
her daughters;
Skene's suggestion that she was the hostage dau. of earl John, and
given in marriage to Freskin;
Fraser's criticism of Skene;
her grandson, Reginald Chen III, in possession of half of Caithness
and resided in Halkirk and Latheron;
granted land in Strathnaver to the bishop of Moray;
her estate in Strathnaver;
her connection with Moddan family and descent from Harald Ungi's
sister Ragnhild;
her inheritance of Moddan and Erlend lands;
her right to half share of Harald Ungi's half share of Caithness
earldom;
her title to Strathnaver lands not derived through earl John;
circumstantial evidence against her being a dau. of earl John,
never claimed any share of earldom of Orkney;
Skene's opinion that she was a dau. of earl John based on name
Johanna;
theory as to her being a dau. of Snaekoll, and, as such, heiress of
large estates, made a ward by the king, whose queen was Johanna;
her husband's lineage;
suggested born by 1232 at latest, when her supposed father,
Snaekoll, went to Norway, but not before 1225;
possibility of her being a dau. of a younger child of Ragnhild and
born later than 1225;
her guardian;
her lands bounded those of the lord of Sutherland;
d. ca. 1269;
her children and estates;
succ. to Erlend and Moddan lands in C.;
owned Dalharrold;
she did not own any lands in south C., which were acquired by
R. Chen III, i.e., Latheron and Wick;
she probably owned Far and Halkirk, but not Latheron.
John, king of England.
John, king of the Sudreys.
John o' Groat's;
Huna.
John, bishop of Caithness;
mutilated by earl Harald;
succeeded by Adam;
neglect to collect Peter's Pence;
date of death.
John, bishop (of Glasgow).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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