Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The FreskynsGray, James
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Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The Freskyns
Gray, James
Caithness (Scotland) -- History; Freskin family; Sutherland (Scotland) -- History
Magnus Erlendson, St., earl and saint;
in expedition to Wales;
in England and Wales;
went to Caithness after king Magnus' death and received as earl there;
his steward in Orkney killed by earl Hakon;
dispute with earl Hakon;
slew his cousin, Dufnjal, and Thorbjorn in Burrafirth;
his marriage;
his share seized by Hakon, upon which he went to England;
martyrdom;
burial in Birsay, and removal of relics to St. Magnus' Cathedral,
Kirkwall;
legends, character and appearance;
his sister, Gunnhild, m. Kol;
his successor in estate;
cathedral built by his nephew, earl Ragnvald;
his heirs;
Snaekoll Gunni's son, representative of his line;
heirs of his share of Caithness earldom;
his sagas see below;
his life;
took Erlend share of earldom;
Scottish candidate for earldom of C.;
mixed blood.
Magnus II, earl of Orkney and Caithness;
obscure pedigree;
parentage;
erroneously called son of Gillebride of Angus;
his name suggests a Norse mother of the line of earl Erlend;
perambulated lands of Arbroath Abbey;
not a minor on earl John's death;
regarding his supposed son, Magnus;
grant of earldom of south Caith.;
probably possessed by line of Erlend;
supposed marriage to the nameless dau. of earl John;
got earl John's earldom lands and title;
remainder of the earldom granted to him as son of a sister of earl
Harald Ungi;
neither he nor wife claimed any part of Strathnaver lands;
Sutherland excluded from earldom;
Erlend line excluded from Orkney since Ragnvald's death (excepting
Harald Ungi);
earl of Orkney;
Caith. lands of the Angus line of earls;
death, successor.
Magnus III, Gibbonson, earl of Orkney and Caithness;
extent of his estate in Caithness;
in Bergen with king Hakon (1263);
his position as earl of C.;
stayed behind under orders to follow Hakon;
deserted him;
reconciled to Alexander III and to king of Norway.
Magnus, son of Havard Gunni's son.
Magnus' Cathedral, St., Kirkwall;
relics of saint were removed to;
erected by St. Ragnvald;
king Hakon temporarily buried in;
built by Norse.
Magnus Saga, St.
Magnus Saga the Longer.
Magnus Saga the Short.
Magnus Hakonson Saga.
Magnus, Spittal of St., near Halkirk.
Magnusson, Eirikr;
transl. of Darratha-liod.
Maiming, made a Northman impossible.
Mainland, Orkney;
Thorfinn's Hall;
meeting between earls Hakon and Magnus.
Malbrigde of the buck-tooth.
Malcolm I, (954).
Malcolm II, king of Scotland;
dau. m. Sigurd Hlodverson;
kingdom of Scotland produced;
contemporary records begin;
defeated Norse at Mortlach;
his daughters;
Macbeth also supposed son of his sister;
policy in Caith. and Orkney;
death;
kinsman, Moldan, maormor of Caith.;
his dream of a consolidated kingdom realised.
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