V. Magnus, son of Gilbride, Earl of Angus, made Earl xlvi-lv.
of Caithness and Orkney—Gilbride Earl—Magnus,
son of Gilbride—King Hakon Hakonson’s expedition
against Scotland—Battle of Largs—Death of King
Hakon at Kirkwall: his Body lies in State in the
Cathedral; is temporarily interred in the Choir;
is removed to Bergen—Earl Magnus Magnusson—Earl
John—Marriage of King Eirik of Norway with
Margaret of Scotland—Death of Queen Margaret—Her
Daughter Margaret, “the Maid of Norway,” made
Heiress to the Scottish Throne, and betrothed to
Prince Edward of England—The Maid of Norway dies
on her voyage to Scotland—King Eirik marries
Isabella Bruce—Earl John betrothed to their
Daughter Ingibiorg—Appearance at Bergen of “the
False Margaret,” a German woman who gave herself
out as the Maiden of Norway—The False Margaret
burnt at Bergen, and her Husband
beheaded—Magnus, last Earl of the Angus line
VI. Malise, Earl of Stratherne, succeeds to the lv-lxi.
Earldom of Orkney: falls at the Battle of
Halidon Hill—Forfeiture of the Earldom of
Stratherne—Malise the Younger goes to Norway:
marries two of his Daughters to Swedish
Noblemen—Erngisl Suneson, son-in-law of Malise,
made Earl of Orkney—Duncan Anderson’s
Manifesto—Alexander de Ard made Earl of Orkney
for one Year—Resigns his Lands in Caithness—The
Stewarts Earls of Caithness—Sir George Crichtoun
made Earl of Caithness—William St. Clair made
Earl of Caithness
VII. First Notices of the St. Clairs in Orkney—Obscure lxi-lxxi.
Questions connected with the Succession of the
St. Clairs—Henry St. Clair made Earl of Orkney
and Shetland—Malise Sperra slain at
Scalloway—Henry II. Earl of Orkney—Bishop
Tulloch made Commissioner for the King of
Norway—David Menzies made Commissioner: his
oppressions—William St. Clair, last Earl under
the Norwegian Dominion—Impignoration of the
Isles
VIII. Origin of the Bishopric of Orkney—Bishops of lxxi-lxxix.
Orkney consecrated at Hamburg—Bishops of Orkney
consecrated at York—William the Old, “first
Bishop”—William II.—Bjarni—Jofreyr—Henry
I.—Peter—Dolgfinn—William III.—William
IV.—William V.—Henry II.—John—Patrick—Thomas de
Tulloch—William de Tulloch—The See of Orkney
placed under the Metropolitan Bishop of St.
Andrews
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