WILLIAM ST. CLAIR of Roslin _m._ Isabella (?), daughter of Malise, Earl of Stratherne. _______________________________|____________ | | David. Henry, made Earl of Orkney 1379; _m._ (1) Elisabeth, daughter of Malise (the younger), Earl of Stratherne, Caithness, and Orkney; (2) Janet, daughter of Walter Haliburton of Dirleton; and _d. circa_ 1400. _________________________________________________|____________________ | | | | Margaret, m. to | Henry, Earl of Orkney, _m._ Egidia Douglas, John. James of Cragy. | daughter of Lord William Douglas; _d._ | _circa_ 1418. | | | Elisabeth, _m._ to | John de Drummond. | | William, Earl of Orkney, exchanged his rights to the Earldom of Orkney for the lands of Ravenscraig, 1471. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: HJALTLAND.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: ORKNEYAR.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORKNEYINGA SAGA. ------- CHAPTER I. OF THE EARLS. It is said that the Orkney Islands were colonised in the days of Harald the Fairhaired,[223] but previously they were a station for Vikings.[224] The first Earl of the Orkneys was called Sigurd. He was the son of Eystein Glumra (the loud-talking), and brother of Rögnvald, Earl of Moeri.[225] After Sigurd his son Guttorm ruled one year.