The Norse jarls of Orkney, through their…
1236 CE
The Norse jarls of Orkney, through their holdings as Earls of Caithness, have, unusually, owed allegiance both to Norway for Orkney and to the Scottish crown from about 1100 onward.
The line of Norse earls, unbroken since Rognvald, had ended in 1231 with Jon Haraldsson's murder in Thurs.
The Earldom of Caithness has been granted to Magnus, second son of the Earl of Angus, whom Haakon IV of Norway in 1236 confirms as Earl of Orkney.
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