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Gray, James

"Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns"

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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.


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