Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern... 35 KB (2,609 words) - 15:19, 30 January 2024 |
Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, sometimes known as Magnus the Martyr, was Earl of Orkney from 1106 to about 1117. Magnus's grandparents, Earl Thorfinn and... 18 KB (2,190 words) - 15:49, 9 November 2023 |
William Sinclair (1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney (1434–1470 de facto, –1472 de jure), 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th... 18 KB (1,741 words) - 23:41, 26 April 2024 |
Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney (c. 1375 – 1420) was the Jarl (Earl) of Orkney, Baron of Roslin and Pantler of Scotland. According to Roland Saint-Clair... 6 KB (470 words) - 09:49, 27 April 2024 |
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) (spring of 1533 – 4 February 1593) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King... 10 KB (1,176 words) - 13:13, 11 April 2024 |
Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (redirect from Torfinn Hausakljuv, Earl of Orkney) Skull-splitter (from the Old Norse Þorfinnr hausakljúfr) was a 10th-century Earl of Orkney. He appears in the Orkneyinga saga and briefly in St Olaf's Saga, as... 11 KB (1,374 words) - 00:07, 7 March 2024 |
Malise V, Earl of Strathearn and Caithness, Jarl of Orkney (Scottish Gaelic: Maol Íosa; died c. 1357) was the last of the native Gaelic earls of Strathearn... 6 KB (609 words) - 01:08, 3 September 2023 |
Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (redirect from Rognvald Kali Kolsson, Earl of Orkney) Saint Ronald of Orkney (c. 1100 – 1158), was a Norwegian earl of Orkney who came to be regarded as a Christian saint. Two of the Orkney Islands are named... 8 KB (861 words) - 20:16, 13 March 2024 |
Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, KT (9 February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British... 12 KB (1,085 words) - 09:41, 13 April 2024 |
Thorfinn the Mighty (redirect from Thorfinn II, Earl of Orkney) in making Orkney and Shetland part of mainstream Christendom. On his death in the latter half of the 11th century he was followed as earl by his sons... 44 KB (5,943 words) - 02:05, 27 January 2024 |
Erengisle Sunesson of Hultboda, jarl of Orkney (died 26 December 1392) was an important Swedish magnate in the 14th century. In his later life, he was... 6 KB (802 words) - 23:39, 12 August 2023 |
Harald Maddadsson (redirect from Harald Maddadsson, Earl of Orkney) 1206) was Earl of Orkney and Mormaer of Caithness from 1139 until 1206. He was the son of Matad, Mormaer of Atholl, and Margaret, daughter of Earl Haakon... 17 KB (2,481 words) - 15:45, 17 August 2023 |
3rd Countess of Orkney (c. 1721 – 1790) was the eldest daughter of Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney, and William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, and... 3 KB (196 words) - 22:08, 22 April 2024 |
rule Orkney as Earl of Orkney. The line of Máel Muire and Crínán came to an end when Forbhlaith, the daughter of Mormaer Henry married David de Hastings... 9 KB (918 words) - 13:02, 16 April 2024 |
Caithness, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness.... 36 KB (3,729 words) - 16:39, 29 April 2024 |
Clan Stewart (section Earl Castle Stewart) 1st Earl of Orkney. Scalloway Castle built by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney. Earl's Palace, Birsay built by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney. Crookston... 24 KB (2,009 words) - 15:41, 22 February 2024 |
Robert de Brus (July 1243 – before April 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick (1252–1292), Lord of Hartness, Writtle and Hatfield... 27 KB (3,366 words) - 09:30, 16 February 2024 |
Papa Stronsay (category Uninhabited islands of Orkney) The Orkneyinga saga also records that Earl of Orkney Rögnvald Brusason was killed on Papa Stronsay circa 1046: Earl Rögnvald resided in Kirkiuvág and brought... 16 KB (2,078 words) - 16:12, 9 March 2024 |
Kirkwall (category Towns in Orkney) 1046, when it was recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason, the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty. In 1486, King James... 31 KB (2,435 words) - 14:18, 4 April 2024 |
Thomas FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (1803–1877), grandnephew of William Petty Fitzmaurice George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney (1827–1889), with 71st... 6 KB (700 words) - 12:32, 2 February 2024 |
Thomas John Hamilton FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (8 August 1803 – 16 May 1877) was a Scottish aristocrat. FitzMaurice was the son of John FitzMaurice... 8 KB (626 words) - 23:21, 17 December 2023 |