Count of the Orkneys
List jarls and counts of the Orkneys since the origin until the annexation by the kingdom of Scotland and integration in the Pairie of Scotland; (English Earl off Orkney ).
Jarls Norwegian of the Orkneys
- 885 - 890 Sigurd Ier Riki, wire of Esteinn Glumra
- 890 - 891 Guthormr, wire of Sigurd Ier Riki
- 891 - 892 Halldr, wire of Rognvaldr de More
- 893 - 900 Torf-Einarr Ier, wire illegitimate of Rognvaldr de Rognvald
- 900 - 954 Arnkell, Erlend Ier, and Thorfinnr Ier Hausakljufr, wire of Torf-Einarr
- 954 - 977 Thorfinnr Ier Hausakljufr
- 977 Arnfinnr, wire of Thorfinnr Ier
- 978 Havardr,wire of Thorfinnr Ier
- 979 - 980 Ljotr, wire of Thorfinnr Ier
- 980 - 982 Hlodvir, wire of Thorfinnr Ier
- 982 - 1014 Sigurdr II Digri, wire of Hlodvir
- 1014 - 1015 Sumarlidi, Einarr and Brusi, wire of Sigurdr II Digri
- 1015 - 1019 Einarr II Rangmunnr, Brusi and Thorfinnr II: Thorfinnr II of the Orkneys is the half-brother of Einarr II and Brusi
- 1019 - 1036 Brusi and Thorfinnr II
- 1036 - 1037 Thorfinnr II
- 1037 - 1046 Thorfinnr II and Rognvaldr Ier: Rognvaldr is the son of Brusi
- 1046 - 1065 Thorfinnr II
- 1065 - 1098 Pall Ier and Erlendr II, wire of Thorfinnr II
- 1098 - 1102 the king Magnus III of Norway exerts its authority on the islands
- 1102 - 1103 the future king Sigurd I {{er}} of Norway, wire of the king Magnus III of Norway
- 1103 - 1105 Hakon, wire of Stake Ier
- 1105 - 1116 Hakon and Magnus Helgi (it Saint): Magnus is the son of Erlendr II, killed the April 16th 1116 and canonized in 1135
- 1116 - 1122 Hakon
- 1122 - 1123 Haraldr Ier Slettmali and Pall II the Silent wire of Hakon
- 1123 - 1137 Pall II the Silent
- 1137 - 1139 Rognvaldr II Kali, wire of Kolr and Gunhilda, girl of Erlend II
- 1139 - 1158 Rognvaldr II, died the August 20th 1158, and Haraldr II Gamli Maddadarson: Haraldr II is the grandson of Hakon
- 1154 - 1156 Erlendr III, wire of Haraldr Ier Slettmali Hakonarson, killed the December 21st 1156.
- Haraldr III Ungi, grandson of Rognvaldr Kali, carried the title of jarl between 1184-1195 until its death in 1198, but reigned forever in the Orkneys
- 1158 - 1206 Haraldr II Gamli Maddadarson
- 1206 - 1214 David and Jon, wire of Haraldr II Gamli Maddadarson
- 1214 - 1231 Jon
Counts Scot of the Orkneys under Norwegian suzerainty
Family of Angus
In 1236, Magnus, wire of Gille Brigte, Mormaer of Angus and Ingibjorg itself girl of Ingrid, a girl of Jarl Rognvaldr II Kali and Erik Stagbrellr, is invested county of the Orkneys by the king Haakon IV of Norway.- 1239 - 1256: Gibbon,
- 1256 - 1273: Magnus (II), wire of Gibbon
- 1273 - 1284: Magnus Magnusson,
- 1284 - 1310: Jon Magnusson,
- 1310 - 1321: Magnus Jonsson,
Family of Strathearn & Sinclair
These counts come from the union of the count Malise or Máel Ísu de Strathearn with Matilda which was probably a girl of the count Gibbon.- Maud marries Wayland de Ward
- Euphémia marries Guthorm Spar
- Malise Spar, claiming in the Orkneys, killed in 1391.
- Agnès marries Erngisl Sunesson, count of the Orkneys 1353 - 1357/1360, died in 1392.
- Isabelle marries of William Sinclair
- 1379 - 1400: Henry Sinclair,
- 1400 - 1420: Henry II Sinclair,
- 1423 - 1434: David Menzies, governor named by the king of Norway.
Duke and counts of the Orkneys
- 1567 : James Hepburn, count de Bothwell and duke of the Orkneys.
Counts of the Orkneys, the second creation (1581)
- 1581 - 1593: Robert Stewart (1st count of the Orkneys) (1533 - 1593)
- 1593 - 1614: Patrick Stewart (2nd count of the Orkneys) (1569 - 1614) (deposed in 1614)
Counts of the Orkneys, the third creation (1696)
Sources
- Jean Renaud, Vikings and the Celts , ED. Ouest-France University, Rennes, 1992.
- Jean Renaud, Saga of Orcadiens , tr. by Jean Renaud, ED. Sapwood, Paris, 1990.
- John L.Roberts, Lost Kingdoms, Celtic Scotland and the Middle Old , Edinburgh University Near, Edinburgh, 1997.
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