Earldom of Orkney

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Norse-Scottish lordship medieval earldom

The Earldom of Orkney was a powerful Norse-Scottish earldom centered on the Orkney Islands, long contested between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland during the medieval period.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Earldom of Orkney canonical 4
Norse Earldom of Orkney 1
Norse earldom of Orkney 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse-Scottish lordship ⓘ
medieval earldom ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Sinclair ⓘ
Earl of Orkney ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian earls of Orkney
capital Kirkwall ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
disestablishedAsNorwegianFief 1468 ⓘ
dissolvedBy James III of Scotland ⓘ
endTime 1470 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Gaelic ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
Pictish ⓘ
firstEarl Rognvald Eysteinsson ⓘ
Rognvald Eysteinsson ⓘ
surface form: Sigurd Eysteinsson
foundedBy Harald Fairhair ⓘ
governmentType hereditary earldom ⓘ
historyDocumentedIn Orkneyinga saga ⓘ
inception reign of Harald Fairhair ⓘ
includedTerritory Caithness ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney

Shetland ⓘ
parts of northern Scotland ⓘ
language Gaelic ⓘ
Norn ⓘ
Old Norse language ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse

Scots ⓘ
lastEarl William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney ⓘ
legalSystemInfluence Norse law ⓘ
Scottish law ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Northern Isles ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
notableRuler Magnus Erlendsson ⓘ
Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
Norwegian realm ⓘ
pledgedAsDowry marriage of Margaret of Denmark and James III of Scotland ⓘ
politicalStatus vassal of the King of Norway ⓘ
vassal of the King of Scotland ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Norse paganism ⓘ
religiousCenter St Magnus Cathedral ⓘ
startTime 9th century ⓘ
successor Scottish Crown lands in Orkney ⓘ
suzeraintyContestedBy Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
titleHolder Earl of Orkney ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ingibiorg Finnsdottir → associatedWith → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
Kirkwall → hasHistoricalAssociation → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse Earldom of Orkney
Clan Sinclair → associatedWithTitle → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
Earl of Orkney → successor → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Earldom of Orkney under the Crown
Earl of Orkney → associatedWithDynasty → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian earls of Orkney
Earl of Orkney → governs → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney jarldom
Thorfinn Sigurdsson → historicalRegion → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
Countess of Orkney → country → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
Countess of Orkney → feudalContext → Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse earldom of Orkney