Earl of Orkney

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earldom noble title

The Earl of Orkney was a powerful medieval Norse-Scottish noble title ruling the Orkney Islands and parts of northern Scotland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Earl of Orkney canonical 6
Earls of Orkney 2
Norwegian earls of Orkney 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Caithness ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
Shetland ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding St Magnus Cathedral ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian earls of Orkney

Sinclairs of Orkney ⓘ
surface form: Sinclair family
country Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 15th century ⓘ
documentedIn Orkneyinga saga ⓘ
ethnicContext Norse-Scottish ⓘ
feudalRank earl ⓘ
follows Norse earldom traditions ⓘ
governs Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
surface form: Orkney jarldom
hasLanguage Gaelic ⓘ
Old Norse language ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse

Scots ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Henry Sinclair ⓘ
Magnus Erlendsson ⓘ
Rognvald Eysteinsson ⓘ
Rognvald Kali Kolsson ⓘ
Sigurd the Mighty ⓘ
Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ
surface form: Thorfinn the Mighty

William Sinclair ⓘ
heritage Norse ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ
historicalRegion North Atlantic Norse world ⓘ
inception late 9th century ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Northern Isles ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney

northern Scotland ⓘ
notableFor blend of Norse and Scottish culture ⓘ
control of sea routes between Norway, Scotland and the North Atlantic ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian realm

Scottish realm ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seatOfPower Birsay ⓘ
Kirkwall ⓘ
significantEvent pledge of allegiance to the King of Norway ⓘ
transition to Scottish overlordship ⓘ
successor Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Earldom of Orkney under the Crown

Referenced by (9)

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

Ingibiorg Finnsdottir → spouseTitle → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
Ingibiorg Finnsdottir → associatedDynasty → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earls of Orkney
Earldom of Orkney → titleHolder → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
Earldom of Orkney → associatedDynasty → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian earls of Orkney
Orkneyinga saga → mainSubject → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earls of Orkney
Thorfinn Sigurdsson → positionHeld → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
Countess of Orkney → associatedWith → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
Countess of Orkney → derivesFrom → Earl of Orkney ⓘ
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → positionHeld → Earl of Orkney ⓘ