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Harald Maddadsson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norse jarl ruling Orkney, Shetland and parts of Caithness and Sutherland. The Earls were periodically subject to the kings of Norway for the Northern Isles, and later also to the kings of Alba for those parts of their territory in mainland Scotland...
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Encyclopedia article about Harald III Sigurdsson. Information about Harald III Sigurdsson in the Harald Maddadsson, Earl of Orkney · Harald Martenstein...
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The Lewis chessmen an iconic image of Scandinavian Scotland in Harald Maddadsson's time. Harald Maddadsson (Old Norse Haraldr Maddaðarson, Gaelic Aralt mac Mataid) (c. 1134–1206) was Earl of Orkney and Mormaer of Caithness from 1139 until 1206. He was the son of Matad, Mormaer of Atholl,
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Conspiring with Earl of Orkney, Harald Maddadsson, Hallkjell gathered most of his men on Orkney and Shetland, hence the name of the group.
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Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson, a.k.a. Thorbjorn the Clerk, Orcadian pirate, executed 1158. Thorbjorn was married to the sister of Sweyn Asleifsson, but they first quarrelled after Sweyn attacked the tower of Thorbjorn's grandmother Frakkok of Sutherland and burned it down with the old woman inside. Earl Rognvald...
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In 1194 when king Sverre Sigurdsson (ca 1145 - 1202) ruled Norway and Harald Maddadsson was Earl of Orkney and Shetland, the Lendmann Hallkjell Jonsson and the Earl's brother-in-law Olav raised an army called the eyjarskeggjar on Orkney and sailed for Norway.
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1198 Death of Harald III - killed by Earl Harald Maddadsson.
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Harald Maddadsson's Two-Step...
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Harald Maddadsson (Old Norse Haraldr Maddaðarson, Gaelic Aralt mac Mataid) (c. 1134–1206) 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 Paulsson of Orkney.
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