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- Name Suffix: Orkney
Ha(a)kon, Jt Earl of Orkney and apparently Jt Earl of Caithness till hiscousin Magnus's death, when he became sole Earl. [Burke's Peerage]
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EARLDOM of CAITHNESS (III) 1080?
NORSE PREDECESSORS of the EARLS of ORKNEY - subject to King of Norwayuntil after 1379
HAKON Paulsson was Regent of Orkneys and the Sudreys (? also ofCaithness) for Sigurd Magnusson, Spring 1099 to (?) Spring 1105, when hewent to Norway and was invested by King Sigurd I with the title of Jarlof Orkney. He was thus sole Jarl of Orkney until his first cousin MagnusErlendsson secured investiture as Jarl of half Orkney from Eystein IMagnusson, co-King of Norway (1103-1122). At first the two cousins ruledtogether amicably and united against Duffnial, described as their secondcousin, who "fell before them" ; but finally they quarrelled and Hakontook Magnus prisoner on Egilsay and put him to death (16 Apr. (?) 1117).Thereafter Hakon was sole Jarl of Orkney until his death (? 1126). Thename of his 1st wife is not recorded. By her he had a son Paul theSilent. By his 2nd wife, Helga, dau. of Moddan of Dalr in Caithness, andsister of Jarl Ottar in Thurso, he had Harald I Slettmali (Smooth-spoken)and two daughters. [Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A:17]
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