Hakon "Imperious" /Paulson Jarl of Caithness^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1070 - 1126  (56 years)

• Name	Hakon "Imperious" /Paulson Jarl of Caithness
  Birth	Abt 1070	Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1126	Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Notes	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] --------------------------------- 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]
  Person ID	I7630	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2004

  
  

  Notes	_UIDD42749E4F756F64588F8922DB2B756FDAB55
  Family ID	F4320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helga Moddansdottir,   b. Abt 1075, Dale, Caithness, Scotland
  Notes	_UIDE792A78467EF27419CD674FE55C1D6D00237
  Children	1. Margaret Hakonsdottir,   b. Abt 1113, Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Family ID	F4304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S536291611] Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd , II:473, X:A:17. [S536291614] The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, I: 416, II:315. [S536291612] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, 469.