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 108 CAITHNESS. Earldom [S.] 1. ThOBSHW, Jarl of Orkney in the Kingdom of Norway, was EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.] holding " undoubtedly the entire I. 1030? Earldom of Caithness for a long period," He was s. & h. of Siuuud (the Second) also Jarl of Orkney, by a da. of Malcolm II, Kino ok Scotland, and was 5 years old at his father's death in 1014, when he was sent to the King, his maternal grandfather abovenamed, who bestowed on him Caithness and Sutherland with the title of Earl. On Malcolm's death, 1034, he disputed the right to the throne [S.] with Duncan, son of an elder da. of that King. Joining with Macbeth, Mormaer of Moray, be obtained, after Duncan's murder (1040) dominion over the whole of the north of Scotland, during Macbeth'* usurpation of the Crown [S.] He IB. Ingebiorge. He d. about 1056. His wid. m IB. (as his first wife) Malcolm III, King of Scotland, 1058 to 1093, and d. before 1070. II. 105G 1 2 and. 3. Paul and Eulesd, Jarls of Orkney, and Earls of Caithness [S.] the two sous of the above "ruled joinlly(') without dividing the Earldoms." The descendants of each appear also to have, for the most part, ruled jointly and are here distinguished by the mark of ~ and (J« respectively. III. 1180? J and 4. X IIakox (s. of Paul) and * Maoxtjs (s. of Erlend), Jarla of Orkney ami E.utLS of Caithness [S.] divided the islands between them, each bearing the title of Earl. " The latter was the Great Earl known as St Mu'jnus. After his death s.p, Earl Hakon appears to have possessed the whole." IV. 1110? 5. * Harald Slettmaij, Jarl of Orlcney and Earl or Caithness [8.], s. of the above Earl Hakon " appears to have held the whole of Caithness from the King of Scots " though the Orkneys were divided between him and his br. Paul, next hereafter named. V. 1 140 ? G. % Paul, Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness [S.], br. and h. of the above, on his death, obtained possession of the whole of Caithness. The King of Norway, however, divided the Orkneys between him and his first cousin »J« l!ognwald,( 1 ') Jarl of Orkney, nephew, by the sister, of Earl Magnus. Earl Paul abdicated in favour of his own nephew, Harold, next named. VI. 1170? 7, S, 9, and 10. *Hai!all>, Jarl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness [S.] by the resignation of Earl Paul aboveuamed, was s. of Madach, Earl of Athole [S.] by Margaret da. of Earl Hakon and sister of Earl Paul abovenamedCO. He, too, like bis predecessors, shared the Orkneys with the Jarl <J« Eognwald, and, possibly, the Earldom of Caith- ness also. During Rognwald's pilgrimage to Jerusalem, King Mideolm IV [S] gave half of Caithness to OErlend Unci, the sou of Earl Haraid Slettmali abovemuncd, who thus became EARL OF CAITHNESS fS.'J On Friend's his death however, his half of Caithness was granted (or ve-granted) to the abovenamed tj< Rognwald who then (if not previously) became EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.] Rognwald A s.p.m. but his only da., lugigerd, Erik Slagbrellir, a Norwegian, and had three sons, of whom -X- Descendants of Earl Paul are so marked. «|» Descendants of Earl Erlend are so marked. (») " A trace of Norse laws and usages continuing a few years after the mainland ceased to be under Norse rule." G. Burnett, Lyon. (b) This name together with "an Earl's title "was given him by the King of Norway. His former name was Kali. He was s. of a Norwegian, called Kol, by Gunhild, sister of Earl Magnus. See, ante, p. 107, note " d." (<=) Though he inherited his Earldom from his mother, he was paternally descended from the Royal House of Scotland, his father Madach being s. of Duncan I and br. of Malcolm III, Kings of Scotland, ancestors of the succeeding monarchs.