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unusual facts about Erengisle Suneson, Earl of Orkney



Cerball mac Dúnlainge

The marriage of "Eithne, daughter of King Kjarval of Ireland" and Hlodvir Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney is reported in the Orkneyinga saga and Earl Sigurd the Stout, who was killed at the battle of Clontarf is called their son.

Erengisle Suneson, Earl of Orkney

Erengisle's father Sune and uncle Peter had in 1320 obtained the effectively hereditary position of chatelain of Viipuri castle in easternmost coast of Finland by purchasing it from the governor set there by the deposed king Birger of Sweden.

Máel Brigte of Moray

He was responsible - in a bizarre posthumous incident - for the death of Sigurd the Mighty, Earl of Orkney.


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