Jón Magnússon (other)
Jón Magnússon may refer to: * Jón Magnússon, Earl of Orkney in 1284–c. 1300 * Jón Magnússon (author), 17th century Icelandic author * Jón Magnússon (politician) (1859-1926), prime minister of Iceland * Jón Arnar Magnússon (born 1969), Icelandic decathlete * Jón Bjarki Magnússon (born 1984), Icelandic journalist and independent documentary filmmaker * Jon Magnusson (producer), producer of ''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'' * Jón Magnússon (handballer) * Jón Magnússon (painter), born 1966 {{hndis, Magnusson, Jon ...
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Jón Magnússon, Earl Of Orkney
Jón Magnússon was Earl of Orkney in 1284–c. 1312. Life Jón Magnússon was the son of Magnus III of Orkney, and succeeded his brother to the Earldom of Orkney and Mormaer of Caithness, Earldom of Caithness in 1284. He was a signatory of the Treaty of Birgham, Treaty of Birgham/Salisbury in 1290, in which Margaret, Maid of Norway, was betrothed to Edward II of England, Edward of Carnarfon. On 5 August 1296 he swore fealty to Edward I of England at Murkle, in Caithness.Cal doc., vol ii, p184 References Notes Sources''Orkneyinga Saga'', ed. Joseph Anderson, Edinburgh 1873.
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