Magnús Jónsson was
Jarl of Orkney
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of the N ...
(covering the whole of
Norðreyjar Which includes not only the Orkney Islands, but the Shetland (Hjaltland) Islands c. post 1300–1321.
The Shetland isles were officially transferred to the Scottish from the Norwegians in 1472. Scots soon emigrated there between the 16th and 17th century.
[Goodacre, S. ''et al'' (2005]
"Genetic evidence for a family-based Scandinavian settlement of Shetland and Orkney during the Viking periods"
''Heredity'' 95, pp. 129–135. nature.com, Retrieved 20 March 2011
He was a signatory to the
Declaration of Arbroath
The Declaration of Arbroath (; ; ) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII. It constituted King Robert I's response to his excommunication for disobey ...
, which describes him as Earl of Caithness and Orkney.
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Earls of Orkney
14th-century counts in Europe
14th-century Scottish earls
Signatories to the Declaration of Arbroath
Mormaers of Caithness
1291 births
1329 deaths
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