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 Earldom of Caithness in 1284. He was a signatory of the Treaty of Birgham/Salisbury in 1290, in which Margaret, Maid of Norway, was betrothed to Edward of Carnarfon. On 5 August 1296 he swore fealty to Edward I of England at Murkle, in Caithness.[1]
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- ^ Cal doc., vol ii, p184
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Categories:
- Earls of Orkney
- 13th-century births
- 14th-century deaths
- Mormaers of Caithness
- 13th-century mormaers
- 14th-century Scottish earls
- Orkney stubs