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MAGNUSSON, John Jarl of Orkney and Caithness 1
- Born: About 1255
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: Before 28 October 1312 1
User ID: Z298.
General Notes:
"John, who, 'as Earl of Caithness, appears in 1289 as one of the signatories to the letter addressed by the nobles to King Edward of England proposing that the young Prince Edward should marry Margaret, the Maid of Norway.' He was summoned to attend the first Parliament of Baliol, and swore fealty to King Edward at Murkle in Caithness, in August 1297. 'Earl Johan de Catanes' joins in confirmation by the Parliament at Brigham of the Treaty of Salisbury, 1290. On 12 May 1291, he had a letter of safe-conduct cum familia to go to King Edward in safety, while on 28 August 1296, he 'had letters of protection from King Edward for one year following Michaelmas.' He is said in the Orkneyiiiga Saga 'to have been betrothed to King Eirik's daughter in 1299. She was then two years old and the Earl a man of forty. Earl John died before 28 October 1312. His heir and successor, probably his son, was Magnus"
from Scots Peerage (vol 2) 1
John married.
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