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Rule of Orkney

Norway · House / House of Sweden. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1379Date range
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0Places

Chronological records

1379

Haakon VI1379

House / House of Sweden

Haakon solves the disputes over succession in the Norse earldom of Orkney, awarding it to Henry Sinclair, ocean explorer, grandson of earl Maol Iosa

Names involved

Haakon VI

Provenance

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