Harald Eiriksson

Harald Eiríksson (fl. 1190s), also known as Harald the Young, was joint Earl of Orkney with Harald Maddadsson. He was the son of Orkney chief Eirik Stagbrell and Ingerid Ragnvaldsdotter, the daughter of Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, the former Earl of Orkney. He assembled a force to press his claim for Rögnvald's share of the Earldom of Caithness and was defeated and killed at the battle of Wick in 1198.

References

  • Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (tr. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards. Penguin, London, 1978)
  • Viking Orkney: A Survey (Morris, Christopher. The Prehistory of Orkney. Ed. Colin Renfrew. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 1985)
  • The Northern Earldoms: Orkney and Caithness from AD 870 to 1470 (Crawford, Barbara E., Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2023, ISBN 9781912476817)


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