Magnús Jónsson was
Jarl of Orkney (covering the whole of
Norðreyjar
The Northern Isles ( sco, Northren Isles; gd, Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; non, Norðreyjar; nrn, Nordøjar) are a pair of archipelagos off the north coast of mainland Scotland, comprising Orkney and Shetland. They are part of Scotland, as are ...
Which includes not only the Orkney Islands, but the Shetland (Hjaltland) Islands c. post 1300–1321.
The Shetland 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 ( la, Declaratio Arbroathis; sco, Declaration o Aiberbrothock; gd, Tiomnadh Bhruis) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John ...
, which describes him as Earl of Caithness and Orkney.
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Earls of Orkney
14th-century rulers in Europe
14th-century Scottish earls
Signatories to the Declaration of Arbroath
Mormaers of Caithness
1291 births
1329 deaths
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