Jón Magnússon was

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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

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in 1284. He was a signatory of the Treaty of Birgham/Salisbury in 1290, in which

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, was betrothed to Edward of Carnarfon. On 5 August 1296 he swore fealty to

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, in Caithness.Cal doc., vol ii, p184

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''Orkneyinga Saga'', ed. Joseph Anderson, Edinburgh 1873.
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