Harald Eiríksson (

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1190s), also known as Harald the Young, was joint

Earl of Orkney Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally Scandinavian Scotland, founded by Norse invaders, the status ...

with

Harald Maddadsson Harald Maddadsson (Old Norse: ''Haraldr Maddaðarson'', Gaelic: ''Aralt mac Mataid'') (c. 1134 – 1206) was Earl of Orkney and Mormaer of Caithness from 1139 until 1206. He was the son of Matad, Mormaer of Atholl, and Margaret, daughter ...

. He was the son of Orkney chief Eirik Stagbrell and Ingerid Ragnvaldsdotter, the daughter of

Rögnvald Kali Kolsson Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (; ), also known as Saint Ronald of Orkney (c. 1100 – 1158), was a Norwegian earl of Orkney who came to be regarded as a Christian saint. Two of the Orkney Islands are named after Rögnvald, namely North Ronaldsay and ...

, the former Earl of Orkney.

Sources

*''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) Earls of Orkney 12th-century Norwegian nobility 12th-century mormaers Mormaers of Caithness {{Orkney-bio-stub