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In 1194 when king Sverre Sigurdsson (ca 1145–1202) ruled Norway and Harald Maddadsson was Earl of Orkney and Shetland, the Lendmann Hallkjell Jonsson and the Earl's brother-in-law Olav raised an army called the eyjarskeggjar on Orkney and sailed for Norway.
The jarls thereafter owed allegiance to the Scottish crown for their territory on mainland Britain, which they held as the Mormaer of Caithness, but owed allegiance to the Norwegian crown for Orkney and Shetland. [68] [71] In 1194, when Harald Maddadsson was Earl of Orkney, a rebellion broke out against King Sverre Sigurdsson of Norway.
The Eyjarskeggjars recruited their initial army in Orkney and Shetland (hence their name, meaning "island-men"), returned to Norway in 1193, and quickly took control over a large part of the country. Based in Bergen for the winter, the Eyjarskeggjar fleet relocated to the nearby bay of Florvåg [ no ] off Askøy in anticipation of the arrival ...
Orkney, colonized from 800s to 875, earldom from 875 to 1100s, crown dependency from 1194 to 1470, pledged by Christian I. [3] Shetland, colonized from 700s to 900s, earldom from 900s to 1195, crown dependency from 1195 to 1470, pledged by Christian I. [3]
1194–1223 Bjarni Kolbeinsson Skald: 1223 1224–1246 Jofreyrr: Jofreyrr is Godfrey. 1247 1269 Henry/Hervi: 1270 1284 Peter: 1286 1309 Dolgfinnr: 1309 1339–1340 William (III) bef. 1369 1382–1383 William (IV) 1384 1394 John (II) The Roman bishop. He was elected by the cathedral chapter.
The attacking force was gathered from the islands of Orkney and Shetland, giving rise to the name Island Beards (Eyjarskeggjar). [6] [7] In the spring of 1194, King Sverre sailed south to confront the attacking force. The two fleets met on April 3 in the Battle of Florvåg (Slaget ved Florvåg) on Askøy, an island just north of Bergen. Both ...
Sigurd Magnusson was the son of King Magnus Erlingsson and Gyrid Aslaksdatter. [2] Sigurd Magnusson was the only publicly acknowledged son of King Magnus. Several years of warfare with Sverre Sigurdsson had ended with the defeat and death of King Magnus in the Battle of Fimreite (Slaget ved Fimreite) in 1184.
The Eyjarskeggjar (in modern Norwegian: Øyskjeggene) were a Norse rebel group during the Norwegian Civil War that supported the claim of Sigurd Magnusson to the throne.. In the spring of 1193, Harald Maddadsson, Jarl of Orkney approved the banding together of men from Orkney and Shetland to oppose the rule of King Sverre Sigurdsson.