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Jarl is a rank of the nobility in Scandinavia. In Old Norse, it meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead.
In the History Channel's historical drama television series Vikings, actor Thorbjørn Harr plays the character of Jarl Borg, a Jarl of Götaland. In the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the rulers of the various cities and their respective regions, called within the game as the nine holds, are known as Jarls.
Ríg-Jarl or Jarl is a figure in Norse mythology. Ríg-Jarl or Jarl was a son of the god Ríg. His wife Erna bore him eleven sons, the ancestors of the race of warriors in Norse society. In one version of the Jarl myth found in the Norse poem, Lay of Ríg, Jarl is symbolic of the leisure class. Ríg visited and boarded with three different ...
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 founded by Norse invaders , the status of the rulers of the Northern Isles as Norwegian vassals was formalised in 1195.
Division of Norway ca. 930 AD. The orange area is the domain the earls of Møre. The Earls of Møre (Old Norse: Jarlar á Mœri) were a dynasty of powerful noblemen in Norway dating to the unification of Norway in the 9th century.
A hersir was a local Viking military commander of a hundred (a county subdivision), of about 100 men, and owed allegiance to a jarl or king. They were also aspiring landowners, and, like the middle class in many feudal societies, supported the kings in their centralization of power. Originally, the term Hersir referred to a wealthy farmer who ...
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Earl Ottir (Old Norse: Óttar jarl; Medieval Latin: Oter comes, lit. 'Count Oter'; died 918), also known as Ottir the Black (Old Irish: Ottir Dub), was a jarl who occupied a prominent position among the Norse of Britain and Ireland in the early 10th century.