| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1103 |
|
Hakon
the Imperious 22nd and Magnus the Martyr
23rd Earls |
Sons
of Paul and Erlend joint rulers |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1110? |
|
Harald
Slettmali |
Jarl
of Orkney and Earl of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1115 |
|
Magnus
the Martyr 23rd Earl |
Killed
on Hakon's orders |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1118 |
|
Knights
Templars founded |
At
site of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Hugh de Payens, linked
to Catherine St. Clair is first Grand Master |
Laurel
Fechner
Tim Wallace-Murphy |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1120 |
|
John
Sinclair, Earl of Essex |
Son
of Eudo Dapifer, the Lord of Colchester, and g.g.son of Malger
created Earl of Essex |
History
of the Sinclair Family in Europe and America (Morrison) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1122 |
|
Hakon
the Imperious 22nd Earl |
Dies.
Succeeded by sons Harald the Orator 24th Earl and Paul II the
Silent 25th Earl |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1123 |
|
William
Sinclair of Corbeil |
Created
Archbishop of Canterbury |
Dictionary
of English Church History |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1127 |
|
Harold
the Orator 24th Earl |
Who
held Caithness from the King of Scots poisoned by wearing a
garment being made for Paul |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1127 |
|
Erlend
III the Younger 26th Earl |
Son
of Harald the Orator shares title jointly with Paul 25th Earl |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1129 |
|
Macwilliam
designated Earl of Caithness |
|
Peerage
of Scotland (Douglas) |
| 1129 |
|
Hugh
de Paynes with Catherine St. Clair |
Visit
Sir Henry Sinclair of Roslin and initiated Templar
headquarters at Balantrodoch |
Laurel
Fechner |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1135 |
|
King
Stephen of England |
Crowned
by Archbishop William Sinclair of Canterbury |
Dictionary
of English Church History |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1136 |
|
Paul
II the Silent 25th Earl |
Dies.
Succeeded by St. Rognvald III the Crusader, son of Magnus 23rd
Earl |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
| 1136 |
|
St.
Rongvald III 27th Earl |
Starts
building St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall in memory of his
father |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1139 |
|
Harold
II the Wicked 28th Earl |
Nephew
of Harold I Scottish Earl of Caithness Orkney and Shetland |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1140? |
|
Paul
25th Earl |
Jarl
of Orkney and Earl of Caithness |
Complete
Peerage |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1147-49 |
|
Second
Crusade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1150 |
|
Erling |
Carried
off the beautiful Margaret, mother of Harald II, to the broch
at Moussa, Shetland. Harold beseiged them but then agreed to
the marriage. |
Prehistoric
Times (Lord Avebury) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1152 |
|
Earl
Rognvald of Caithness and Orkney |
Makes
pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1152 |
|
Harald
Maddadson (Harold the Wicked) 28th Earl |
Arrived
in Scrabster, Thurso in a war galley followed by Einstein King
of Norway and captured |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1154 |
|
Laurence
Sinclair |
Abbot
of Eynehallow |
Niven
Sinclair |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1156 |
|
Erlend
III the Younger 26th Earl |
Killed.
Male line of earls of Orkney end. |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
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