The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . been of a circularform. The word wasanciently written Dun-galsbae. Frequent sea-fights occurred beneaththis headland. Subse-quently the NorwegianEarls of Orkney possessed the earldom for many genera-tions. They held the Islands of Orkney under the Kingof Norway, according to Norwegian custom, by which thetitle of Jarl or Earl was a personal title. They held theearldom of Caithness under the King of Scotland, and itstenure
The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . been of a circularform. The word wasanciently written Dun-galsbae. Frequent sea-fights occurred beneaththis headland. Subse-quently the NorwegianEarls of Orkney possessed the earldom for many genera-tions. They held the Islands of Orkney under the Kingof Norway, according to Norwegian custom, by which thetitle of Jarl or Earl was a personal title. They held theearldom of Caithness under the King of Scotland, and itstenure was in accordance with the laws of Scotland. ^ I. Duncan, Dungad, Dungade, or Dungaldus, is the firston record who held the title. His name occurs, 875, inTorfaeuss History of Orknejj. He married Groa, daughterof Thorstein the Red, son of Olaf, King of Dublin. Thor-stein had crossed with Sigurd, Earl of Orkney, to Caith-ness, and conquered the country as tar as Ross. After thedeath of Sigurd, Thorstein became possessor of Caithness,Sutherland, etc 1 Origines Par. Scot., ii. 794-795. 2 Skene, Celtic Scotland, iii. 448.^ Torfeus, lib. i.; Origines Par. Scot., ii. 314 ANCIENT EARLS OF CAITHNESS Earl Dungad liad a daughter Grelod or Grelauga, married,941, to Thorfinn Skullsplitter, who liad by her a son, Hlod-ver or Ludovic. He also had other four sons, Harvard-Arsael, Liot, Skuli and Arfmn. II. LiOT, tliird son of Earl Tliorlinn ; married Ragnald,daughter of Erie Bloodyaxe, who had already been marriedto his two brothers. Skuli, his brother, obtained the titlefrom the King of Scots, but was slain in an engagementwith Liot in the Dales of Caithness. Liot thus becamesole Earl, but was slain by Earl Magbrad, a native chieftain,at Skitten, in the parish of Wick. He was succeeded by III. Thorfinn, sou of Sigurd, grandson of Hlodver andhis wife Aiulna, daughter of Kiarval, King of mother was a daughter of Malcolm ii. of Scotland. Athis fathers death Thorfinn was only f
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