CAITHNESS

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox)

HELGA of CAITHNESS, sister of Jarl Ottar in Thursa, married Hakon Paulsson, Earl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness, who died in 1122. Helga was the daughter of

MODDAN of DALR, Earl of Caithness, son of the sister of Duncan I, King of Scotland.

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(Ancestral line of John Talbot, lOth Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, William d' Albini, Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Henry de Bohun, Robert de Roos)

GRELOD of CAlTHNESS married, in 941, Thorfinn I, Earl of Orkney, nephew of Rollo, Duke of Norway. Thorfinn died in 963. Grelod was the daughter of

DUNCAN, Mormaer of Caithness, married Groa (see Rogaland).

Ref: Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 473; Magna Charta, p. 1880.