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Frákork

Frakork is a powerful figure in the Orkney political networks, attested in the Orkneyinga Saga with one citation.

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Frakork is a powerful figure in the Orkney political networks, attested in the Orkneyinga Saga with one citation. She agreed to an alliance with Kol, declaring that she and Olvir Rosta "would bring an army to the Orkneys against Earl Paul about mid-summer, collecting forces from Scotland and the Hebrides" (Orkneyinga Saga, Kol's Schemes). She presented herself as a woman of considerable political reach, noting "we have a great many relatives and connections" and that she had "married Margaret, Hakon's daughter, to Moddan, Earl of Athole, who is of the noblest family of all the Scottish chiefs" (Orkneyinga Saga, Kol's Schemes).

Frakork's extensive network spans the Orkney-Scottish power structure. She is connected to Moddan, Harald, ThorsteinHold, Thorbiorn Klerk, Helga, Ottar, Maddad, Swein Asleifarson, Margaret, Olvir Rosta, and Paul through a combination of familial and political ties (Orkneyinga Saga, Kol's Schemes).