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Maddad

Figure in the Orkney earldom narratives with extensive dynastic connections.

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Maddad is a figure in the Norse saga tradition, known through an extensive web of kinship connections to figures in the Orkney earldom narratives.

Maddad is the spouse of Margaret and parent of Harald, Frakork, Ottar, Bishop William, and Swein Asleifarson. He is also identified as a sibling of Swein Asleifson, Margaret, and Paul, and is connected to Orkney, placing him within the complex dynastic networks of the Orkney earldom.