The The Orkneyinga Saga on Malise
The Orkneyinga Saga > part large and all well equipped, was divided into two squadrons, one of > Vi. The Earldom In The Stratherne Line—1321-1379.
attestation: The earldom of Orkney passed by lineal succession to Malise Earl of Stratherne after Magnus V died without male issue; Malise fell at the battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.
"The Diploma states that the earldom now passed by lineal succession to Malise, Earl of Stratherne, Magnus V. having left no male issue. In 1331 Malise, Earl of Stratherne, possessed lands in Caithness,[65] doubtless in right of his wife, probably a daughter of Magnus V. Malise fell in the battle of Halidon Hill in 1333"
attestation: Malise the younger (Malise's son) inherited three earldoms—Stratherne, Caithness, and Orkney—and in 1334 granted his daughter Isabella in marriage to William Earl of Ross with the earldom of Caithness as her dowry failing male heirs.
"Malise (the younger) styles himself Earl of Stratherne, Caithness, and Orkney, in a document dated at Inverness in 1334,[66] in which he grants his daughter Isabella in marriage to William, Earl of Ross, granting her also the earldom of Caithness failing heirs male of himself and his wife Marjory."
attestation: Malise the younger was married a second time to Marjory, a daughter of Hugh Earl of Ross and sister of William Earl of Ross, who had married Malise's daughter Isabella.
"The Diploma further states that Malise (the younger) was married the second time to a daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross, consequently a sister of William, Earl of Ross, who married Malise's daughter Isabella. From the deed of 1334 we learn that Malise's wife's name was Marjory."
attestation: Two daughters of Malise the younger were married to Swedish noblemen during his time in Norway: one to Erngisl Suneson, and another to Guttorm Sperra.
"While Malise was in Norway and Sweden two of his daughters had been married to Swedish noblemen—one to Arngils[79] or Erngisl, son of Sune Jonsson, and another to Guttorm Sperra."