State · 892 – 1471
Earldom of Orkney
A state of 892 – 1471 — 579 years in Europe. It was followed by Scottish Earldom of Orkney. Its line of rulers holds 3 people. Its own article says it was conquered by Kingdom of Scotland.
- Wikidata's English label: Norwegian Jarldom of Orkney.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 579 years
- 892 – 1471
- Rulers
- 3
- the Jarl (Earl) of Orkney
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Scottish Earldom of Orkney · followed by
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by Kingdom of Scotland, 1472. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
It was a dependent territory of the Kingdom of Norway until 1472, when it was absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigurd Eysteinsson | 872 – 892 | 20 years | ending not on record | |
| Jon Haraldsson | 1206 – 1231 | 25 years | ending not on record | |
| William Sinclair | 1434 – 1470 | 36 years | ending not on record |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 872 – 1470. Median reign 25 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedUnofficial flag of the Earldom of Orkney · CC BY 2.5
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood579 years
stood longer than 89% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median25 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 75% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 834 – 1529, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1182, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q4148098 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.