Karl Hundason, also Karl Hundisson, is a personage in the Orkneyinga Saga. The saga recounts a war between Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney, and Karl, whom it calls king of Scots. The question of his identity and historicity has been debated by historians of Scotland and the Northern Isles for more than a century. However a literal translation suggests that the name may simply be an insult.
KarlHundason, also Karl Hundisson, is a personage in the Orkneyinga Saga. The saga recounts a war between Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney, and Karl...
latter saga's account concerns his wars with a "King of Scots" named KarlHundason whose identity is uncertain. In his later years he went on a pilgrimage...
Another example concerns a King of Scots, apparently named KarlHundason. The identity of KarlHundason, unknown to Scots and Irish sources, has long been a...
Battle of Tarbat Ness in the 11th century, Thorfinn the Mighty defeated "KarlHundason", possibly a Viking name for Macbeth. Further down the peninsula near...
Battle of Tarbat Ness in the 11th century, Thorfinn the Mighty defeated "KarlHundason", possibly a Viking name for Macbeth. Further down the peninsula at...
between Þórfinnr and a certain KarlHundason preserved by the thirteenth-century Orkneyinga Saga. The exact identity of Karl is uncertain. One possibility...
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