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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...

Earl of Orkney, and Karl Hundason began when Karl Hundason became "King of Scots" and claimed Caithness. The identity of Karl Hundason, unknown to Scots...

latter saga's account concerns his wars with a "King of Scots" named Karl Hundason whose identity is uncertain. In his later years he went on a pilgrimage...

Another example concerns a King of Scots, apparently named Karl Hundason. The identity of Karl Hundason, unknown to Scots and Irish sources, has long been a...

mentions that "Muddan", who was a nephew of a King of Scots the saga calls Karl Hundason, became jarl of Caithness. He had not held this position long when he...

tower on a hill on the east side of the Kyle, was the residence of Karl Hundason, who made an effort to conquer Scotland on the death of Malcolm II....

between Þórfinnr and a certain Karl Hundason preserved by the thirteenth-century Orkneyinga Saga. The exact identity of Karl is uncertain. One possibility...

Battle of Tarbat Ness in the 11th century, Thorfinn the Mighty defeated "Karl Hundason", possibly a Viking name for Macbeth. Further down the peninsula near...

Battle of Tarbat Ness in the 11th century, Thorfinn the Mighty defeated "Karl Hundason", possibly a Viking name for Macbeth. Further down the peninsula at...

(2007), p. 243 Muir (2005), p. 46 Pálsson & Edwards (1981), c. 20 "Karl Hundason". Pálsson & Edwards (1981), Chapter 33 "Earls and noblemen". Crawford...