1273. Death of Magnus, son of Gilbride, Earl of Orkney.
1276. Magnus, son of Magnus, made Earl of Orkney by King Magnus Hakonson, at Tunsberg.
1281. Marriage of King Eirik Magnusson to Margaret, daughter of King Alexander II. of Scotland.
1283. Death of Margaret, Queen of Norway.
1284. Margaret, infant daughter of Eirik, King of Norway, recognised as heiress to the Scottish throne. Death of Magnus Magnusson, Earl of Orkney.
1286. Death of King Alexander III. of Scotland.
1289. Betrothal of the Princess Margaret, the Maiden of Norway, to Prince Edward of England.
1290. Death of Margaret, the Maiden of Norway, off the coast of Orkney, on her way to Scotland.
1293. Marriage of King Eirik Magnusson of Norway to Isabella, daughter of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick.
1300. Appearance at Bergen of the false Margaret, a German woman who gave herself out as the “Maiden of Norway,” daughter of King Eirik and Queen Margaret, stating that she had been “sold” by Ingibiorg Erlingsdatter, and spirited away by parties who had an interest in her disappearance.