page_title: Máel Brigte of Moray
hierarchical_section_title: Máel Brigte of Moray
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of North-eastern Scotland showing Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, Moray, the river Oykel and the probable location of Sigurd Eysteinsson's burial mound
context_page_description: Máel Brigte, also known as Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed or Máel Brigte Tusk was a 9th-century Pictish nobleman, most probably a Mormaer of Moray. He was responsible – in a bizarre posthumous incident – for the death of Sigurd the Mighty, Earl of Orkney.
context_section_description: Máel Brigte, also known as Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed or Máel Brigte Tusk was a 9th-century Pictish nobleman, most probably a Mormaer of Moray.  He was responsible – in a bizarre posthumous incident – for the death of Sigurd the Mighty, Earl of Orkney.
caption: Map of North-eastern Scotland showing Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Moray. At his death, Sigurd Eysteinsson controlled the area north of the River Oykel. The probable site of his burial mound, Sigurd's Howe, is shown.
exif: {}