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Skuli, the only other surviving son save Hlodver, went to the king of Scots, who is said to have lightly given away what did not belong to him, and to have created him Earl of Caithness, which then included Sudrland.
Ecclesiastically, also, the whole realm was divided into dioceses, whose bishops were appointed by consent of the king. The dream of Malcolm II at last was realised. The western islands of the Hebrides, however, still owed allegiance to the king of Norway, who was till 1240 engaged in civil war with Duke Skuli in his own kingdom.
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