King Haakon IV of Norway brought a great fleet to reassert Norse sovereignty over the Western Isles. A storm scattered his ships and a skirmish on the shore at Largs was indecisive, but the campaign failed. Haakon died in Orkney on the way home. The Treaty of Perth three years later transferred the Hebrides to Scotland for 4,000 marks — ending Norse lordship of the islands.
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