Þóra Magnúsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þóra.

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born c. 1100; Old Norse: [ˈθoːrɑ ˈmɑɣnuːsˌdoːtːez̠]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈθouːra ˈmaknusˌtouhtɪr̥]; Modern Norwegian: Tora Magnusdatter) was a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway (Magnus 3 Olavsson Berrføtt).[1]

Þóra married an Icelandic man and moved to Iceland. Her husband, Loftur Sæmundsson was a chieftain of Oddi at Rangárvellir in the south part of Iceland. He was a member of the Oddaverjar clan and son of Icelandic priest and scholar Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son Jón Loftsson was later chieftain at Oddi. [2] [3] [4]

Descendants of Loftur and Þóra included Þuríður Sturludóttir (born c. 1228), who married Hrafn Oddsson (born c. 1225), a descendant of Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr), the father of skald Egill Skallagrímsson.[5] With the birth of Jón korpur Hrafnsson, the feuding clans of the Fairhair and Skalla-Grímr dynasties were united.

References

  1. ^ Claus Krag. "Magnus 3 Olavsson Berrføtt, Konge". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "Sæmundur Fróði Sigfússon". Gyldendal - Den Store Danske. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Sæmundur Fróði". Snerpa. January 1997. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Per Norseng. "Jon Loptsson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Tora Magnusdatter". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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