Jón korpur Hrafnsson (born 1255) (Anglicized John "the raven" son of Raven) son of Þuríður Sturludóttir (born 1228) and Hrafn Oddsson (born 1225). His mother, Þuríður, was a direct descendant of Þóra Magnúsdóttir daughter of

Magnus III of Norway Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: ''Magnús Óláfsson'', Norwegian: ''Magnus Olavsson''; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: ''Magnús berfœttr'', Norwegian: ''Magnus Berrføtt''), was King of Norway (being Ma ...

a direct descendant of

Harald Fairhair Harald Fairhair no, Harald hårfagre Modern Icelandic: ( – ) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from 872 to 930 and was the first King of Nor ...

(Haraldur hárfagri) founder of the

Fairhair dynasty The Fairhair dynasty ( no, Hårfagreætta) was a family of kings founded by Harald I of Norway (commonly known as "Harald Fairhair", ''Haraldr inn hárfagri'') which united and ruled Norway with few interruptions from the latter half of the 9th ...

the first royal dynasty of the united Norway, and a branch of the

Ynglings The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem ''Ynglingatal''. The dynasty also appears as Scylfings (Old Norse ''Skilfingar'') in ''Beowulf''. When ''Beowulf'' and ''Ynglingatal'' ...

(also see

Ynglinga saga ''Ynglinga saga'' ( ) is a Kings' saga, originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson about 1225. It is the first section of his ''Heimskringla''. It was first translated into English and published in 184 ...

). His father, Hrafn, on the other hand was a direct descendant of

Skalla-Grímr usually called Skalla-Grímr, , "bald Grim" * * Norwegian language, Modern Norwegian ** Bokmål: was a Norway, Norwegian who lived in the ninth and tenth centuries. He is an important character in ''Egils saga'' and is mentioned in the ''Landn ...

father of skald and Viking Egill Skallagrímsson. With the birth of Jón korpur Hrafnsson the warring clans of the Fairhair dynasty and Skalla-Grímr were genetically united in

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

The blood line of Þuríður Sturludóttir to Haraldur hárfagri

Haraldur hárfagri Hálfdánarson (850) – King in Norway Sigurður hrísi Haraldsson (880) Hálfdán Sigurðsson (930) Sigurður sýr Hálfdánarson (970) Haraldur harðráði Sigurðsson (1047) – King in Norway Ólafur kyrri Haraldsson (1066) – King in Norway Magnús berfættur Ólafsson (1090) – King in Norway Þóra Magnúsdóttir (1100) Jón Loftsson (1124–1197) Sæmundur Jónsson (1154–1222) Sólveig Sæmundsdóttir (1200–1244) Þuríður Sturludóttir (1228–1288) ''The blood line of Hrafn Oddsson to Egill Skallagrimsson:'' Kveldúlfur Brunda-Bjálfason (820) Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (863) Egill Skallagrímsson (910) Þorgerður Egilsdóttir (935) Þorbjörg “digra” Ólafsdóttir (960) Kjartan Ásgeirsson (1000) Þorvaldur Kjartansson (1055) Ingiríður Þorvaldsdóttir (1110) Vigdís Guðlaugsdóttir (1140) Oddur Álason (1180–1234) Hrafn Oddsson (1225–1289)

Sources

*Islendingabók (Book of Icelanders): https://web.archive.org/web/20190210064149/https://www.islendingabok.is/ *Konungasögur (

Kings' sagas Kings' sagas ( is, konungasögur, nn, kongesoger, -sogor, nb, kongesagaer) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings. They were comp ...

) *Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (

Egils saga ''Egill's Saga'' or ''Egil's saga'' ( non, Egils saga ; ) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrímsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga spans the year ...

) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jon korpur Hrafnsson 13th-century Icelandic people