Þóra Magnúsdóttir (, ; ; born ) was a daughter of King
Magnus III of Norway
Magnus III 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 the King of Norway ...
(''Magnus 3 Olavsson Berrføtt'').
Þóra married an Icelandic man and moved to
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. Her husband,
Loftur Sæmundsson was a chieftain of
Oddi
Oddi ( Icelandic: ) is a small village and church at Rangárvellir in Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland. Oddi at Rangárvellir was a cultural and learning center in South Iceland during the Middle Ages. There has been a church at Oddi since the introd ...
at Rangárvellir in the south part of
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. He was a member of the
Oddaverjar clan and son of Icelandic priest and scholar
Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son
Jón Loftsson
Jón Loftsson (; ; c.
1124–1197) was chieftain of Oddi at Rangárvellir in the south part of Iceland.
Jón Loftsson was a member of the Oddaverjar family clan. His parents were Loftur Sæmundsson and Þóra Magnúsdóttir.
His pater ...
was later chieftain at
Oddi
Oddi ( Icelandic: ) is a small village and church at Rangárvellir in Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland. Oddi at Rangárvellir was a cultural and learning center in South Iceland during the Middle Ages. There has been a church at Oddi since the introd ...
.
Descendants of Loftur and Þóra included
ÞurÃður Sturludóttir (born c. 1228), who married Hrafn Oddsson (born c. 1225), a descendant of SkallagrÃmur Kveldúlfsson (
Skalla-GrÃmr
GrÃmr Kveldúlfsson, usually called Skalla-GrÃmr, was a Norwegian who lived in the ninth and tenth centuries. He is an important character in ''Egils saga'' and is mentioned in the ''Landnámabók''.''Landnámabók'', § 18
Biography
Family
...
), the father of
skald
A skald, or skáld (Old Norse: ; , meaning "poet"), is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry. Skaldic poems were traditionally compo ...
Egill SkallagrÃmsson
Egil SkallagrÃmsson ( ; Modern Icelandic: ; 904 995) was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer.Thorsson, 3 He is known mainly as the anti-hero of '' Egil's Saga''. ''Egil's Saga'' historically narrates a period from approx ...
.
With the birth of
Jón korpur Hrafnsson
Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes.
According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first nam ...
, the feuding clans of the Fairhair and
Skalla-GrÃmr
GrÃmr Kveldúlfsson, usually called Skalla-GrÃmr, was a Norwegian who lived in the ninth and tenth centuries. He is an important character in ''Egils saga'' and is mentioned in the ''Landnámabók''.''Landnámabók'', § 18
Biography
Family
...
dynasties were united.
References
Other sources
''Islendingabók'' (Book of Icelanders)
* ''Konungasögur'' (
Kings' sagas
Kings' sagas (, , ) 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 composed during the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, ...
)
* ''Egils saga SkallagrÃmssonar'' (
Egil's saga
''Egill's Saga'' or ''Egil's saga'' ( ; ) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill SkallagrÃmsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga spans the years c. 850–1000 a ...
)
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1100s births
12th-century deaths
12th-century Icelandic people
12th-century Norwegian nobility
Icelandic people of Norwegian descent
12th-century Icelandic women
12th-century Norwegian women
Daughters of kings
Illegitimate children of Norwegian monarchs