Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter (12th century) was a medieval Norwegian
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but hi ...
and spouse of King
Eystein I of Norway
Eystein Magnusson (, ; – 29 August 1123), also called Eystein I, was King of Norway from 1103 to 1123 together with his half-brothers Sigurd the Crusader and Olaf Magnusson, although since Olaf died before adulthood, only Eystein and Sigurd w ...
(''Øystein Magnusson'').
Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter was the daughter of
Guttorm Toresson from
Lillehammer
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munici ...
. Ingebjorg grandfather's mother,
Isrid Gudbrandsdatter, was the daughter of
Gudbrand Kula from Oppland and sister of
Ã…sta Gudbrandsdatter
Ã…sta Gudbrandsdatter (c. 975/980 – c. 1020/1030) was the mother of two Norwegian kings, Saint Olaf and Harald Hardrada. The primary source for the life of Ã…sta is Snorri Sturluson's saga Heimskringla, a 13th-century collection of tales ...
, who was the mother of Kings
Olaf II and
Harald Hardrada
Harald Sigurdsson (; – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet ''Hardrada'' in the sagas, was List of Norwegian monarchs, King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. He unsuccessfully claimed the Monarchy of Denma ...
. Ingeborg was thus a cousin of her husband.
''Øystein 1 Magnusson – utdypning'' (Store norske leksikon)
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Queen Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter and King Eystein had a daughter, Maria Øysteinsdatter (''MarÃa Eysteinsdóttir''), who was the mother of royal pretender Olav Ugjæva Olav Ugjæva or Olav Gudbrandsson (Old Norse: ''Ólafr úgæfa'') (died 1169) was a pretender to the Norwegian throne during the civil war era in Norway. Olaf was named king in 1166, but was subsequently defeated by King Magnus V of Norway (''Magn ...
. Olaf was named king in 1166, but was subsequently defeated by King Magnus V of Norway
Magnus Erlingsson (, 1156 – 15 June 1184), also known as Magnus V, was a king of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. He helped to establish primogeniture in royal succession in Norway. King Magnus was killed in the Battle of Fimreite in ...
(''Magnus Erlingsson'') and forced to flee the country.
Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter was, alongside Ragna Nikolasdatter
Ragna Nikolasdatter (fl. 1140s – 1161) was the queen consort of King Eystein II of Norway (''Øystein Haraldsson'').
Biography
Ragna Nikolasdatter was the daughter of Nikolas Måse from Steig in Sør-Fron in Gudbrandsdalen. Her marriage to ...
and Estrid Bjørnsdotter
Estrid Bjørnsdotter also called ''Estrid Byrdasvend'' and Eldrid Bjarnesdatter (12th century) was a Norwegian Queen consort, spouse of King Magnus V of Norway.
Estrid Bjørnsdotter was the daughter of Björn Byrdasvend and Rangrid Guttormsdotte ...
, known as one of few acknowledged queen consorts in Norway between the mid 11th century to the 13th century not to have been foreign princesses.
References
Other sources
*Imsen, Steinar ''Våre dronninger'' (Grøndahl og Dreyer, 1991)
Norwegian royal consorts
12th-century Norwegian women
12th-century Norwegian people
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