Þóra Magnúsdóttir

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born c. 1100; Old Norse: [ˈθoːrɑˈmɑɣnuːsˌdoːtːez̠] ; Modern Icelandic: [ˈθouːraˈmaknusˌtouhtɪr̥] ; 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.

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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

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