- Þóra Magnúsdóttir
Þóra Magnúsdóttir was born in 1100 in
Norway , a daughter of Magnus berfættur Ólafsson King of Norway (1073-1103) aliasMagnus III of Norway a direct descendant ofHarald Fairhair the first Norwegian King. TheFairhair dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united Norway, a branch of theYngling s.Þóra Magnusdóttir married an Icelander and moved to
Iceland . Her husband was a powerful Icelandic chieftainLoftur Sæmundsson son ofSæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son wasJón Loftsson . A direct descendant of Loftur and Þóra wasÞuríður Sturludóttir (born 1228) who marriedHrafn Oddsson (born 1225) a direct descendant of Sakallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr ) father ofskald andviking Egill Skallagrímsson . In their sonJón korpur Hrafnsson (born 1255) the two warring clans of Haraldur hárfagri and Skallagímur Kveldúlfsson were genetically united in Iceland.Genealogy
"Haraldur hárfagri Hálfdánarson" (
Harald Fairhair ) (850): Descendent of theYngling s - King over Norway Sigurður hrísi Haraldsson (880) Hálfdán Sigurðsson (930) Sigurður sýr Hálfdánarson (970) Haraldur harðráði Sigurðsson (Harald Hardråde ) (1046-1066): King over Norway Ólafur kyrri Haraldsson (Olaf Kyrre ) (1066-1093): King over Norway Magnús berfættur Ólafsson (Magnus Barefoot ) (1073-1103): King over Norway Þóra Magnúsdóttir (1100) Jón Loftsson (1124-1197) Sæmundur Jónsson (1154-1222) Sólveig Sæmundsdóttir (1200-1244) Þuríður Sturludóttir (1228-1288) "Jón korpur Hrafnsson " (1255)References
Islendingabók (Book of Icelanders): http://www.islendingabok.is
Konungasögur (
Kings' sagas )Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (
Egils saga )
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