Tora Magnusdatter
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born ca. 1100 in Norway) was a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway.
Þóra married an Icelandic man and moved to Iceland. Her husband was the powerful chieftain Loftur Sæmundsson, a son of Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son was Jón Loftsson. A descendant of Loftur and Þóra was Þuríður Sturludóttir (born ca. 1228), who married Hrafn Oddsson (born ca. 1225), who was a descendant of Sakallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr), the father of skald and viking Egill Skallagrímsson. In their son Jón korpur Hrafnsson (born ca. 1255), the two warring clans were united.
References
- Islendingabók (Book of Icelanders): http://www.islendingabok.is
- Konungasögur (Kings' sagas)
- Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (Egils saga)
