Estrid Bjornsdotter | |
Succession: | Queen consort of Norway |
Reign: | 1170–1176 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Spouse: | Tore Skinnfeld Magnus V of Norway |
Issue: | Sigurd Magnusson? |
Father: | Björn Byrdasvend |
Mother: | Rangrid Guttormsdotter |
Estrid Bjørnsdotter also called Estrid Byrdasvend (12th century) was a Norwegian Queen consort, spouse of King Magnus V of Norway.[1]
Estrid Bjørnsdotter was the daughter of Björn Byrdasvend and Rangrid Guttormsdotter, who was a possible descendant of Tostig Godwinson, the brother of the last Anglo-Saxon King of England Harold Godwinson. She was the widow of Tore Skinnfeld. She later married King Magnus V in the year of 1170, and thereby became queen of Norway.