Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born c. 1100; Old Norse: in Norse, Old pronounced as /ˈθoːrɑ ˈmɑɣnuːsˌdoːtːez̠/; Modern Icelandic: in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈθouːra ˈmaknusˌtouhtɪr̥/; Modern Norwegian: 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.