Name Tora Magnusdatter Parents Magnus Barefoot | Children Jon Loftsson | |
Grandparents Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Olaf III of Norway Great-grandparents Harald Hardrada, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Agnes of Poitou, Tora Torbergsdatter Similar People Magnus Barefoot, Sigurd the Crusader, Olaf III of Norway, Henry IV - Holy Roman E, Inge the Elder | ||
Tora Magnusdatter (Þóra Magnúsdóttir) (born c. 1100) was a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway (Magnus 3 Olavsson Berrføtt).
Tora 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.
Descendants of Loftur and Tora included Þuríður Sturludóttir (born c. 1228), who married Hrafn Oddsson (born c. 1225), a descendant of Sakallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr), the father of skald Egill Skallagrímsson. With the birth of Jón korpur Hrafnsson, the feuding clans of the Fairhair and Skalla-Grímr dynasties were united.