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Family of Sæmundur "fróði“ SIGFÚSSON and Guðrún KOLBEINSDÓTTIR

Husband: Sæmundur "fróði“ SIGFÚSSON

  • Name:

  • Sæmundur "fróði“ SIGFÚSSON1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Sigfús LOÐMUNDARSON (c. 1020-c. 1076)

  • Mother:

  • Þórey EYJÓLFSDÓTTIR (c. 1028- )

  • Birth:

  • 1056

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland2,3

  • Occupation:

  • "from after 1076 to his death"

  • priest; Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland3

  •  

  • Taken from a book called the Key to Iceland.

    Oddi, a farm, church and parsonage. In Saga times the home of many of the foremost chieftains and scholars of Iceland. The well-known family line of Oddaverjar is from Oddi. Among them was Sæmundur Sigfússon the Learned (1056-1133), educated at the Sorbonne in Paris and considered by many to be the author of the elder EDDA. Statue of Sæmundur by Ásmundur Sveinsson erected there in 1998; replica of the one in front of the University of Reykjavík. Another outstanding man of his family was Jón Loftsson (1124-1197), who was the son of Þóra, daughter of Magnús "barefoot" Ólafssonar King of Norway. Snorri Sturluson, who was the author or the younger EDDA, HEIMSKRINGLA, the history of the Norwegian kings etc. and other works was brought up at Oddi by Jón Loftsson. Possibly Snorri got some of his information about the Norwegian royal families from his foster-mother þóra. The name EDDA is by some believed to be derived from the name Oddi. Six priests of Oddi later became bishops. Among the treasures in the church is a chalice from about 1300.

     

    Linden

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • goðorðsmaður (chieftain); Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Education:

  •  

  • -; Paris, France

  •  

  • Fór erlendis og var til náms í París nokkur ár.

  • Death:

  • May 22, 1133 (age 76-77)

  • Iceland3,4

  •  

  • Cause: killed

Wife: Guðrún KOLBEINSDÓTTIR

Child 1: Eyjólfur SÆMUNDSSON

  • Name:

  • Eyjólfur SÆMUNDSSON7,8

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1090

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland9,10

  • Occupation:

  • "to his death in 1158"

  • Prestur; Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland10

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • possible goðorðsmaður (chieftian); Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland10

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • 1158 (age 67-68)

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland9,10

Child 2: Loðmundur SÆMUNDARSON

  • Name:

  • Loðmundur SÆMUNDARSON11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Þórunn ÞÓRARINSDÓTTIR (c. 1090- )

  • Birth:

  • c. 1090

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland9

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

Child 3: Þórey SÆMUNDARDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Þórey SÆMUNDARDÓTTIR12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Þorvarður ÓLAFSSON (c. 1080- )

  • Birth:

  • c. 1095

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland9

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Iceland

Child 4: Loftur SÆMUNDSSON

  • Name:

  • Loftur SÆMUNDSSON13,14

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Þóra MAGNÚSDÓTTIR (c. 1100-1175)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1100

  • Iceland3,9

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1143 to 1158 (age 42-58)

  • Prestur; Stóra-Dal undir Eyjafjöllum, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1158 (age 57-58)

  • Goðorðsmaður og prestur; Oddi, Rangárvallahreppur, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland3

  •  

  • Íslenska alfræðiorðabókin. í Odda á Rangárvöllum af ætt Oddaverja og höfðingi ættarinnar um miðja 12. öld.

  • Residence:

  •  

  • Stóra-Dal undir Eyjafjöllum, Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • 1163 (age 62-63)

  • Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland3

Note on Husband: Sæmundur "fróði“ SIGFÚSSON

Um hann eru til skráðar þjóðsagnir og víða er vitnað til hans í fornum ritum en ekki er nú með vissu vitað hver skrif hans voru.

Note on Wife: Guðrún KOLBEINSDÓTTIR

Er nefnd Þórunn í Flóamanna sögu.

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. Landnáma, Sturl., Árb.Þing.69.19, Bysk., Sörla þáttur, Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar, Njáls saga, Ann., Haukdæla þáttur, Austurl.II, ÍÆ.IV.386, Prestat.

2.

Ibid. birth year.

3.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

4.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. death date.

5.

Ibid. Sturl., Landnáma, Sörla þáttur, Flóamanna saga.

6.

Ibid. estimated birth year.

7.

Ibid. Sturl., Bysk., Ann., Prestat., DI.I.188.

8.

Ibid. Sturl., Bysk., Ann., Prestat., DI.I.188.

9.

Ibid.

10.

http://en.wikipedia.org, Wikipedia.

11.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. Sturl., DI.I.202.

12.

Ibid. Sturl.

13.

Ibid. Sturl., Landnáma, Árb.Þing.69.19, Bysk., Flóamanna saga, Prestat., DI.I.188.

14.

Ibid. Sturl., Landnáma, Árb.Þing.69.19, Bysk., Flóamanna saga, Prestat., DI.I.188.