See also

Family of Þorkell EYJÓLFSSON and Guðrún ÓSVÍFURSDÓTTIR

Husband: Þorkell EYJÓLFSSON

  • Name:

  • Þorkell EYJÓLFSSON1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Eyjólfur "grái“ ÞÓRÐARSON (c. 935- )

  • Mother:

  • Not KNOWN ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 0979

  • Otradal í Arnarfirði, Barðastrandarsýsla, Iceland2

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Bóndi and heathen priest; chief; Helgafell i Helgafellssveit, Snaefellsnessysla, Iceland2

  •  

  • heathen priest; chief (in Iceland during the republic).Translation from Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic ( found on http://www.northvegr.org/zoega/h169.php web site)

  • Death:

  • Apr 7, 1026 (age 46-47)

  • Drukknaði in Breiðafirði (Breiðafjörður), west Iceland2,3

Wife: Guðrún ÓSVÍFURSDÓTTIR

Child 1: Gellir ÞORKELSSON

  • Name:

  • Gellir ÞORKELSSON5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Valgerður ÞORGILSDÓTTIR (c. 1015- )

  • Birth:

  • 1009

  • Helgafell i Helgafellssveit, Snaefellsnessysla, Iceland2,6

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Goðorðsmaður; Helgafell i Helgafellssveit, Snaefellsnessysla, Iceland2

  • Death:

  • 1073 (age 63-64)

  • Roskilde (Hróarskeldu), Hróarskelduamti, Zealand, Denmark2,6

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Roskilde (Hróarskeldu), Hróarskelduamti, Zealand, Denmark

Child 2: Rjúpa ÞORKELSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Rjúpa ÞORKELSDÓTTIR7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • c. 1010

  • Helgafell i Helgafellssveit, Snaefellsnessysla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • "??"

  • Iceland

Note on Wife: Guðrún ÓSVÍFURSDÓTTIR

„Hon var kvenna vænst, er upp óxu á Íslandi, bæði at ásjánu ok vitsmunum“, segir í Laxdælu.

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. Landnáma, Æ.Þing.I.264, Grettis saga, Þórðar saga Hreðu (brot eldri gerðar), Valla-Ljóts saga, Þórarins þáttur Nefjólfssonar (fyrri), Fljótsdæla saga, Gunnars saga Þiðrandabana, Ann., Bysk.

2.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb.

3.

Torben Koed, Torben Koed.

4.

Hálfdan Helgason, GenWeb. Landnáma, Laxdæla saga, Fljótsdæla saga, Njáls saga. "c. 0973".

5.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok. Landnáma, Eyfirskar.VII.14, Æ.Þing.I.264, Sturl., Ann., Bandamanna saga (eftir Konungsbók), Ljósvetninga saga, Fljótsdæla saga, Haukdæla þáttur, Steins þáttur Skaftasonar, DI. I.

6.

Ibid.

7.

Ibid. Landnáma.