Þóra Magnúsdóttir was a daughter of Magnus III of Norway

Magnus III of Norway

Magnus Barefoot or Magnus III Olafsson was King of Norway from 1093 until 1103 and King of Mann and the Isles from 1099 until 1103.-Background:...

 a direct descendant of Harald Fairhair the first Norwegian King. The Fairhair dynasty

Fairhair dynasty

The Fairhair dynasty was a family of kings founded by Harald I of Norway which ruled Norway with few interruptions from 800 to 1387 , or through only three generations of kings , in the 10th century CE....

 is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united Norway, a branch of the Yngling

Yngling

The Ynglings were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. It can refer to the clans of the Scylfings , the semi-legendary royal Swedish clan during the Age of Migrations, with kings such as Eadgils, Onela and Ohthere...

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Þóra Magnusdóttir married an Icelander and moved to Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

. Her husband was a powerful Icelandic chieftain Loftur Sæmundsson

Loftur Sæmundsson

Loftur Sæmundsson was the son of Sæmundur fróði. Loftur was the father of Jón Loftsson who adopted Snorri Sturluson. Loftur was a priest and a chieftain at Oddi in the county of Rangá in the south part of Iceland. He was married to Þóra Magnúsdóttir, daughter of Magnus III of Norway....

 son of Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son was Jón Loftsson

Jón Loftsson

Jón Loftsson was chieftain at Oddi in the county of Rangá in the south part of Iceland, and of the Oddaverjar family clan. He was one of the most popular chieftains and politician of his age in the country. He participated in the so-called Staðarmál, in 1179, against the Roman-Catholic Church and...

. A direct descendant of Loftur and Þóra was Þuríður Sturludóttir

Þuríður Sturludóttir

Þuríður Sturludóttir was daughter of Icelandic chieftain Sturla Sighvatsson and Sólveig Sæmundsdóttir. Mother of Jón korpur Hrafnsson in whom the warring clans of Haraldur hárfagri and Egill Skallagrímsson were genetically united in Iceland in 1255.The bloodline of Þuríður Sturludóttir from...

 (born 1228) who married Hrafn Oddsson (born 1225) a direct descendant of Sakallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr

Skalla-Grímr

Skalla-Grímr Kveldulfsson was a Norwegian, who was forced to emigrate to Iceland in the days of his enemy Harald Fairhair. His main claim to fame is that he was the father of Egill, but he also deserves a footnote in the history of Nordic literature for having composed the following stanza:...

) father of skald

Skald

The skald was a member of a group of poets, whose courtly poetry is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking Age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry .The most prevalent metre of skaldic poetry is...

 and viking

Viking

The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

 Egill Skallagrímsson

Egill Skallagrímsson

Egill Skallagrímsson was a Viking Age warrior and skald. Egill is one of the great anti-heroes of the Icelandic sagas.-Life:...

. In their son Jón korpur Hrafnsson

Jón korpur Hrafnsson

Jón korpur Hrafnsson son of Þuríður Sturludóttir and Hrafn Oddsson...

 (born 1255) the two warring clans of Haraldur hárfagri and Skallagímur Kveldúlfsson were genetically united in Iceland.

Genealogy

Haraldur hárfagri Hálfdánarson (Harald Fairhair) (850): Descendent of the Yngling

Yngling

The Ynglings were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. It can refer to the clans of the Scylfings , the semi-legendary royal Swedish clan during the Age of Migrations, with kings such as Eadgils, Onela and Ohthere...

s - King over Norway

Sigurður hrísi Haraldsson (880)

Hálfdán Sigurðsson (930)

Sigurður sýr Hálfdánarson (970)

Haraldur harðráði Sigurðsson (Harald Hardråde) (1046–1066): King over Norway

Ólafur kyrri Haraldsson (Olaf Kyrre) (1066–1093): King over Norway

Magnús berfættur Ólafsson (Magnus Barefoot) (1073–1103): King over Norway

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (1100)

Jón Loftsson (1124–1197)

Sæmundur Jónsson (1154–1222)

Sólveig Sæmundsdóttir (1200–1244)

Þuríður Sturludóttir (1228–1288)

Jón korpur Hrafnsson

Jón korpur Hrafnsson

Jón korpur Hrafnsson son of Þuríður Sturludóttir and Hrafn Oddsson...

(1255)