Þóra Magnúsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þóra.

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (Old Norse: [ˈθoːrɑ ˈmɑɣnuːsˌdoːtːez̠], Modern Icelandic: [ˈθouːra ˈmaknusˌtouhtɪr̥]; Modern Norwegian: Tora Magnusdatter; born c. 1100) 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.