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Estrid Bjørnsdotter

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Estrid Bjornsdotter
Queen consort of Norway
Tenure1170–1176
SpouseTore Skinnfeld
Magnus V of Norway
IssueSigurd Magnusson?
FatherBjörn Byrdasvend
MotherRangrid Guttormsdotter

Estrid Bjørnsdotter also called Estrid Byrdasvend and Eldrid Bjarnesdatter[1] (12th century) was a Norwegian Queen consort, spouse of King Magnus V of Norway. [2]

Estrid Bjørnsdotter was the daughter of Björn Byrdasvend and Rangrid Guttormsdotter, who was a possible descendant of Tostig Godwinson, the brother of the last Anglo-Saxon King of England Harold Godwinson. She was the widow of Tore Skinnfeld. She later married King Magnus V in the year of 1170, and thereby became queen of Norway.

References

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  1. ^ Arkiv for/för nordisk filologi / Tjugoåttonde Bandet. Ny följd. Tjugofjärde Bandet. 1912
  2. ^ Knut Helle. "Magnus 5 Erlingsson". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

Further reading

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  • Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 24.
Preceded by Queen Consort of Norway
1170–1176
Succeeded by