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Snorri Sturluson

Died in 1241

Snorri Sturluson was born in 1179 at Hvammur, in the Dalir, the son of Sturla Þórðarson and Guðný Böðvarsdóttir, in the family of the Sturlungar. Raised from the age of three at Oddi by Jón Loftsson, a relative of the kings of Norway, he married Herdís Bersadóttir in 1199 and settled at Reykholt in 1206. Lawspeaker of the Althing in 1215, then from 1222 to 1232, he went in 1218 to the court of King Hákon Hákonarson and Earl Skúli, swore an oath to the king and returned in 1220. A supporter of union with Norway, he came into conflict with other chieftains, returned in 1239 against the king's orders and died at Reykholt on 23 September 1241.

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