Soffía Loftsdóttir
Soffía Loftsdóttir | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1418 |
| Died | 1482 (aged 63–64) |
| Spouse(s) | Árni Þorleifsson (1434–1440); Bjarni Ívarsson (?–1473) |
| Children | Þorleifur Árnason, Ormur Bjarnason |
| Parent(s) | Loftur Guttormsson and Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir |
| Relatives | Ólöf Loftsdóttir (sister), Eiríkur Loftsson slógnefur (brother), Ormur Loftsson (half-brother), Skúli Loftsson (half-brother) |
Soffía Loftsdóttir (c. 1418–1482) was an Icelandic noblewoman in the 15th century,[1] the youngest daughter of the knight Loftur Guttormsson the rich and his wife Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir. She was a full sister of Ólöf Loftsdóttir.[2]
Family
Loftur Guttormsson married off five of his children to the children of Þorleifur Árnason[3] (the sýslumaður of Auðbrekka in Hörgárdalur, of Glaumbær in Skagafjörður, and of Vatnsfjörður (Ísafjarðardjúpi)) and his wife Vatnsfjarðar-Kristín Björnsdóttir.[4] Ormur Loftsson and Skúli, the sons of Loftur and his mistress Kristín Oddsdóttir, married Solveig Þorleifsdóttir and Helgi Þorleifsdóttir, respectively.[5] Ólöf Loftsdóttir married the seneschal Björn ríki Þorleifsson,[6] Guðný Þorleifsdóttir married Eiríkur Loftsson slógnefur,[7] and Soffía married Árni Þorleifsson in 1434. She was likely very young at the time.[1]
Soffía and Árni had a son named Þorleifur, named after his grandfather, who was born in 1437. Árni died in 1440 and Soffía later married Bjarni Ívarsson[8] who was the secret son of Ívar hólmur Vigfússon who Jón Gerreksson's boys burned in the Kirkjuból farm in Miðnes in 1432.[9] They had one son who they named Ormur. Bjarni died in 1473 and Soffía probably died shortly after while Ormur was still young. Margrét Vigfúsdóttir, Bjarni's aunt and Soffía's sister-in-law (the widow of her brother Þorvarður Loftsson), took him in and became his guardian. His guardianship and the matter of Soffía's inheritance later became a dispute between Margrét and Þorleifur's sons, Árni and Teitur, who went on to be a lawyer. They wanted their uncle Ormur's funds and the inheritance from their grandmother Soffía.[8][10]
References
- ^ a b "Family of Árni ÞORLEIFSSON and Soffía LOFTSDÓTTIR". www.faroeiceland.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ "Loftur ríki Guttormsson" [Loftur Gottormsson the rich]. www.ismus.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Arthur, Susanne Miriam. Sigurðsson, Gísli; Pálsson, Viðar (eds.). "The importance of marital and maternal ties in the distribution of Icelandic manuscripts from the middle ages to the seventeenth century". Gripla. XXIII (85): 205 – via Tímarit.
- ^ "Flateyjarbók". Vísir Sunnudagsblað (in Icelandic). 1944-10-01. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ "Family of Loftur "ríki" GUTTORMSSON and Kristín ODDSDÓTTIR". www.faroeiceland.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Arnórsson, Einar (1949). "Víg Páls á Skarði" [The Death of Páll of Skarð]. Saga: Tímarit Sögufélags [Saga: The Journal of the Icelandic History Association] (in Icelandic). Vol. XXIV. Reykjavík: Sögufélag. pp. 127–128.
- ^ "Family of Eiríkur "slógnefur" LOFTSSON and Guðný ÞORLEIFSDÓTTIR". www.faroeiceland.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ a b Sigurjón, Arnór (1967-10-01). "Brúðkauðið mikla á Möðruvöllum 1465" [The big wedding in Möðruvellir in 1465]. Tíminn Sunnudagsblað (in Icelandic). Vol. VI, no. 36. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Sigurðsson, Eirikur (1955-10-01). "Möðruvellir í Eyjafirði: Nokkrir þættir úr sögu staðarins" [Möðruvellir in Eyjafjörður: Some aspects of the area's history]. Heima er bezt (in Icelandic). Vol. V, no. 10. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- ^ Líndal, Jakob H. (1949). "Um forn mannvirki og örnefni á Lækjamóti í Víðidal" [On ancient buildings and place names in Lækjamót in Víðadalur Valley]. Árbók Hins Íslenzka fornleifafélags (in Icelandic): 80–81.