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Gyda (Tofte) Guttormsdatter (abt. 1225 - abt. 1293)

Gyda "Gyda på Tofte" Guttormsdatter formerly Tofte
Born about in Tofte, Fron, Oppland, Norwaymap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 68 in Tofte Nigard, Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norwaymap
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Biography

From one of her geni pages:


Feil informasjon

Her har det nok skjedd en sammenblanding av flere personer! En Gyda Bjørnsdatter Bratt blir i den beryktede Bratt-tavlen satt opp som datter av en Bjørn Bårdsson Bratt og mor til Øystein Gydasson på Tofte og Guttorm Gydasson. Men kildene viser at det er svært usannsynlig at disse var brødre, deres foreldre er i begge tilfeller ukjente. Noen Gyda på Tofte er ikke funnet i kilder, det eneste sikre er at de begge var sønner av en ved navn Gyda. Det er også svært usannsynlig at noen av disse skulle være brødre av Guttorm på Norheim. Koblingen til Guttorm Ingesson er kun basert på en teori fremsatt av Ludvig Daae og er på grunnlag av våpenet som Guttorm Gydasson brukte.



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Yes, "Gyda på Tofte" was her nickname, and it means, as you say, Gyda from Tofte. As it is now Gyda is registered as her proper first name, while "Gyda på Tofte" is registered as her nickname. Whether it is Guttormsdatter or Tofte that should be her last name at birth is hard to tell, since it is often interchangeably used the name on homefarm and "name-of-fathers-daughter". Though I would believe that such an important person would have some records on this, though I have unfortunately not dug into it.
posted by Øyvind Henriksen
The name as it reads here is Gyda "from" Tofte. It should be reverted back to her birth name "Guttormsdottir."
posted by Sheri (Petersen) Sturm
Tofte-8 and Gudtormsdatter-1 do not represent the same person because: Need to merge into Tofte-4 instead.

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