Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He is credited with writing the Prose Edda (aka Younger Edda), the Skáldskaparmál, the Háttatal, and the Heimskringla. He is also believed to have written Egil's Saga.
He is reported to be the son of Sturla Þórðarson the elder of Hvammur and his second wife, Guðný Böðvarsdóttir. Sources indicate that he was likely to have been born around 1179 in Hvammur. It is said that he married Herdís, the daughter of Bersi Vermundarson around 1199. The two remained together for four years, and had at least two children. But Snorri had a reputation for philandering, and when he moved to his estate at Reykholt, Herdis did not go with him.
He is reputed to have had five more children with Guðrún Hreinsdóttir, Oddný, and Þuríður Hallsdóttir.
Snorri was murdered at home at Reykholt in 1241. [1][2][3]
Research notes
"Born in Iceland 1178. Law-speaker of the General Assembly 1215-1218 1222-1231. In Norway 1218-1220 1237-1239 Accused of treason by the Norwegian king (Haakon IV?) and murdered by a political enemy in 1241". [4]
Snorri Sturluson. Birth: 1179 Death: 23 Sep 1241 at Reykholt. "Chieftain (Goðorðsmaður), poet (skáld), historian (sagnaritari) and a Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) at Reykholt. The second husband of Hallveig" (Íslendingabók).[5]
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