Estrid Bjørnsdotter

Estrid Bjornsdotter
Queen consort of Norway
Tenure	1170–1176
Spouse	Tore Skinnfeld Magnus V of Norway
Issue	Sigurd Magnusson?
Father	Björn Byrdasvend
Mother	Rangrid 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

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

• 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 Ragna Nikolasdatter

Queen Consort of Norway 1170–1176

Succeeded by Margaret of Sweden