Solveig Björnsdóttir
Icelandic noblewoman
About Solveig Björnsdóttir
Lived 1450 – 1495 (aged 44–45).
Solveig Björnsdóttir (c. 1450–1495) was an Icelandic noblewoman. She was from the Skarðverjar family and was the daughter of Ólöf Loftsdóttir and the seneschal Björn Þorleifsson.
Solveig grew up with her parents in in and lived for many years in Hóll in Bolungarvík with who was appointed as her steward. They were not allowed to marry but they had six children together. Jón was a productive writer, considered the best in the western region and, allegedly, when he died, three of his fingers on his right hand—the ones he used to hold a pen—did not stiffen. The shaft of his pen was placed between his fingers and he wrote: "", referencing Ave Maria.
After Jón died, Solveig married the lawyer Páll Jónsson and became his second wife. They lived in and had two sons, one of whom died young. They were third cousins and needed papal approval to be able to wed. However, the bishop of Skalholt Magnús Eyjólfsson did not want to acknowledge their marriage as valid and, after Solveig died in 1495 and Páll was killed the next year, many disputes began about whether their sons should be considered legitimate heirs. These disputes about inheritance rights had come up before; the children of Solveig's brother and his wife, who were also third cousins, and had gotten papal approval for their marriage. Ultimately, Solveig and 's son, , inherited the assets from .
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Who was Solveig Björnsdóttir?
Icelandic noblewoman (c. 1450–1495)
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Solveig Björnsdóttir was born in 1450.
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Solveig Björnsdóttir died in 1495.
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