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Family of Guðbrandur ÞORLÁKSSON and Halldóra ÁRNADÓTTIR

Husband: Guðbrandur ÞORLÁKSSON

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Guðbrandur ÞORLÁKSSON

  • Name:

  • Guðbrandur ÞORLÁKSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Þorlákur HALLGRÍMSSON (c. 1515-aft1594)

  • Mother:

  • Helga JÓNSDÓTTIR (c. 1511-c. 1600)

  • Birth:

  • 1541

  • Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • 1564 (age 22-23)

  • Skólameistari; Skálholti, Biskupstungnahreppur, Árnessýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1567 to 1568 (age 25-27)

  • Prestur; Breiðabólsstað í Vesturhópi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • frm 1567 to 1568 (age 25-27)

  • Breiðabólsstað í Vesturhópi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1571 to 1627 (age 29-86)

  • Biskup; Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • frm 1571 to 1627 (age 29-86)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • Jul 20, 1627 (age 85-86)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

Wife: Halldóra ÁRNADÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Halldóra ÁRNADÓTTIR1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1547

  • Iceland

  • Death:

  • Sep 30, 1585 (age 37-38)

  • Iceland

Child 1: Páll GUÐBRANDSSON

  • Name:

  • Páll GUÐBRANDSSON1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sigríður BJÖRNSDÓTTIR (1587-1633)

  • Birth:

  • 1573

  • Iceland

  • Education:

  • frm 1601 to 1603 (age 27-30)

  • Var við nám í Kaupmannahöfn; (Kaupmannahöfn) Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1605 to 1606 (age 31-33)

  • rektor Hólaskóla; Hólaskóla, Hólar, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1607 (age 33-34)

  • Sýslumaður og klausturhaldari á Þingeyrum

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1607 to 1621 (age 33-48)

  • rektor; Þingeyrar og Húnaþing

  • Death:

  • Nov 10, 1621 (age 47-48)

  • Iceland

Child 2: Halldóra GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Halldóra GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1573

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1573 (age 0)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • 1658 (age 84-85)

  • Iceland

Child 3: Kristín GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Kristín GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ari MAGNÚSSON (1571-1652)

  • Birth:

  • 1574

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1574 (age 0)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • Oct 1, 1652 (age 77-78)

  • Ögur, Ögursveit, Norður-Ísafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

Child 4: Björg GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Björg GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1580

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1580 (age 0)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • aft 1587 (age 6-7)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

Child 5: Sigríður GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR

  • Name:

  • Sigríður GUÐBRANDSDÓTTIR1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1585

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Residence:

  • 1585 (age 0)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

  • Death:

  • 1585 (age 0)

  • Hólum í Hjaltadal, Hólahreppur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Iceland

Note on Husband: Guðbrandur ÞORLÁKSSON (1)

Icelandic mathematician, cartographer and clergyman

Note on Husband: Guðbrandur ÞORLÁKSSON (2)

He studied at the cathedral school in Hólar and then at the University of Copenhagen. He and was successively rector of the school at Skálholt and minister at historic Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp. The first laws of Iceland had been written at Breiðabólstaður. The bar association of Iceland has erected a memorial by the site.[1]

 

Guðbrandur Þorláksson was Bishop of Hólar from 1571 until his death on July 20, 1627. During his time as bishop, Guðbrandur edited and published at least 80 books, including the Bible in Icelandic and the Icelandic Lawbook or legal code. He is also noted for having drawn the first good map of Iceland, published in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum orbis terrarum in 1590. He had at least one child, a daughter named Steinunn, born in 1571 to Guðrún Gísladóttir2

Sources

1.

Islendingabok, Islendingabok.

2.

http://en.wikipedia.org, Wikipedia.