User:MarkMiksi2012/Sturla Þórðarson the Elder

Hvamm-Sturla Thordarson lived in Hvammur in Dalir. Born in 1116, he died on July 23, 1183. His parents were Vigdís Svertingsdóttir and Thord Gilsson, the priest at Staðfell in Dalir. Sturla was a god like his father. He was a big boon and never gave his share to any man. He stood in dispute with Priest Paul Sölvason in Reykholt (b. 1118, d. 1185) and joined chief Jón Loftsson in Oddi for their reconciliation by inviting Sturla to foster his youngest son, Snorri.

Sturla was at least double-married and his first wife was Ingibjörg Þorgeirsdóttir. They had two daughters. His second or last wife was Guðný Böðvarsdóttir from Görðar in Akranes. She was the mother of thórðr's brothers Sighvatar and Snorri, most involved in the early Sturlung age. Sturla also had several frills, with at least seven children who had arrived. One of them was Thurid, mother of Dufgus Thorleifson and grandmother of the Sons of Dufgu.