deaths
October 17, 1271
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, was the politically most influential woman in Iceland in the Age of the Sturlungs. She was also a skald and listed as such in Skáldatal. Most of what is known about Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir is told in Íslendinga saga, Þórðar saga kakala and Þorgils saga skarða, all of which are included in the Sturlunga Saga.