Guðríður

NAME Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir

TIME X - XI CENTURY

PLACES Lived in Iceland, Greenland and Vinland (North America)

FAMILY Gudrid was the extremely beautiful daughter of Thorbjorn Vifilson, son of Vifill of Vifilsdale, and Hallveig. She lived as a foster-daughter with Ormur and Halldis, who were great friends of Gudrid's parents and very good farmers, at their farm in Arnarstapi for a long time.

STORY She left Iceland with her father, after rejecting the marry proposal of Einar, to go overseas, to join Eirik the Red in Greenland. They landed on Herjolfsness.
In Greenland a grand future was predicted to her by a woman named Thorbjorg, also known as the little Sybill. Gudrid was also gifted with special gifts, to contact the paranormal, and for a while she even helped Sybill, but it was actually against her religion, for she was Christian.
She married one of Eirik the Red’s son, called Thorsteinn. Together they undertook a trip to Vinland, but this wasn’t very successful. Not long after they were again in Greenland (Lyusfjorður) Thorsteinn fell ill and died. After his death she went to Brattahild.There she married her second husband, Thorfinnur Karlsefni, an Icelandic merchant, who lived at Brattahild and who was very close to Leifur the Lucky.
Again she went to Vinland, where she gave birth to a son, Snorri, and where they made contact with Skrælings (the native Indians of Vinland). They stayed there for three years and then she and her husband and son went back to Iceland via Norway.
After Karlsefni’s death, her son took over the farm and when he got married, Gudrid decided to go on a pilgrimage to Rome. And so she did, and when she returned her son had built her a church near the farm. There she became a nun and stayed the rest of her life there as an anchoress.
As for Guðrid's descendants; her son Snorri had a daughter named Hallfrid, who was the mother of bishop Thorlak Runolfsson. Snorri had also a son, named Thorgeir, the father of Yngvild, the mother of the first bishop Brand.

SOURCE The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America

NAME	Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir
TIME	X - XI CENTURY
PLACES	Lived in Iceland, Greenland and Vinland (North America)
FAMILY	Gudrid was the extremely beautiful daughter of Thorbjorn Vifilson, son of Vifill of Vifilsdale, and Hallveig. She lived as a foster-daughter with Ormur and Halldis, who were great friends of Gudrid's parents and very good farmers, at their farm in Arnarstapi for a long time.
STORY	She left Iceland with her father, after rejecting the marry proposal of Einar, to go overseas, to join Eirik the Red in Greenland. They landed on Herjolfsness. In Greenland a grand future was predicted to her by a woman named Thorbjorg, also known as the little Sybill. Gudrid was also gifted with special gifts, to contact the paranormal, and for a while she even helped Sybill, but it was actually against her religion, for she was Christian. She married one of Eirik the Red’s son, called Thorsteinn. Together they undertook a trip to Vinland, but this wasn’t very successful. Not long after they were again in Greenland (Lyusfjorður) Thorsteinn fell ill and died. After his death she went to Brattahild.There she married her second husband, Thorfinnur Karlsefni, an Icelandic merchant, who lived at Brattahild and who was very close to Leifur the Lucky. Again she went to Vinland, where she gave birth to a son, Snorri, and where they made contact with Skrælings (the native Indians of Vinland). They stayed there for three years and then she and her husband and son went back to Iceland via Norway. After Karlsefni’s death, her son took over the farm and when he got married, Gudrid decided to go on a pilgrimage to Rome. And so she did, and when she returned her son had built her a church near the farm. There she became a nun and stayed the rest of her life there as an anchoress. As for Guðrid's descendants; her son Snorri had a daughter named Hallfrid, who was the mother of bishop Thorlak Runolfsson. Snorri had also a son, named Thorgeir, the father of Yngvild, the mother of the first bishop Brand.
SOURCE	The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America