Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (early 13th–century – 17 October 1271; Modern Icelandic: [ˈsteinˌvœːr ˈsɪɣˌkʰvatsˌtouhtɪr̥]; Old Norse: Steinvǫr Sighvatsdóttir [ˈstɛinˌwɔr ˈsiɣˌxwɑtsˈdoːtːez̠]), 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.
1271Oct, 17
Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir
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