Family tree · Bjarkøy

Gyrid Andresdatter

d. 1323

Gyrid Andresdatter, died 1323, came from the Stårheim family (Stårheimsætta) in Nordfjord and was the mother of the drottsete Erling Vidkunsson, who governed the kingdom from 1323. In 1309 she presented the accounts for four years' management of a nephew's estate, reckoned in månedsmat (a land-rent unit) and with expenses for a journey to Flanders and Rome (DN 2/93). In the will of her brother-in-law Bjarne Erlingsson she received the gold belt he had been given by King Edward of England.

From Stårheim in Nordfjord, wife of Vidkunn Erlingsson of Bjarkøy and mother of Erling Vidkunsson, who governed the kingdom from 1323. In 1309 she presented the accounts for four years' management of her nephew's estate, reckoned in månedsmat (a land-rent unit), with expenses for a journey to Flanders and Rome (DN 2/93). She received the gold belt from King Edward of England in the will of her brother-in-law Bjarne Erlingsson.

Married to: Vidkunn Erlingsson

Children: Erling Vidkunsson

Letters

• DN 15/1: Bjarne Erlingsson's testament: Giske to his granddaughter Kristin
• DN 2/93: Lady Gyrid accounts for her nephew's estate
• DN 1/207: Svein Sigurdsson gives the drottsete land in Sogn

Source

DN 2/93; DN 15/1