Guðbrandur (Thorlaksson) Þorláksson (1542 - 1627)

Born 1542 in Melstaður, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Halldóra Árnadóttir — married 7 Sep 1572 in Ísafjarðarsýsla, Vestfirðir, Island

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1627 at about age 85 in Hólar, Skagafjarðarsýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland [uncertain]

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Biography

Guðbrandur (Thorlaksson) Þorláksson is Notable.

Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Birth: 1541
Death: 20 Jul 1627
Rector of Skálholt collage in 1564. Priest at Breiðabólsstaður in Vesturhóp between 1567-1568. Bishop at Hólar from 1571 til his last. Bought a printing press from Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhóp, Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland and had it setup at Hólar. Printed the first complete translation of the Bible in Icelandic, the so called Gðbrandsbiflía and translated and printed many other works.^[1][2]

More detailed Biography of Guðbrandur Þorláksson on Wikipedia

Timeline

• 1541 Birth.^[3]
• 1553 Admitted to Hólaskóli at Hólar in Hjaltadalur, Skagafjörður, Iceland.^[3]
• 1559 Graduated from Hólar.^[3]
• 1560 - 1564 Studdied at Copenhagen University.^[3]
• 1564 - 1567 Rector of Skálholtsskóli^[3]
• 1545 Ordained at Skálholt^[3]
• 1567 - 1568 Priest at Breiðabólstaður in Vesturhópi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Iceland.^[3]
• 1568 - 1569 Resident in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[3]
• 1569 - 1570 Rector at Hólar in Hjaltadalur, Skagafjörður, Iceland.^[3]
• 8 April 1570 Ordained as a Bishop of Holar Bishopric by the King, in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[3]
• 1570 - 1627 Bishop of Holar Bishopric.^[3]
• 1584 Published in print the first complete translation of the Bible in Icelandic.^[4]
• 20 Jul 1627 Passed away.^[3]

Research Notes

• "Helga átti fyrr Krák Hallvarðsson frá Auðunnarstöðum. (Þeir Jón og Krákur Hallvarðssynir drukknuðu í Víðidalsá við veiðiskap). Þar eptir varð Helga fylgikona síra Þorláks Hallgrímssonar, er fyrst var prestur að Stað í Hrútafirði; seinna rak Ólafur biskup Hjaltason síra Þorlák til að eiga hana; þeirra börn:
  a) Þórður á Marðarnúpi, 1638, 85 ára.
  b) Guðbrandur biskup; frá þeim er fjöldi manna kominn."^[5]
• Gudbrandur Porláksson var Biskop over Hólar Stift. Island og den første som oversatte biblen til islandsk. ^[6]
• Haplogroup possibly Q-L804 based the test resaults of a 23andMe direct paternal line descendant, G.G. Lúðvíksson. Eysteinsson-236 17:51, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
  • His haplogroup could also have been R1b-L238 based on another 23andMe test reaults of F. Vilhjálmsson, a direct paternal line descendant of his brother Þórður Þorláksson. Going to be interesting to see if either one of those lines turn out to be correct. Eysteinsson-236 13:35, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ 'Guðbrandur Þorláksson' (1541 - 1627). Retrieved from the Icelandic genealogical database Íslendingabók 28 Dec 2020
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "Wikipedia:Guðbrandur Þorláksson." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 28 Dec 2020.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} Páll Eggert Ólason, et al. (1948). Íslenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940, Vol. 2 (1948). p.114. HIÐ ÍSLENZKA BÓKMENTAFJELAG, Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrived from (https://baekur.is/bok/000306940/2/118/Islenzkar_aeviskrar_fra_Bindi_2_Bls_118) on Bækur.is 3 Dec 2020.
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "Wikipedia:Guðbrandur Þorláksson." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 3 Dec 2020.
5. ↑ Bogi Benediktsson (1904). Sýslumannaæfir, Volume 1, Page 464. Hið Islenzka bókmentafélag, Reykjavík Iceland. Retrieved from (https://archive.org/details/sslumannaefir01bene/page/464) on Archive.org on 28 Dec 2020
6. ↑ Finsen, Vilhelm H; Finsen, Nulle; Familien Finsen. Eget Forlag 1935. p16.

See also:

• Jón prófastur Halldórsson (1920). Skólameistarasögur. Gutenberg: Reykjavík, Iceland.
• Bogi Benediktsson (1881-1932). Sýslumannaæfir, Volume 1, page 465. Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved from (https://archive.org/details/sslumannaefir01bene/page/309/mode/1up) on Archive.org 8 Jan 2021
• Jón Espólín (1840-1850). Ættartölubækur Jóns Espólíns..., Volume 6, page 4945. Iceland. Retrieved from (https://handrit.is/is/manuscript/imaging/is/IB04-0011#page/72r++(147+af+646)/mode/1up) on Handrit.is 8 Jan 2021
• Páll Eggert Ólafsson (1926). Menn og menntir siðskiptaaldarinnar á Íslandi, volume 4, page 811 (appendix). BÓKAVERZLUN ÁRSÆLS ÁRNASONAR: Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000306948/4/831/Menn_og_menntir_Bindi_4_Bls_831) on Bækur.is 7 Jan 2021
• Gunnar F. Guðmundsson (1993). Jarðabréf frá 16. og 17. öld. (Gunnar F. Guðmundsson, Editor). Gunnar F. Guðmundsson, Iceland.
• Árni Magnússon (1980-1990) Jarðabók Árna Magnússonar og Páls Vídalíns, Volume 13. Hið íslenzka fræðafélag, Sögufélag, Kaupmannahöfn, Reykjavík, Iceland.
• Bjarni Jónsson (1949). Íslenskir Hafnarstúdentar. BS: Akureyri, Iceland.
• Sveinn Níelsson (1869). Prestatal og prófasta á Íslandi. Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag: Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved from (https://books.google.is/books?id=gvMQAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Gu%C3%B0brandur&f=false) on Google Books 8 Jan 2021.