father the Bishop rather than Magnús himself who had fled the country. Margrét considered the killing a sufficient act of vengeance, honoured her promise and married Þorvarðr. It is worth noting that Ívar and Margrét's father was Vigfús Ívarsson Hólm who for many years had been the representative (hirðstjóri) of the Danish king in the region. Jöns had thus made bitter enemies of several high ranking Icelanders for no immediately discernible reason other than a desire to use his office to enrich himself as quickly as possible. Using secular or ecclesiastical offices for self enrichment was not in itself an unusual thing to do at the time and certainly not an offence that warranted killing Jöns any more than his transgressions in Sweden had been. Had Jöns not gone out of his way to humiliate and mistreat powerful local chieftains he would probably be remembered simply as a corrupt bishop. See also List of Skálholt bishops References other sources Kyrkohistoriskt Personlexikon, by Carl Henrik Martling Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish) Jons Gerekesson Roman Catholic archbishops of Uppsala Jons Gerekesson Jons Gerekesson Jons Gerekesson People murdered in Iceland Danish murder victims Year of birth unknown