Snorri was the richest man in Iceland and knew the laws by heart and he was clever and cunning. Snorri was fat and loved to sit and soak for hours in his hot tub with a cup of ale in his hand, he was, in fact, a heavy drinker.
Snorri would marry his children off into unhappy marriages which would further enhance his political goals and make him more powerful. During his time at Reykholt, he fathered five more children with three different women. Snorri settled in Reykholt in an estate where he made significant improvements, including an outdoor hot tub called Snorralaug. But the marriage would not last very long, and they got divorced in 1206. Snorri and his wife had two children together, Hallbera and Jón.
Snorri would soon after acquire more property and chieftainships. From her father, Snorri inherited an estate at Borg and a chieftainship. Snorri Sturluson got married in 1199 at the age of 21 with Herdís the daughter of Bersi Vermunddarson a very wealthy family. Because of this Snorri received an excellent education and made connections that he might now otherwise have made.
The settlement in Althinget would have bankrupted Páll but Jón Loftsson intervened in the Althing to mitigate the judgment to compensate Sturla, he offered to raise and educate his son Snorri.
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