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Sigfred "The Dane" First Count of Guīnes
(Abt 0910-0965)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elstrude

Sigfred "The Dane" First Count of Guīnes 1 2

  • Born: Abt 910, Denmark
  • Marriage (1): Elstrude
  • Died: 965 about age 55

   Another name for Sigfred was Siegfried Count of Guīnes.

  Research Notes:

From Wikipedia - Guīnes

In 928 , when the Danes invaded and seized the place, it was probably a defenceless village. A fenced mound and a double ditch would soon have been created by the Danes. This is the origin of the castle of Guīnes. Arnulf I , Count of Flanders , realizing a counter-attack would be costly, arranged the marriage of his daughter Elstrude, to Sigfrid, the Danish leader, bestowing upon him the title of Count of Guīnes but as vassal to him, the Count of Flanders. Under Sigfrid's successors, the county of Guīnes acquired considerable importance.


Sigfred married Elstrude, daughter of Arnulf I Count of Flanders and Artois and Adele of Vermandois. (Elstrude was born about 912 in Flanders (France or Belgium).)


Sources


1 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Guīnes.

2 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872021.


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