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Ulf Thorgilsson
(Abt 0993-1027)
Estrid Svensdatter Princess of Denmark
(Abt 0997-)
Bjorn Ulfiusson
(Abt 1021-Abt 1049)
Sigurd Earl of Northumberland
(Bef 1013-1055)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Aelfflaed of Bernicia

Sigurd Earl of Northumberland 1 2 3

  • Born: Bef 1013, <Denmark>
  • Marriage (1): Aelfflaed of Bernicia
  • Died: 1055, York, Yorkshire, England
  • Buried: Galmanho Abby, York, Yorkshire, England

   Other names for Sigurd were Siward Earl of Northumbria, Siward Biornsson and Sigurd Bjornsson Earl of Northumberland.

  Research Notes:

From Wikipedia - Siward, Earl of Northumbria :

Siward or Sigurd (Old English : Sigeweard) was an earl and commander in 11th-century northern England. The Old Norse nickname Digri ("the Stout") and Latin translation Grossus ("the Fat") are given to him by near-contemporary texts.[1] The English name Sigeweard was cognate to the single Old Norse name written variously as Sigvarðr and Sigurðr.[2]


Probably of Scandinavian origin, Siward emerged as a powerful regional strongman in England during the reign of Cnut (1016-1035). By 1033 Siward was in control of what is now Yorkshire, governing southern Northumbria as earl on Cnut's behalf. He married Ælfflæd, the daughter of an Earl of Bamburgh . After killing a different Earl of Bamburgh in 1041, Siward gained control of all Northumbria. He exerted his power in support of Kings Harthacnut and Edward , and turned against the Scottish King Mac Bethad mac Findlaích ("Macbeth"), whom he defeated in battle in 1054. Siward died the following year.

Henry of Huntingdon, in his Historia Anglorum, related that when Siward was attacked by dysentery , fearing to die "like a cow" and wishing rather to die like a soldier, he clothed himself in armour and took to hand an axe and shield. Ennobled in such a manner, Siward died.[81] This anecdote is of doubtful historicity, and is thought to be derived from the saga devoted to Earl Siward, now lost.[82] The Vita Ædwardi Regis said that Siward died at York and was buried in "the monastery of St Olaf", i.e., Galmanho , a claim confirmed by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Worcester Chronicle, and the Historia Regum among others.[83]

  Birth Notes:

FamilySearch has b. abt 1020.


Sigurd married Aelfflaed of Bernicia, daughter of Ealdred Earl of Bernicia and Unknown. (Aelfflaed of Bernicia was born about 1031 in <Bernicia, Northumbria>, England.)


Sources


1 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Siward, Earl of Northumbria.

2 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 13-25 (Judith of Lens).

3 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Cit. Date: 26 Jul 2009.


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