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2. | Waltheof II EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA was born about 1045 in Northumberland, Northumbria, England (son of Earl Sigurd "the Strong" BIOMSSON and Aelfled III OF NORTHUMBRIA); died on 31 May 1076 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Croyland, Wellingborough, England. Notes:
Waltheof, Earl of Hintingdon, was beheaded outside Westminster in May 1076. He was involved ina plot against William the Conqueror, along with Ralph de Gael, Earl of Norfolk, and Roger de Bretaeuil. the rebellion failed. Earl roger was imprisoned until he died; Earl Ralph left the country, leaving his wife to defend Norwich Castle, and Earl Waltheof met the headsman. At the time of the rebellion, William I was in France, but it was put down even before he could return to England.
Waltheof married Adelize de Lens OF BOULOGNE in 1070. Adelize (daughter of Lambert DE BOULOGNE) was born in 1054 in Lens, Normandy, France; and died. [Group Sheet]
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4. | Earl Sigurd "the Strong" BIOMSSON was born about 1020 in Denmark (son of Beorn Ulfsson OF DANISH MERCIA); died in 1055 in York, Yorkshire, England. Notes:
Sigurd came to England with Danish invaders. By 1042 Siward, Earl of Northumbria, had driven the Scots from Cumberland and ruled north to the Tweed and the Solway Firth. He was one of the leading supporters of King Canute. He is said to have murdered an earlier Northumbiran earl. He was called both Siward and Sigurd , and also called Earl of Northumbria, Northampton and Huntingdon. He was also called Digera. Siward was a hero character, larger in size and nature, to whom many exploits were traditionally attributed. His significant service to Edward the Confessor was to cut off the head of a rebellious earl (Jarl Tosti) and deliver it to the King. Siward Dirga (Valiant) led a large army of his own Northumbrians, plus Danes and Anglo-Saxons over the border into Scotland and slaughtered many Scots Siward lost his own son, Asbeorn Timber-Axe, in the conflict. He was killed in the battle with MacBeth.
Sigurd married Aelfled III OF NORTHUMBRIA. Aelfled (daughter of Ealdred OF NORTHUMBRIA) was born in 1020 in Northumbria, England; and died. [Group Sheet]
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136. | Gorm 'the Old' of Jutland KING OF DENMARK was born about 840 (son of Horda-Knut Sigurdsson KING OF DENMARK); died in 936; was buried in Jellinge, Denmark. Notes:
Gorm lived at Jelling and was a traditional Viking who had a wooden burial chamber built in a huge mound at Jelling. It was a double grave, doubtless for him and his wife. Connected with this mound, the Danish archaeologist Dyggve has traced a large triangular plot of ground framed by upright stones marking a consecrated place. It can be assumed that Gorm died sometime in the 940's.
Gorm, "the Old", was King of Denmark from 883-941, King of East Anglia in England, 905-918, King of Seeland by conquest and by marriage of Jutland c 880. He was nicknamed "the Old" because of the length of his reign. He was a pirate in his youth and did not share his father-in-law's acceptance of Chrisitianity. He united all provinces of what is now Denmark into one state.
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A History of the Vikings, by Gwyn Jones, pp. 204, 368-369.
Gorm married Thyri Klacksdottir OF JUTLAND. Thyri (daughter of Klack-Harald KING OF JUTLAND) was born about 880; died in 935. [Group Sheet]
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