Earl Sigurd "the Strong" BIOMSSON

Male Abt 1020 - 1055  (~ 35 years)


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  • Name Sigurd "the Strong" BIOMSSON 
    Prefix Earl 
    Born Abt 1020  Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1055  York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5804  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 

    Father Beorn Ulfsson OF DANISH MERCIA,   b. Abt 975, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1049  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Family ID F25527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aelfled III OF NORTHUMBRIA,   b. 1020, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Sibil of Northumbria,   b. Abt 1040, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Waltheof II EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA,   b. Abt 1045, Northumberland, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1076, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
     3. Asbeorne "Timber-axe" of Northumbria,   b. Abt 1050, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F25212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.


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