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Adkins-Horton Genealogy
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Abt 1020 - 1055 (~ 35 years)
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Name |
Sigurd "the Strong" BIOMSSON |
Prefix |
Earl |
Born |
Abt 1020 |
Denmark |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
1055 |
York, Yorkshire, England |
Person ID |
I5804 |
adkinshorton |
Last Modified |
2 Jan 2013 |
Family |
Aelfled III OF NORTHUMBRIA, b. 1020, Northumbria, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
Children |
| 1. Sibil of Northumbria, b. Abt 1040, Northumbria, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 2. Waltheof II EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA, b. Abt 1045, Northumberland, Northumbria, England , d. 31 May 1076, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 31 years) |
| 3. Asbeorne "Timber-axe" of Northumbria, b. Abt 1050, Northumbria, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F25212 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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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