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Siward Digera Bjornsson of Denmark

Male Abt 985 - 1055  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name Siward Digera Bjornsson of Denmark  [1, 2] 
    Born Abt 985  Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Earl of Northumbria 
    Occupation Bef 1031 
    Came to England with the Danish invaders 
    Occupation 1041 
    Killed Eadulf, the Earl of Northumberland, at the behest of King Harthacanute 
    Occupation 1041 
    Ravaged Worcestershire 
    Occupation 1032-1042 
    Earl of Deira, England 
    Occupation 1044 
    Restored Athelric, the Bishop of Durham 
    Occupation 1045 
    Invaded Scotland and placed Duncan's brother Maldred on the throne 
    Occupation 1051 
    Supported Edward the Confessor against Earl Godwin 
    Occupation 1054 
    Installed his nephew Malcolm Canmore as Lord of Strathclyde and Lothian 
    Occupation 1054 
    Led a force of English and Danes against the Scottish usurper MacBeth in the Battle of Dunsinane 
    Occupation 1042-1055 
    Earl of all Northumbria, from Humber to Tweed, England 
    Occupation 1042-1055 
    Earl of southern (Danish) Northumbria, England 
    Died 1055  York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Galmanho Abbey, York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4617  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Bjørn Úlfsson,   b. Abt 965, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ælfflæd of Northumbria,   b. Bernicia, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1018  Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sibyl FitzSiward of Northumbria,   b. Abt 1018, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1070, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
     2. Waltheof Siwardsson of Huntingdon,   b. Bef 1035, Northumberland, 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 ~ 41 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S637] Ahnen zu Karl dem Großen und Widukind in 765 Ahnenstämmen, Eberhard Winkhaus, (Ennepetal-Altenvoerde, Selbstverlag, Westfalen, 1950), 100.

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 459.


  

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