SIWARD

SIWARD

Male - 1055

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  • Name SIWARD,  
    Gender Male 
    Relation to Me 28 GGF 
    Royalty & Nobility Earl of Northumbria 
    Death 1055 
    Person ID I7475  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. NORTHUMBERLAND, Waltheof,   b. 1050, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1076 (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1895  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

  • Photos
    Death_of_Earl_Siward_(Smetham)
    Death_of_Earl_Siward_(Smetham)

    Documents
    Siward, Earl of Northumbria - Wikipedia
    Siward, Earl of Northumbria - Wikipedia

  • Notes 
    • The 12th-century historian, Henry of Huntingdon, in his Historia Anglorum, relates 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.

      Siward was probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps a relative of Earl Ulf, and emerged as a powerful regional strongman in England during the reign of Cnut ("Canute the Great", 1016-1035). Cnut was a Scandinavian ruler who conquered England in the 1010s, and Siward was one of the many Scandinavians who came to England in the aftermath of that conquest. Siward subsequently rose to become sub-ruler of most of northern England. From 1033 at the latest Siward was in control of southern Northumbria, that is, present-day Yorkshire, governing as earl on Cnut's behalf.


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