Siward (Northumbria) of Northumbria
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Siward Bjornsson (Northumbria) of Northumbria (bef. 1015 - 1055)

Siward Bjornsson [uncertain] "Sigvard, Sigurd, Earl of Northumbria, Digera" of Northumbria formerly Northumbria
Born before in Scandinaviamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] (to before 1055) [location unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after age 40 in St Olave, York, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Biografi

Siward Digera, eller Sigurd Digre eller Sigurd Danske (død 1055), var jarl av Deira 1032–1043, og jarl av Northumbria 1042–1055. För mer info se https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siward_av_Northumbria

Biography

Siward, Earl of Northumbria[1][2]
b. ante 1015 Denmark[3]
d. 26 Mar 1055[4]
bur: St Olaf. Galmanho ( Galmanho Monastery). York[5][6]

Titles

After 1041 - 1055: Earl of Northumbria[5]

Disputed Parents and Siblings

Siward's parents are unknown.
Bjorn is his father passed down through folklore.

p. (unknown / unproven folklore) Bjorn Bearsson[7]
  • sister: (disputed) Sybill/Suthen m. Duncan I of Scotland
  • Attempting to deduce some trace of facts in the folklore of Siward's ancestry, historian Timothy Bolton [5] suggests that Siward's father Bjorn may be a cousin of Ulf who married the Danish Queen Astrid. Essentially, however, Siward's parents are unknown. He has previously been shown as the son of Æstriðr Sveinsdóttir and an Uswulf Ealdorman. Based on the absence of any factual basis for this connection, the linkage has been removed.Day-1904 16:02, 16 June 2017 (EDT)

Marriage and Issue

m. Godifu
  • (unproven) Osbeorne / Osbeorn Bulax (d.27 Jul 1054)[6][5][8]
m. Aelfled. Issue:[1][9][10]
  • (unproven) Osbeorn Bulax (d.27 Jul 1054)[6][5][8]
  • Waltheof of Bamburg[1]
  • (disputed) Sybill/Suthen m. Duncan I of Scotland

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Simeon of Durham
  2. Old English: Sigeweard; Siward Biornsson (Medieval Lands); Alias: Grossus (the Stout)[citation needed]; Wikipedia: Siward, Earl of Northumbria
  3. may have arrived in England with the invasion of Knud of Denmark in 1015 (Medieval Lands).
  4. fmg.ac
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Wikipedia: Siward, Earl of Northumbria
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Florence of Worcester
  7. Vita et passio Waldevi comitis. (Vita Waldevi). See Wikipedia and Medieval Lands.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Wikipedia: Osbeorn Bulax. eldest son "Osbjorn" is normally said to be Aeffled's son, but he could be Godifu's instead.
  9. Roger of Hoveden
  10. m. ABT 1033[citation needed]

See also:

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Chronicle of John of Worcester
"England, AngloSaxon nobility: Northumbria." Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac.
William of Malmesbury
Henry of Huntingdon
Orderic Vitalis
Stevenson, J., ed. (1855). "Simeon's account of the Siege of Durham." The historical works of Simeon of Durham ... (Vol.3, Part 2, pp765). Google eBook.
Symeon of Durham
Wikipedia: Siward, Earl of Northumbria

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Were the archeological department of York University willing to find Earl Siward, who is buried either on the campus or at St Olives, and do a DNA and bone analysis, a thousand year old question could be answered. Without it everything is hypothetical.

And so mine is Bolton's correct. Siwards father was Bjorn Syrbjornson. He served as a sturaesman of Wessex and was responsible for the death of Edward the Martyr, was given a ring for his service to the crown (h' ring o' Bjorn), all the while as an informant to Swein, and would later bear children with the Queen mother Aelfrith. She would die when Siward was around 8. He would grow up in Ethelreds court and he and his sister Margaret Beron (born 997) would accompany Emma and her children to Normandy where Siward would have son Osbjorn and daughter Sybil in 1014.

posted by L Armstrong
I haven't linked to Siward, but I am hoping to in the future. His son was Waltheof of Northumbria, grandson Uctred FitzWaltheof, great grandson John FitzUctred and great great grandson John Johnston, the first Johnston.
posted by Thomas Johnston
edited by Thomas Johnston
Alexander Johnston (1684-1715)

This man's baptism certificate from 1684 in Aberdeenshire lists a John Johnston as the father, and no mother. Do you know if he links back to this person? Heck, maybe we're related, lol

posted by Otis johnson Jr
Siward was one first people i linked to and son uhgtred now I have issues linking to them at all dont understand ?Any help
posted by Daniel Cox II
Are there Scandinavian Kings today and are they decendent from Siward and where did his family end up most of them over history. How long did they hold kings, or any other title's.
posted by Daniel Cox II
edited by Daniel Cox II
I am a direct descendent of Siward (25th great grandson).
posted by Marvin Løvenfeldt
I have de-linked him a the son of Astrid and Uswulf. See referenced note under disputed parents.
posted by Jack Day
There's too many profiles for Siward, Earl of Northumbria, and it looks like folklore hijacked the line... when there's no proof his father was Bjorn or Ulf the Earl. Those lines -- Ulfsson and Thorgilsson -- also have chronic problems with other family members who further corrupt the lineage.... like Sybill/Suthen.

To avoid a dangerous merge ... Can we just merge all the Siwards into Northumbria-1, follow protocal and put patrynomics in the Middle Name field, use the House for LNAB/CLN and ... cut the main ID for Siward off from any parents? ... The different ideas can be stated it in the bio, using links to point to the myriad of parents, not-so-well-maybe-sibling/mothers, etc...

posted by [Living Ogle]
if married in 1033, per his birth date, he'd been 3yrs old. please review.
posted by Robert Wood

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