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9 unusual facts about Siward, Earl of Northumbria


Ealdred of Bamburgh

Ealdred's daughter, Aelfflaed, was the first wife of Siward, Earl of Northumbria and her son, and Ealdred's grandson, was Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.

Markeaton

After the Norman conquest the manor of Markeaton which had been held by the Anglo-Saxon Siward, the Fairbairn Earl of Northumbria, was given to Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, along with chevinetum, Mackworth and Allestree.

Maud, Countess of Huntingdon

Her father was the last of the major Anglo-Saxon earls to remain powerful after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and the son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria.

Myddle

The village of Myddle was occupied by 1066, with a manor house for Siward, Earl of Northumbria completed in the 1050s.

North Sea Empire

However, it was left to another of Cnut's earls, Siward, to protect his earldom of Northumbria by consolidating English power in Scotland; at his death in 1055 he, not the king, was overlord of all the territory that the Kingdom of Strathclyde had annexed early the previous century.

Osbeorn Bulax

Osbeorn (died c. 1054), given the nickname Bulax, was the son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055).

Siward

Siward, Earl of Northumbria (d. 1055), Anglo-Scandinavian earl of Northumbria (also portrayed as a character in Shakespeare's Macbeth)

St Clement Danes

Other possible ideas are that in the 11th century after Siward, Earl of Northumbria killed the Dane Tosti, Earl of Huntingdon and his men, the deceased were buried in a field near London and a memorial church was subsequently built to honour the memory of the Danes.

The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II

Even if he had not died in 1055, Siward would be highly unlikely to have survived the aftereffects (Norman replacement of Saxon nobility) of Hastings; in Lukeman's play, Siward is still alive—and is one of two (the other being Seyton) who repeatedly advise Malcolm to move against Donalbain and Fleance


Æthelstan of Abingdon

Æthelstan became Abbot of Abingdon about 1044, following Siward's promotion, and died in 1047 or 1048 (Kelly 2000).

Eadulf Rus

Eadulf is primarily remembered for his involvement in the death of Walcher, Earl of Northumbria and Bishop of Durham.

Sivert

Sivert is a Scandinavian male name, a variant of Sigvard and Siward.

Siward

Siward Barn (fl. 1066 to 1087), English resistor to William the Conqueror

Siward Barn

The theory that this Siward is Siward Barn was advocated by Jonathan Shepard and Christine Fell.


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