Sigurd (Syward) Biornsson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

Abt 0990 - 1055  (65 years)

• Name	Sigurd (Syward) Biornsson
  Birth	Abt 0990	Denmark
  Gender	Male
  Death	1055	York, Yorkshire, England
  Notes	Name Suffix: Jarl of Northumbria The evidence as to the existence of a pre-Conquest Earldom of Huntingdonis scanty. When Harthacnut in 1041 ordered the city of Worcester to beravaged as punishment for the slaying of two of his huscarls by thecitizens, among those who took part in the expedition was TURI, styledEarl of the Middle English. That he was Earl of Huntingdon appears by anotification to him and others of the county made by King Harthacnut andÆlfgiva his mother concerning the gift of Hemmingford to the Abbey ofRamsey (1036-1042). Later (1042-1050) Edward the Confessor confirmed thisgift by a notification to Turi the Earl and others. Turi is supposed byFreeman to have been succeeded by BEORN, but evidence is lacking; andHAROLD is said by Florence of Worcester to have held Huntingdon with hisEast Anglian Earldom in 1051, just before the banishment of the Godwinfamily. SIWARD, EARL OF Northumberland, appears to have held itimmediately afterwards, being addressed as Earl in a charter of KingEdward which may be dated 1050 to 1052. He married Ælfled, daughter ofAldred of Bernicia. He died in 1055, when, his surviving son Waltheofbeing too young, the Earldoms of Northumberland and Northampton werebestowed on Tostig, brother of Harold and a favourite of the King, who isstyled Earl of Northampton in a royal confirmation of agreements betweenthe Abbey of Ramsey and those of Peterborough and Thorney, [c] andprobably held the Earldom of Huntingdon also until his banishment inOctober 1065. [Complete Peerage VI:637-8] [c] The chroniclers relate a traditional story that his predecessor wasone Tosti, a Dane, who when on his way to visit the King insulted Siward;that Siward took no notice, but that on Tosti's return he cut off hishead, carried it to the King, and demanded the Earldom, for he had beenpromised the next dignity that fell to the King's hands. _______________________ Came to England with the Danish invaders. [Roderick W. stuart, Royaltyfor Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD,1998]
  Person ID	I7671	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Biorn Ulfiusson,   b. Abt 0970, Denmark d. 1049, Murdered in Bosham (Age 79 years)
  Notes	_UID62BDE162C18BE349A9FD3D44775551A8C609
  Family ID	F4362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aelflaed of Northumbria,   b. Abt 0998, Bernicia, Northumbria, England
  Notes	_UIDFC08B45E211D8E44BEA0BC9779841F170A01
  Children	1. II Earl of Huntingdon Waltheof,   b. Abt 1036, Northumberland, England d. 31 May 1076, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 40 years)   2. Sibyl Sywardsdottir,   b. Abt 1014, Northumbria, England
  Family ID	F4361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Death - 1055 - York, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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