Siward Bjornsson

Abt 0978 - 1055  (77 years)

• Name	Siward Bjornsson
  Born	Abt 0978	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	1055
  Person ID	P44552246	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	Bj Ulfsson
  Family ID	F3823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aelfled (Elfleda) of Bernicia,   b. Abt 1031, Bernicia, Northumberland, England
  Married	Abt 1033	Northumberland, England
  Children	1. Earl of Huntington Waltheof,   b. 1020, Northumberland, England ,   d. 31 May 1076, St. Giles Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 56 years)   2. Aelfled (Sibyl) of Northumbria,   b. Abt 1014, Northumberland, England ,   d. 1040  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in 1041 he ravaged Worcestershire and perhaps murdered Eadwulf of Northumbria; thereafter he was himself earl of Northumbria. He supported Edward the Confessor against Earl Godwin in 1051 and in 1054 defeated Macbeth, king of Scotland, on behalf of Siward's nephew, later Malcolm III. He governed northern England.