Siward Bjornsson 
Siward was born in 0978 in Scotland. Siward's father was Björn Ulfsson. His paternal grandparents were Ulf (Wolf) Thorkilsson and Estrith (Maragaret) Of Denmark. He was an only child. He died at the age of 77 in 1055.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Earl Of Northumbria
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0959 d.0986 in Died I8n Battle
- b.0967 in Halland, Sweden d.22 Sep 1027
- b.~ 0840 d.0936
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzhan Germanyt d.1 Nov 986 in Jomsborg
- b.0818
- b.< 0936 d.18 Sep 1000
- b.0967
- b.0978 in Scotland d.1055
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They had a daughter named Aelfled (Sibyl) Of.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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Children
Aelfled (Sibyl) Of Northumbria
Aelfled (Sibyl) Of was born in 1014 in Northumberland, England. She died about 1040.
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