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Siward

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Siward (sy`ərd), d. 1055, 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 Edward the Confessor, d. 1066, king of the English (1042–66), son of Æthelred the Unready and his Norman wife, Emma. After the Danish conquest (1013–16) of England, Edward grew up at the Norman court, although his mother returned to England and
..... Click the link for more information.  against Earl Godwin in 1051 and in 1054 defeated Macbeth Macbeth (măkbĕth`), d. 1057, king of Scotland (1040–57). He succeeded his father as governor of the province of Moray c.
..... Click the link for more information. , king of Scotland, on behalf of Siward's nephew, later Malcolm III.
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