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SIWARD (d. 1055)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 164 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIWARD (d. 1055) , See also:earl of See also:Northumbria, was a Dane by See also:birth and probably came to See also:England with Canute. He became earl of See also:Deira after the See also:death of Eadwulf Cutel, earl of Northumbria, about 1038, and earl of all Northumbria after murdering Eadwulf, earl of See also:Bernicia, in 1041. He supported See also:Edward the See also:Confessor in his See also:quarrel with Earl See also:Godwine in 1051, and was appointed earl of See also:Huntingdon soon after this date. In 1054 Siward invaded See also:Scotland in the interests of his kinsman See also:Malcolm Canmore, and he completely routed See also:King See also:Macbeth in a See also:battle in which his son Osbeorn was killed. See also:Early in 1055 the earl died at See also:York. See also:Shakespeare introduces Siward and his son, whom he calls See also:young Siward, into the tragedy of Macbeth, and represents the old See also:man as saying when he heard that his son's wounds were in front, " Had I as many sons as I have hairs, I would not wish them to a fairer death." Siward, a man of unusual strength and See also:size, is said to have risen from his See also:bed at the approach of death, and to have died dressed in all his See also:armour. He built a See also:minster near York which he dedicated to St See also:Olaf, and where he was buried; and one of his sons was Earl See also:Waltheof. See E. A. See also:Freeman, The See also:Norman See also:Conquest, vols. ii. and iii. (187o–1876) ; and W.

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Skene, See also:Celtic Scotland (1876-188o).

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