Little Dane And Mason

Siward, Earl of Northumbria Siward, Earl of Northumbria 11th-century Earl of Northumbria in England For the Earl of Orkney also called Sigurðr digri, see Sigurd the Stout. Siward (/ˈsuːwərd/ or more recently /ˈsiːwərd/;[1] Old English: Siƿard) or Sigurd (Old English: Sigeweard, Old Norse: Sigurðr digri;[2] died 1055) was an important earl of 11th-century northern England. The Old Norse nickname Digri and its Latin translation Grossus ("the stout") are given to him by near-contemporary texts.[3] He emerged as a regional strongman in England during the reign of Cnut ("Canute the Great", 1016–1035). Cnut was a Scandinavian ruler who conquered most of England in the 1010s, and Siward was one of many Scandinavians who came to England in the aftermath, rising to…

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