Person:Sigeferth Unknown (1)
Sigeferth _____
b.Abt 975 Oxfordshire, England
d.1015 Oxfordshire, England
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  1. Morcar of EnglandAbt 960 - 1015
  2. Sigeferth _____Abt 975 - 1015
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Name Sigeferth _____
Alt Name Siferth _____
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 975 Oxfordshire, England
Marriage to Ealdgyth _____
Death[1][2] 1015 Oxfordshire, England
Reference Number? Q16863932?


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Sigeferth (or Sigefrith) (died 1015) was, along with his brother Morcar, described by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as "chief thegn of the Seven Burghs".

According to the 12th century chronicle of John of Worcester, Sigeferth and Morcar were the sons of one Earngrim who is otherwise unrecorded. The Seven Burghs of which they were said to be the chief men are believed to have been the Five Burghs—Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham and Stamford—together with Torksey and York. These were among the chief towns of the northern part of the Danelaw.

Sigeferth was murdered alongside his brother Morcar by Eadric Streona at Oxford in 1015.

King Æthelred seized both Morcar's and Sigeferth's lands, and imprisoned Sigeferth's widow who was called Ealdgyth. King Edmund Ironside seized the widow and married her. Edmund redistributed some of the lands that had previously belonged to Sigeferth.

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References
  1. ↑ Sigeferth (died 1015), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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