Person:Sigehelm of Kent (1)

Sigehelm _____, Ealdorman of Kent
  • HSigehelm _____, Ealdorman of Kent871 - 902
  1. Eadgifu of KentBef 904 - 968
Facts and Events
Name[2] Sigehelm _____, Ealdorman of Kent
Gender Male
Birth[6] 871 Kent, EnglandCitation needed
Marriage to Unknown
Death[1] 902 Cambridgeshire, EnglandBattle of the Holme
Alt Death[2][5] Bet 902 and 904 East AngliaBattle of the Holme
References
  1. Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sigehelm, in Baldwin, Stewart, and Todd Farmerie. The Henry Project (King Henry II ): Ancestors of King Henry II.

    Baldwin states that the date of the battle is not conclusively known.

  3.   SIGEHELM, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  4.   Birch, Walter de Gray. Cartularium Saxonicum: a collection of charters relating to Anglo-Saxon history. . (London: Whiting & Company Ltd., 1885)
    2:159, 2:202, 2:219.

    Baldwin argues that these charters refer to Sigehelm.

  5. Earle, John (ed.), and Charles (ed.) Plummer. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892)
    pp. 46-47.

    MSS A and D here put Sigehelm's death in 905, which Baldwin states was originally 904.

  6. This unsourced birth date appears rather unlikely, given that Sigehelm is described as a minister of the king in an 875 charter.