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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Earls, ealdormen and high-reeves of Bamburgh, Earls and ealdormen of East Anglia, Earls and ealdormen of York, Earls of East Anglia, Earls of Herefordshire, Earls of Mercia, Earls of Northumbria, Earls of Wessex, Harold Godwinson, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Tostig Godwinson, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Siward, Earl of Northumbria, Eirikr Hakonarson, Thored, AElfhelm of York, Oslac of York, Northman, Osulf I of Bamburgh, Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria, Earl of East Anglia, Odda of Deerhurst, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Uhtred the Bold, Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, AEthelstan Half-King, Ralph de Gael, Thorkell the Tall, AEthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia, Sweyn Godwinson, Ulfcytel Snillingr, Ralph the Timid, AElfgar, Earl of Mercia, Gyrth Godwinson, Morcar, Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian, Osulf II of Bamburgh, Edwin, Earl of Mercia, AEthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia, Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian, Copsi, Robert de Comines, Ealdred of Bamburgh, Waltheof of Bamburgh, Eadwulf III of Bamburgh, Eadwulf Cudel. Excerpt: Siward or Sigurd (Old English: Sigeweard) 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. Siward was probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps a member of Earl Ulf's kindred, and emerged as a powerful regional strongman in England during the reign of Cnut ("Canute the Great," 1016-1035). Cnut was a Scandinavian ruler who conquered England in the 1010s, and Siward was one of the many Scandinavians who came to England in the aftermath of that conquest. Siward subsequently rose to become sub-ruler of most of northern England. From 1033 at the latest Siward was in control of southern Northumbria, that is, present-day Yorkshire, governing as earl on Cnut's behalf. He entrenched his posi
