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Sigrid the Haughty (Old Norse:Sigríðr (hin) stórráða), also known as Sigrid Storråda , is a Scandinavian queen appearing in Norse sagas. Sigrid is named in several late and sometimes contradictory Icelandic sagas composed generations after the events they describe, but there is no reliable historical evidence correlating to her story as ...
Apr 28, 2016 · Print. In Norse sagas, Sigrid appears as the wife of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. She's also known as a famous Polish queen of the Vikings, who was called Świętosława. Sigrid was born between 960 and 972 AD, as a daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and Doubravka of Bohemia. She was born in the capital city of ...
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Aug 4, 2023 · Sigrid the Haughty, also known as Sigríð Storråda, is a queen appearing in Norse sagas as wife, first of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. Sigrid appears in many sagas composed generations after the events they describe, but there is no reliable evidence as to her existence as they describe her.
Jun 4, 2015 · Sigrid the Haughty earned her name. She earned it hard. A phenomenally clever woman of the Viking era, Sigrid had worked herself into a comfy place in life: queen of Sweden. However, come middle age, her jimmies got rustled slightly when her husband had the bad manners to suddenly die 1.
Queen of Denmark. Born in Sweden; died before 1013; daughter of Tosti-Skogul; married Eric VI the Victorious, king of Sweden; became second wife of Sven or Sweyn I Forkbeard, king of Denmark (r. 985–1014), king of England (r. 1014), around 996 (divorced); children: (first marriage) Olof or Olaf Sköttkonung or Skötkonung, king of Sweden (r ...
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Description. According to the famous Swedish saga of Heimskringla, Sigrid was the daughter of Skolgar Toste and an unknown mother. Sigrid was described as beautiful but unforgiving and uninterested in marriage. She was a sought after bride for her beauty, which annoyed Sigrid who was still very vengeful of her past.
May 17, 2019 · Sigrid the Haughty: Pagan in Blood and Queen of Consort. In Norse sagas, Sigrid was listed among the most powerful Viking women. She was a pagan in blood refusing to get baptised no matter what. She was beautiful but she was so proud of herself that she got the name "Haughty". Sigrid was born between 960 and 972 AD.
