The Skaggs-Files

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Families

Pedigree

1. Sigurdsson, King of Norway Magnus IV
   1. Knutsdatter, Christina
      1. Magnusdotter, Sophie
         1. Magnusson, King of Denmark Knut III
            1. Knutsson, Valdemar
            2. Knutsdatter, Hildegard
            3. Knutsdatter, Jutta
            4. Knutsson, Neils
            5. Knutsdatter, Ingard

Ancestors

Source References

1. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I26366 Caldwell and related families
   1. • Source text:

        ID: I26366
        Name: King of Norway Sigurd I "Jorsalfar" Magnusson
        Sex: M
        Birth: ABT 1094 in Bergen, Norway
        Death: 1130 in Bergen, Norway
        Note:
        Sigurd I of Norway
        From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

        Sigurd I Magnusson (1089?-1130), nicknamed Sigurd Jorsalfar (Sigurd the Crusader) was king of Norway 1103-1130.

        In 1098, he accompanied his father, Magnus, on his expedition to the Orkney Islands, the and the Western Lands. He was made Jarl of Orkney in that year, following the removal of the incumbent Earl. He was also, apparently made King of Man and the Isles in that year as well, following Magnus's overthrow of their king.

        It is not known whether he returned with Magnus to Norway after the 1098 expedition, but when in 1002 Magnus returned west, he was present in Orkney. A marriage alliance was negogiated between Muirchertach Ua Briain, the leading king in Ireland at the time and ruler of Dublin, and Magnus, and Sigrud was to marry Muirchertach's daughter. However in 1103 when Magnus was killed in Ulaid, the fourteen year old Sigrud returned to Norway, leaving his child-bride behind.

        When he returned to Norway, he became king together with his brothers Øystein and Olav.

        1107-1110 he left Norway to lead a Norwegian contingent in the Crusade. He fought in Lisbon, various Mediterranean islands and Palestine, and visited Sicily, Jerusalem (Jorsalaland) and Constantinople. From this he got his nicknames.

        Father: King of Norway Magnus "Barefoot" Olafsson b: 1073 in Bergen, Norway
        Mother: Margareta Ingesdatter b: ABT 1076 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

        Marriage 1 Muirchertach Ua Briain b: ABT 1100 in Munster, Éireann, Ireland
        Children
        Has Children King of Norway Magnus IV Sigurdsson b: ABT 1116 in Bergen, Norway

         

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