Siward (king of the Goths)
Also known as: Siward · Role: king of the Goths · First appears: Book Seven · Part 7
Life events
- Siward had two sons, Wemund and Osten, and a daughter, Alfhild.(Book Seven · Part 7)
- With: Wemund Osten (son of Siward) Alfhild (daughter of Siward)
- “At the same time Siward, the king of the Goths, is said to have had two sons, Wemund and Osten, and a daughter Alfhild”
- Siward banished Alfhild into close keeping and gave her reptiles to rear to guard her chastity.(Book Seven · Part 7)
- With: Alfhild (daughter of Siward)
- “Her father banished her into very close keeping, and gave her a viper and a snake to rear, wishing to defend her chastity by the protection of these reptiles when they came to grow up.”
Book Seven · Part 7
- child: Wemund “At the same time Siward, the king of the Goths, is said to have had two sons, Wemund and Osten, and a daughter Alfhild, who showed almost from her cradle such faithfulness to modesty that she continually kept her face muffled in her robe, lest she should cause her beauty to provoke the passion of another.”
- child: Osten (son of Siward) “At the same time Siward, the king of the Goths, is said to have had two sons, Wemund and Osten, and a daughter Alfhild, who showed almost from her cradle such faithfulness to modesty that she continually kept her face muffled in her robe, lest she should cause her beauty to provoke the passion of another.”
- child: Alfhild (daughter of Siward) “At the same time Siward, the king of the Goths, is said to have had two sons, Wemund and Osten, and a daughter Alfhild, who showed almost from her cradle such faithfulness to modesty that she continually kept her face muffled in her robe, lest she should cause her beauty to provoke the passion of another.”
Book Seven · Part 8
- child: Alfhild (daughter of Siward) “And when he demanded the gage which was attached to victory by the terms of the covenant, Siward answered that he would accept that man only for his daughter's husband of whom she made a free and decided choice.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.