Siward (son of Omund)

Also known as: Siward · Family: Danes · Role: king · First appears: Book Eight · Part 9

In Book Eight · Part 9, Siward succeeded his father, Omund, to the throne by right of birth while his brother Budle was still young. In Book Eight · Part 10, Gotar (King of the Swedes) defeated him in Halland, taking his sister and driving Siward into Jutland; a little later, the Sclavs defeated him in Funen. Siward lost Skaane and Jutland, retaining only the middle of his realm, but slew Simon in battle and ended his own life amid a great slaughter of his foes.

Relationship record

Life events

• Siward succeeded to the throne by right of birth.(Book Eight · Part 9)
  • “The eldest of these, SIWARD, came to the throne by right of birth, while his brother Budle was still of tender years.”
• Gotar defeated Siward in Halland, and Siward retreated into Jutland.(Book Eight · Part 10 · 📍 Halland)
  • With: Gotar (King of the Swedes)
  • “Siward, defeated by him in Halland, retreated into Jutland, the enemy having taken his sister.”
• Siward was defeated in Funen by the Sclavs, who had found a leader.(Book Eight · Part 10 · 📍 Funen)
  • “But a little afterwards, the men whom he had subdued when they were ungeneraled, found a general and defeated Siward in Funen.”
• Siward lost Skaane and Jutland and retained only the middle of his realm.(Book Eight · Part 10 · 📍 Jutland)
  • “The result was that he lost both Skaane and Jutland, and only retained the middle of his realm without the head, like the fragments of some body that had been consumed away.”
• Siward slew Simon in battle and ended his own life amid a great slaughter of his foes.(Book Eight · Part 10 · 📍 Skaane)
  • With: Simon
  • “he slew Simon, and ended his own life amid a great slaughter of his foes.”

Book Eight · Part 9

• parent: Omund “Now Omund, as I have heard, died most tranquilly, while peace was unbroken, leaving two sons and two daughters. The eldest of these, SIWARD, came to the throne by right of birth, while his brother Budle was still of tender years.”
• siblings with Budle “The eldest of these, SIWARD, came to the throne by right of birth, while his brother Budle was still of tender years.”

Book Eight · Part 10

• enemies with Gotar (King of the Swedes) “Gotar judged that this affair had been inspired by Siward, and prepared to avenge his wrongs by arms.”
• child: Jarmerik “His son Jarmerik (Eormunrec), with his child-sisters, fell into the hands of the enemy;”
• enemies with Simon “So he mustered his army for battle, and openly declared war with one Simon, who was governor of Skaane under Gotar.”

Book Eight · Part 11

• siblings with Budle “At this time BUDLE, the brother of Siward, was Regent over the Danes, who forced him to make over the kingdom to JARMERIK when he came; so that Budle fell from a king into a common man.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.