Ancestors of Saul M. Montes-Bradley

Notes


1244983921. Dearbforgail ingen Donnchada O'Brien

Her name means "grandaughter"
some sources sayshe was a daughter of Brian Boru. Ben Senchus 190,229


1244984140. Siward (Ealred) Bjornsson "the Saxon" , Earl of Northumbria, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton

"Siward, the Danish earl of Northumbria, unsuccesfully attempted to dethrone MacBeth in favor of Malcolm (afterwards Malcolm III Canmore), eldest son of Duncan I. By 1050, MacBeth felt secure enough to leave Scotland fo r a pilgrimage to Rome. But in 1054 he was apparently forced by Siward to yield part of southern Scotland to Malcolm. Three years later Macbeth was killed in battle by Malcolm, with assistance from the English. MacbBeth was buried in the island of Iona, regarded as the resting place of lawful kings, but not of usurpers. His followers installed his step-son Lullach as King; when Lullach was killed, on 17 March 1058, Malcolm III was left supreme in Scotland."
[see Encyclopædia Britannica, 7:607]

"Siward, Earl of Northumbria, was a Dane by birth and probably came to England with Canute. In 1054 he invaded Scotland in the interests of Malcolm Canmore and he completely routed Macbeth in battle. Shakespeare introduces him and his son into "Macbeth." Siward, a man of unusual strength and size, is said to have arisen from his bed at the approach of death and to have died dressed in all his armor."
[Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, 832]


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