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Ælflaed Sybil of Northumbria
b. circa 1014, d. 1040, #23215
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Father   Bjorn Ulsiusson Bearsson b. circa 975, d. circa 1049

Name Variation Ælflaed Sybil of Northumbria was also found as Sibylla Bearsson.1 
Name Variation Ælflaed Sybil of Northumbria was also found as Sibyl Fitzsiward Queen of Scotland.2 
Birth* circa 1014 Ælflaed Sybil was born circa 1014. Her parents are not certain. She may have been the daughter of of Bjorn Bearsson and the sister of Siward Digera Earl of Northumbria. It appears that she could not be the daughter of Ealard of Earl of Northumberland as she would be too old to be his daughter. Doig says that she was born ca 1009.3,2,4,5

 
Marriage* circa 1030 Ælflaed Sybil of Northumbria married Duncan I King of Scotland, son of Crinan de Mormaer of Atholl and Bethoc (Beatrice) Heiress of Scone (Scotland), circa 1030. Sibylla was a relative of Earl Siward of Northumbria, a match which provided Duncan's son Malcolm a valuable ally in his efforts to wrest Scottish kingship from Macbeth. But she WAS NOT the daughter of Siward, only a kinswoman.6,7,8,1,5 
Death* 1040
Ælflaed Sybil died in 1040.2 
research* 1040 Find at Internet 1040 Did she really die this young? leaving very young children. And Duncan did not remarry?? How were her parents? At least who is the choice now? 

Family   Duncan I King of Scotland b. 1001, d. 14 August 1040
Children  1. Margaret MacDuncan Cean-mohr+
  2. Malcolm III MacDuncan Cean-mohr+ b. c 1031, d. 13 Nov 10935
  3. Donald MacDuncan Cean-mohr+ b. c 1033, d. 1099
  4. Maelmuir MacDuncan Cean-mohr+ b. c 1035, d. 1115

Citations
  1. Alex II of Scotland, online Leo van do Pas.
  2. [S10141] BigKings Pedigree, online Church Yard Genealogies, Dates not consistent.
  3. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , Medieval-L Suzanne Doig.
  4. Download, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal02240.
  5. Download, Dr. Suzanne Doig Rootsweb .
  6. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , Medieval-l discussion.
  7. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , Alan B. Wilson<e-mail address .
  8. Henry II, online Leo van de Pas.
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