possibly Sigrid the Haughty

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Scandinavian noblewoman legendary queen semi-legendary figure

Sigrid the Haughty is a semi-legendary Scandinavian queen, often identified as a powerful and proud noblewoman who may have been the mother of King Cnut the Great.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sigrid of Sweden	1
Sigrid the Haughty	1
Sigrid the Haughty (possibly legendary or conflated)	1
possibly Sigrid the Haughty canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scandinavian noblewoman ⓘ legendary queen ⓘ semi-legendary figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sigríðr in stórráða NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Heimskringla NERFINISHED ⓘ other Old Norse kings’ sagas ⓘ
associatedWith	Christianization of Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ Danish monarchy ⓘ Norwegian monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	politically astute ⓘ proud ⓘ strong-willed ⓘ
conflictInSources	refusal to convert to Christianity ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
culture	Norse ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
historicity	disputed ⓘ semi-legendary ⓘ
languageOfSources	Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
maritalStatus	married multiple times (according to saga tradition) ⓘ
nameMeaning	Sigrid of the great decisions ⓘ
notableFor	pride and haughtiness ⓘ role in Scandinavian royal sagas ⓘ
notedInScholarshipFor	problems of identifying historical basis of saga figures ⓘ
possibleMotherOf	Cnut the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
possiblyIdenticalTo	a Polish or Slavic princess ⓘ Świętosława NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Scandinavia ⓘ
religionInSources	pagan (in some accounts) ⓘ
roleInSources	queen consort ⓘ royal mother ⓘ
sourceType	medieval chronicles ⓘ sagas ⓘ
statusInHistoriography	controversial ⓘ possibly composite character ⓘ
timePeriod	Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cnut the Great → mother → possibly Sigrid the Haughty ⓘ

Eric XIV of Sweden → child → possibly Sigrid the Haughty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sigrid of Sweden

Olof Skötkonung → mother → possibly Sigrid the Haughty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sigrid the Haughty

Sweyn Forkbeard → spouse → possibly Sigrid the Haughty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sigrid the Haughty (possibly legendary or conflated)