Sigrid the Haughty

  General Notes:

also known as Sigríð Storråda, is a queen appearing in Norse sagas as wife, first of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. While given the Nordic ancestry in sagas, she has been hypothesized to be identical to historically attested Polish or Pomeranian princesses. Her authenticity is disputed by some modern scholars such as Birgitta Fritz.[1]

Sigrid appears in many sagas composed generations after the events they describe, but there is no reliable evidence as to her existence as they describe her. It is unclear if she was a real person, an amalgamation of the lives and deeds of several women or a completely fictional character.

Sigrid married Eric of Uppland the Victorious. (Eric of Uppland the Victorious was born circa 945 and died circa 995.)