BJØRN Ulfsen (-murdered Dartmouth 1049, bur Dartmouth, transferred to Winchester Cathedral). Adam of Bremen names "Bern ducem et Suein regem" as sons of "Wolf duci Angliæ" & his wife. 1020. Florence of Worcester specifies that he was the son of Ulf and brother of King Svend. He was created Earl in Eastern Mercia in 1045 by Edward "the Confessor" King of England. King Edward granted him part of the earldom of Svein Godwinsson, son of Godwin Earl of Wessex, after the latter was outlawed following his seduction of the Abbess of Leominster. Bjørn was killed on board the ship of his cousin Earl Svein, son of Godwin Earl of Wessex. SOURCE: Charles Cawley at http://fmg.ac/
Bjorn ULFSSON |