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Line 23: These land grants again came under the control of King Æthelred when Morcar and his brother, Sigeferth, were murdered by Eadric in 1015. Williams speculates that Morcar may have been involved in swinging support in [[Northumbria]] behind [[Sweyn Forkbeard]], who was King of Denmark.<ref>Williams' ''Æthelred the Unready'' (p. 120)</ref> King Æthelred seized both Morcar's and Sigeferth's lands and imprisoned Sigeferth's widow, who was called [[Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016)\|Ealdgyth]]. [[Edmund Ironside\|King Edmund Ironside]] then freed the widow and married her. Edmund redistributed some of the lands that had previously belonged to Sigeferth.<ref>These are charters [http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=947 S 947]; Williams, ''Æthelred'', p. 134 & note 13.</ref> ==References==

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