comte de Guînes Sigfried 'the Dane' de Guines

Abt 905 - 965  (60 years)

• Name	Sigfried 'the Dane' de Guines  [1]
  Title	comte de Guînes
  Birth	Abt 905	Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	965	Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Person ID	I26519	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Godfrid Haraldsson,   b. Abt 820, Denmark
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gisela Lotharingia,   b. Abt 840   d. Abt 907 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 880	Lorraine, France   [2]
  Family ID	F5269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elstrude de Flanders,   b. Abt 945, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium d. 966, Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 21 years)
  Children	1. Comte de Guines Ardolf de Guines,   b. Abt 965, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 996, Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 905 - Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Death - 965 - Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-GUINES Coat of Arms for Guines

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S1551] Wikipedia: Godfrid Haraldsson, (Name: Wikipedia;), Godfrid Haraldsson. Godfrid Haraldsson (c. 820 – c. 856) was the son of the Danish king Harald Klak. In 826 he was baptized together with his parents in Mainz in the Frankish Empire, with crown prince Lothair standing as a godparent. After his baptism, Godfrid stayed in Lothair's retinue, until they fell out sometime in the 840s, and Godfrid returned to Denmark. There he teamed up with Rorik, the son of his father's brother (his cousin). In 850 they united against Lothair and raided Dorestad. Rorik took possession of Frisia. Godfrid continued to plunder Flanders and Artois, and returned to Denmark for the winter. In 851 he was back, raiding in Frisia and around the Rhine, then sailed up the Scheldt to attack Ghent and the abbey of Drongen. After another winter in Denmark, Godfred returned again in 853 to Francia. On 9 October 853 he sailed up the Seine. The fleet advanced beyond Rouen, as far as Pont-de-l'Arche, and encamped on an island near Les Andelys. Charles the Bald summoned his army as well as that of the Middle Kingdom of Lothar, Godfred's godfather. The two sides faced each other the whole winter, the Frankish land army lacking boats to attack the Vikings. The stalemate was resolved in the spring of 853 when Godfred sailed away, probably with a tribute. In 855 Godfred and his cousin Rorik tried to gain power in Denmark after the death of king Horik I. The attempt failed, and they returned the same year, taking back Dorestad and a large part of the area of what is now The Netherlands. After this, the sources are silent about this Godfred. He probably died soon afterwards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrid_Haraldsson