Who was Sigrid the Haughty?

It is one of the most mysterious, um, stories of early medieval history in Poland.

We know that the first Polish prince, the founder of Poland, of the Polish state, Mieszko I, had a daughter, and we know that this daughter was married off to a Danish ruler, to Sweyn Forkbeard, and we also know that she was the mother of Cnut the Great, who was one of the greatest, most remarkable figure of early medieval period in Northern Europe.

Uh, he was sometimes called the Emperor of the North because he created the state that combined Scandinavia, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden together with England, which he conquered.

So we know that, uh, one of the greatest r- rulers of the Northern Seas in the early medieval period was sort of half Polish, that his grandfather was Mieszko I.

These are facts, but because we're talking about very early period, late 10th century, early 11th century, there are also many theories and many historical sources that are difficult to align to each other.

So what I told you just are facts, but we, there are also, uh, many other, uh, suppositions, mostly drawn from Scandinavian sagas, which are written testimonies of songs and poetry, often written in the 11th century, but then we know it from versions from the 14th or even 15th centuries, so they are 300, 400 years later.

How did that, uh, come about?

Who was Sigrid the Hottie?

It is one of the most mysterious stories of early medieval history in Poland.

We know that the first Polish prince, the founder of Poland, of the Polish state, Mieszko I, had a daughter.

And we know that this daughter was married off to a Danish ruler, to Sven Forkbeard.

And we also know that she was the mother of Cannot the Great, who was one of the greatest, most remarkable figure of early medieval period in Northern Europe.

He was sometimes called the Emperor of the North because he created a state that combined Scandinavia, Norway, Denmark and Sweden together with England, which he conquered.

So we know that one of the greatest rulers of the northern seas in the early medieval period was sort of half Polish, that his grandfather was Mieszko I.

How did that come about?