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'''Sigrid the Haughty''', [[Sigrid Storråda]], (most probable original Slavic name '''Światosława''') ([[967]] - [[1014]]) was the daughter of mythical [[Burislav]] (almost certainly [[Mieszko I of Poland]] and [[Dubrawka]]. In [[980]] (possibly [[985]]) she married [[Eric VI of Sweden]]. She may have given birth to [[Olof of Sweden|Olof Skötkonung]] who later became [[king of Sweden]], but some doubt that. After [[994]] she married [[Sweyn I of Denmark]] under the name [[Gunhilda]]. From this second marriage she probably had five children, including [[Canute the Great]] and [[Harald II of Denmark]].

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'''Sigrid the Haughty''', [[Sigrid Storråda]], (most probable original Slavic name '''Światosława''') ([[967]] - [[1014]]) was the daughter of [[Mieszko I of Poland]] and [[Dubrawka]]. In [[980]] (possibly [[985]]) she married [[Eric VI of Sweden]]. She may have given birth to [[Olof of Sweden|Olof Skötkonung]] who later became [[king of Sweden]], but some doubt that. After [[994]] she married [[Sweyn I of Denmark]] under the name [[Gunhilda]]. From this second marriage she probably had five children, including [[Canute the Great]] and [[Harald II of Denmark]].

The medieval chroniclers generally confirm the assumption that her father was Mieszko I, but [[saga]] authors (most important of which is [[Snorri Sturluson]]) put her father as [[Skogul Toste]].