Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWaltheof Earl Of Northumbria, 27G Grandfather
Birth1050
Death31 May 1076, St. Giles’ Hill, Winchester
BurialCroyland Abbey, Lincolnshire
FatherSiward Earl Of Northumbria (-1055)
MotherAelfflaed
Spouses
1Judith Of Lens, 27G Grandmother
Birthabt 1054, Normandy, France
Deathaft 1086
FatherLambert II Count Of Lens (~1030-1054)
MotherAdelaide Of Normandy Countess Of Aumale (~1030-<1090)
ChildrenMaud (~1074-~1130)
Notes for Waltheof Earl Of Northumbria
Joined the Revolt of the Earls against William the Conquerer, his wife’s uncle. She betrayed Waltheof to her uncle.
Last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and only English aristocrat executed (beheaded) during the reign of William the Conqueror.
Last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and only English aristocrat executed (beheaded) during the reign of William the Conqueror.
Notes for Judith Of Lens (Spouse 1)
After Waltheof died, William the Conqueror betrothed her to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton. Judith refused and fled the country. Later her daughter married Simon I.