Généalogie and Heritage
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| Type | Valeur |
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| Titre | Find a Grave: Waltheof of Huntingdon |
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| MEMORIAL ID 46759295 |
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| Waltheof of Huntingdon BIRTH 1050 England DEATH 31 May 1076 (aged 25–26) Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England BURIAL Crowland Abbey Crowland, South Holland District, Lincolnshire, England MEMORIAL ID 46759295 "First Earl of Huntingdon. Son of Siward Bjornsson, Earl of Northumbria, and Aefflaed of Bernicia, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bambaugh.. In 1070, he married Judith of Lens, daughter of Lambert II, Count of Lens, and Adelaide of Normandy, sister of William the Conqueror (William I). Last anglo-saxon aristocrat and the only noble executed under the reign of William I. He joined the revolt of Earls against William and was beheaded, his body being thrown in a ditch. He was buried in the chapter house at Croyland Abby, at the request of his wife, then moved to the Abbey itself in 1092 when the chapter house was destroyed by fire (for more, see Wikipedia, "Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria"). (credit Wikipedia) Children: Matilda, Queen of Scotland Adelise Huntingdon Family Members Parents Photo Siward Bjornsson 1020–1055 Aelflaed De Bernicia 1027–1050 Spouse Judith of Lens 1054–1086 (m. 1070) Children Alice of Northumberland Uchtred Johnston 1070–1155 Matilda of Huntingdon 1074–1130 |