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Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria

Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria

Male 1046 - 1076  (30 years)

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  • Name Waltheof II  
    Suffix Earl of Northumbria 
    Birth 1046  Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    JOINED DANES IN REVOLT AGAINST WILLIAM THE CONQUORER 1069  York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Waltheof and Edgar Aetheling joined the Dane forces of Sweyn II and took part in the attack on York, in opposition to King William I. In 1070 he submitted to William and was restored to his earldom, and went on to marry William's niece, Judith of Lens.
    Name Waltheof de Tynedale 
    _AMTID 132543306943:1030:194851487 
    _FSFTID LDSS-ZMW 
    _UID B03F5B6E969CEE119841A820663F9BF3BD77 
    Death 31 May 1076  Saint Giles's Hill, Winchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Beheaded for treason on St Gilles Hill, Winchester for treason during the reign of William 
    • Arrested and sentenced to death by William the Conqueror (William I) for revolt, Waltheof spent almost a year in confinement before being beheaded on 31 May 1076 at St. Giles's Hill, near Winchester. He was the only Englishman to have been dealt such a punishment during King William's reign.
    Burial 14 Jun 1076  Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I201121  World of Hyde
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 

    Father Siward Fairbairn Biornsson,   b. 997, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1055, York, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Ælfflæd III of Northumbria,   b. Abt 1022, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1060, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1008  Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Countess Judith, of Lens,   b. May 1054, Lens, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1086, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage 1070 
    • 1071: Upon his marriage to Judith of Lens, Waltheof was created Earl of Northampton, first of this title.
    Children 
     1. Mathilda Of Huntingdon, Queen Consort Of Scotland,   b. 2 Jul 1072, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1131, Of Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. Adelisa Of Huntingdon,   b. 1073–1076, Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1126, Walthamstow, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years)
     3. Uchtred FitzWaldeve, Lord of Tynedale,   b. Abt 1074, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. CA 1152, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    Family ID F72185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Waltheof was the second son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Waltheof was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life.