Waltheof UNKNOWN 
Waltheof was born in 1045 in Huntingdon, England. Waltheof's father was Ealred UNKNOWN and his mother was Aefflaed UNKNOWN. His paternal grandfather was Beorn BEARSSON; his maternal grandfather was Ealdred UNKNOWN. He was an only child. He died at the age of 31 on May 31st, 1076 in St. Giles Hill, England.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Earl Of Huntington
In the Spring and Summer of 1075, the Earls of Norfolk an
d Hereford were conspiring to seize England for themselves
, and they enticed Waltheof to join in. He quickly change
d his mind, and reconciled with the King, who treated the m
atter lightly, but at Christmas 1075, Waltheof was brough
t to trial, his wife (the King's niece) being a witness aga
inst him. When the trial resumed in May Waltheof was foun
d guilty and beheaded on St. Giles's Hill (I suppose this i
s in Winchester, which is where he was tried) on 31 May 107
6.
Waltheof and Judith had no sons and two known daughters, (1
) Maud, who married first Simon de Saint Liz (Senlis) and s
econd David I King of Scots, and (2) Judith or Alice, who m
arried Ralph de Toni the younger. There may have been a thi
rd daughter who married a Robert son of Richard, but this m
ay be a confusion with a daughter of Maud and Simon.
They had a daughter named Matilda.
Family Notes
CHAN23 May 2002
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