Earl Walthe of Huntingdon

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Northumberland, England

Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria Sigurd Biornsson

Aelflaed of Northumbria

Jarl of Denmark Bjorn Ulfiusson

Lord of Bamburgh Aeldred

Winchester, England

General Notes

# Note: Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland 1

Sources:

1. Abbrev: The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants
Title: Gary Boyd Roberts

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earl of Northumbria and ancestor of the Scottish kings throughthe marriage of his daughter Matilda to King David I.

Son of Siward, the Danish earl of Northumbria (1041-55), andAelflaed, daughter of Aldred, earl of Northumbria, he receivedan earldom consisting of the shires of Huntingdon, Northampton,Bedford, Rutland, and Cambridge in 1065. He submitted to KingWilliam I the Conqueror in 1067 and, though he joined northernrebels in 1069, was restored to favour and allowed to marryWilliam's niece Judith. Later he was drawn into a rebellionagainst William (1075), for which he was condemned for treasonand executed.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Styrbjorn (The Strong) Olafsson ^*
  - b.~  0930 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0985 in Fyrisval, Uppsala, Sweden
  
  Thorkils (Sparkalägg) Styrbjornsson
  - b.~  0960 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.0985
  
  Queen of Norway Thyra Haraldsdottir ^*
  - b.~  0947 in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
  
  Jarl of Denmark Ulf Thorkilsson
  - b.~  0980 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.22 Sep 1027 in Roskilde, Denmark
  
  Sigrid
  - b.~  0961 in Halland, Sweden
  
  Jarl of Denmark Bjorn Ulfiusson
  - b.~  0970 in Denmark d.1049 in Bosham, Sussex, England
  
  Harald (Bluetooth) Gormsson of Denmark II ^*
  - b.0910 in Blauzahn, Germandy d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg, Denmark
  
  King Sveyn (Forkbeard) Haraldsson of Denmark I
  - b.0965 in Denmark d.02 Feb 1013 in Gainsboro, England
  
  Gunnhild Olafsdottir ^*
  - b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden d.1002
  
  Princess of Denmark Estrid Svensdottir
  - b.~  0997 in Denmark d.09 May
  
  Skogul-Tosti
  - b.~  0909
  
  Sigrid (The Haughty) Storrada Skoglar-Testedot
  - b.~  0950 d.>02 Feb 1013
  
  Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria Sigurd Biornsson
  - b.~  1005 in Denmark d.1055 in York, Yorkshire, England
  
  Earl Walthe of Huntingdon
  - b.~  1036 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1085 in Winchester, England
  
  High Reeve de Bamburgh Osulf ^*
  - b.<  0953 in Northumbria, England d.0963
  
  Earl of Northumbria Waltheof
  - b.<  0965 in Northumbria, England d.1006
  
  Earl of Northumbria Uchtred (The Bold)
  - b.~  0989 in Northumberland, England d.1018
  
  Elfeda
  - b.0965 in Northumberland, England
  
  Lord of Bamburgh Aeldred
  - b.~  0994 in Bernica, Northumberland, England d.1038
  
  Edgar (The Peaceful) of England ^*
  - b.0944 d.08 Jul 0975 in Winchester, England
  
  King Ethelred (The Unready) of England II
  - b.0968 d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
  
  Aelfrthryth of Devon ^*
  - b.0947 d.1000
  
  Aelfgifu Saxe-Wessex
  - b.0995 in Wessex, England
  
  Wulfrun ^*
  - b.0930 d.1002
  
  Eadgyth
  - b.0965 in Mercia
  
  Aelflaed of Northumbria
  - b.~  1015 in Bernicia, Nothumbria, England d.>  1045
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Walthe and Judith were married in 1070 in Artois, France.¹ They had a son and three daughters, named Waltheof, Matilda, Alice and Judith.

Earl Walthe of Huntingdon

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

Personal Timeline

Walthe's family with Judith of Lens

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