General Notes

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He [Waltheof] married, in 1070, Judith, daughter of Lambert, COUNT OF LENS, by Adelaide or Adeliz, sister of the Conqueror. He died as aforesaid, 31 May 1076, and a fortnight later the Abbot Ulfketel, at Judith's request and by the King's permission, removed his body to Crowland, where it was honourably entombed.(g) His widow, who as "Judith the Countess" is recorded in Domesday Book to have held estates in many counties in 1086, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle, held Huntingdon in dower. She founded the Nunnery of Elstow, near Bedford.  [Complete Peerage VI:638-40, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offered Judith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St. Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance, owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal so displeased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle and honour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herself and her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely and other places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town of Northampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at £40 per annum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus disappointed in obtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses with greater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife, when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 467-8, St. Liz, Earls of Huntingdon]


NOTE: The parentage of Judith of Lens has come under critical study since the early 1970's, when Enguerrand II was thought by some to be her father. The currently acceptable parentage among most scholars is as stated, i.e., Lambert of Boulogne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]

!Daughter of William I who married Waltheof, the Saxon earl. Her perfidy, and the rapacity of those followers of William who thirsted for Waltheof's blood that they might possess his estates, determined the fate of Waltheof, whose memory was long regarded as that of a martyr.  He spent a year in prison before being beheaded at Winchester for his knowledge of the plot of Roger Fitz Osbern and Ralf de Gauder. [Knight's Popular History of England, Vol. 1, p. 229]

FOSTER, MINOR LINE

!Niece of the Conqueror. [The Bruces and the Cumyns, p. 390]

!Daughter of Adelaide, sister of William the Conqueror, and Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens. [Ped. of Charlemagne, Vol. I, p. 165, 270]

Dau of Adeliza of Normandy and either Lambert, Count of Lens or Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu; m. Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton and Northumberland; mother of Matilda of Northumberland. [Royal Descents, p. 463]

When Judith was widowed following the execution of her husband, Waltheof, her uncle, King William offered her hand in marriage to Simon de Senlis. The countess refused because Simon "halted on one leg" and with her three daus. was forced to flee from her uncle's wrath. King William seized forthwith her possessions and gave to Simon the town of Northampton with the whole hundred of Falkeley. In 1089 Simon m. Maud, the countess's eldest dau., who brought him the two earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton, which her mother, the countess, had forfeited. [Falaise Roll, p. 103]

Dau. of Lambert, Count of Lens, and Adelaide of Normandy; m. Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland; mother of Maud/Mathilda; founded the Convent of Elstow. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2916]

per Ances of Pres-father is possibly Enguerrand

Niece of William the Conquerer; b. 1054; m. 1070, Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton and Northumberland; mother of Maud of Huntingdon. [Ancestral Roots, p. 130]

Dau. of Lambert of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy; m. Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]

The history of Castle Ashby begins in the 11th century when Judith, niece of William the Conqueror, m. Waltherof, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon, and the King granted her several manors in the neighbourhood. The manor was then leased by Hugh of Ashby and his descendants until about 1300. [The Heritage and Tradition of Castle Ashby<http//www.camelotintl.com/heritage/ashby6.html]

May be dau. of Enguerrand, her mother's first husband, rather than Lambert of Lens, her mother's 2nd husband, as all of Lambert's lands passed to his older brother, Eustace II of Boulogne and none were assigned to Judith, although an heiress normally inherited at least a portion of her father's property. [<reedpcgen!aol.com]

Dau of Adeliza of Aumale and Lambert II von Boulogne; m. Waltheof II of Northumberland; m. Ivo de Taillebois. [Sally Six <dms@lewiston.com, 9 Mar 2002]

The Directory of Royal Genealogical Data:  Some sources show Judith asthe daughter of Enguerrand by Adelize.  Stammtafeln does not show her.The directory shows Lambert II of Lens, Adelize's second husband.

Anc96365.FTW]  Some sources show Judith as the daughter of Enguerrand byAdeliza.  Blood Royal, page 186, says "Ancestral 148-22 states that notonly is there the possibility that Judith's father was Enguerand II, butthat Adeliza 'maynot even have been Lambert's wife'."

After the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, King William offeredJudith, his niece, the deceased earl's widow, in marriage to Simon St.Liz, a noble Norman, but the lady peremptorily rejected the alliance,owing, Dugdale says, to St. Liz's halting in one leg, which refusal sodispleased the Conqueror that he immediately seized upon the castle andhonour of Huntingdon, which the countess held in dower, exposing herselfand her dau. to a state of privation and obscurity in the Isle of Ely andother places, while he bestowed upon the said Simon St. Liz the town ofNorthampton and the whole hundred of Falkeley, then valued at £40 perannum, to provide shoes for his horses. St. Liz thus diappointed inobtaining the hand of the Countess of Huntingdon, made his addresses withgreater success to her elder dau., the Lady Maud, who became his wife,when William conferred upon the said Simon de St. Liz, the Earldoms ofHuntingdon and Northampton. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.467-8, St. Liz, Earls of Huntingdon]

NOTE: The parentage of Judith of Lens has come under critical study sincethe early 1970's, when Enguerrand II was thought by some to be herfather. The currently acceptable parentage among most scholars is asstated, i.e., Lambert of Boulogne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty forCommoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]

He [Waltheof] married, in 1070, Judith, daughter of Lambert, COUNT OFLENS, by Adelaide or Adeliz, sister of the Conqueror. He died asaforesaid, 31 May 1076, and a fortnight later the Abbot Ulfketel, atJudith's request and by the King's permission, removed his body toCrowland, where it was honourably entombed.(g) His widow, who as "Judiththe Countess" is recorded in Domesday Book to have held estates in manycounties in 1086, most of them apparently gifts from the King, her uncle,held Huntingdon in dower. She founded the Nunnery of Elstow, nearBedford.  [Complete Peerage VI:638-40, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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