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Siward himself died in 1055, and Waltheof being far too young to succeed as Earl of Northumbria, King Edward appointed Tostig Godwinson to the earldom. Waltheof was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life. Around 1065, however, he became an earl, governing Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire.
Southern Northumbria, the former Deira, then became the Viking kingdom of York, while the rulers of Bamburgh commanded territory roughly equivalent to the northern kingdom of Bernicia. In 1006 Uhtred the Bold , ruler of Bamburgh, by command of Æthelred the Unready became ealdorman in the south, temporarily re-uniting much of the area of ...
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The sons Dolfin, Waltheof and Gospatric are named in De obsessione Dunelmi and by Symeon of Durham, [9] while a document from about 1275 apparently prepared to instruct advocates in a land dispute reports that of these three sons, only Waltheof was born to a legitimate marriage and that he was full sibling of Gospatric's daughter Ethelreda. [12]
Maud was the daughter of Waltheof, the Anglo-Saxon Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, and his French wife Judith of Lens.Her father was the last of the major Anglo-Saxon earls to remain powerful after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and the son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria.
Waltheof d. 1076 Earl of Northumbria, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Earl of Northampton: Judith of Lens 1054/1055–c. 1090, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon: Maud c. 1074 –1130 3rd Countess of Huntingdon, 2nd Countess of Northampton Queen of Scotland: Simon I de Senlis d. 1111–1113 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 2nd Earl of Northampton jure uxoris: Simon II ...
Waltheof, Waldeve or Waldef is a masculine name of Old English origin and it survives in present-day as the name Waldo. Its original meaning is uncertain. It may refer to: Waltheof of Bamburgh (died after 1006), Waltheof I, Earl of Northumberland 963–995; Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria (died 1076), 11th-century Earl of Northumberland
During the first part of his term as bishop, he was on friendly terms with Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, so much so that Waltheof sat with the clergy when Walcher held synods. [5] After Waltheof rebelled and lost his earldom, Walcher was allowed to buy the earldom of Northumbria. [ 6 ]