Judith de Lens
1054 - 1088 (33 years)-
Name Judith de Lens Birth May 1054 Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France 
Gender Female Death 1088 Northinghamshire, England Person ID I2725 footsteps | Ancestors, Charlamagne, Conqueor Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Father Lambert Boulogne, b. 1022, France d. Aug 1054, Flanders, Belgium (Age 32 years) Relationship natural Mother Adelais Normandie, b. Bef 1035, Normandie, France d. Bef 1096, Seine, France (Age < 61 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1053 Family ID F5350 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Waltheof of Northumbria, Earl Of Northumberland , b. 1045, Huntingdonshire, England d. Abt 31 May 1076, Hampshire, England (Age 31 years) Marriage Jan 1070 Children + 1. Uctred FitzWaltheof, b. Aft 1070, Tynedale, Scotland d. 1152, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age < 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Matilda Huntington, Countess Of Huntingdon , b. Feb 1072, Huntingdonshire, England d. 23 Apr 1131, Perthshire, England (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Maud Huntingdon, Queen Maud Of Scotland , b. Abt 1074, Huntingdonshire, England d. Abt 1131, Perthshire, England (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2373 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
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Birth - May 1054 - Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France 
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Notes
The fact that she was such an important Norman heiress, shows that King W i l l i a m wanted the services of the man who she was given to in marriage, t h e A n g l o-Saxon earl Waltheof. His family had been Earls in Bamburgh, an d e v e n u n der the Normans they held a large fief which largely in Northa mp t o n s hire, Huntingdonshire and Leicestershire in the midlands, extendi n g e a s t i nto Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and south into Bedfordshire.
''Complete Peerage'' notes in a footnote that there is a tradition that t h e K i n g h ad first assigned the Countess Judith to him as wife to Simon S t L i z , l a ter her daughter's husband, "and on her refusal (on account of S i m o n ' s lameness) gave him ]udith's counties. ]udith fled for hiding to t h e E l y m a rches, taking her daughters with her.