Countess Judith (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died after 1086), was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens. In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three daughters, the eldest of whom, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland. In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William.

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  • Countess Judith (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died after 1086), was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens. In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three daughters, the eldest of whom, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland. In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Judith betrayed Waltheof to her uncle. Waltheof was executed by decapitation on 31 May, 1076. After the execution of her Waltheof, Judith was betrothed by William to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton. Judith refused to marry Simon and she fled the country to avoid William's anger. He then confiscated all of Judith's English estates. Judith founded the Abbey at Elstow Bedfordshire in about 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin. She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at: Earls Barton Great Doddington Grendon Potton Sawtry Judith is named after the Countess.
  • Judith von Lens (* 1054 in der Normandie; † nach 1086) war eine Nichte von Wilhelm dem Eroberer. Sie war die Tochter seiner Schwester Adelheid, Gräfin von Aumale, und Graf Lambert von Lens aus dem Haus Boulogne. Im Jahr 1070 heiratete Judith den Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. 1075 trat Waltheof dem Aufstand der Grafen gegen König Wilhelm bei. Nach dem Zusammenbruch der Rebellion wurde Waltheof 1076 enthauptet. Nach der Hinrichtung ihres Ehemanns wurde Judith von ihrem Onkel mit Simon I. of St. Liz, 1. Earl of Northampton verlobt; Judith verweigerte jedoch die Heirat und floh außer Landes, woraufhin Wilhelm Judiths Besitz beschlagnahmte, der vor allem in den Midlands und East Anglia lag, darunter Earls Barton, Great Doddington, Grendon und Potton Judith und Waltheof hatten drei Töchter, von denen die älteste, Maud das Earldom ihrem zweiten Ehemann, König David I. von Schottland zuführte.
  • Юдита Лансская — племянница Вильгельма Завоевателя, супруга Вальтеофа, графа Нортумбрии, и мать Матильды Хантингдонской, королевы Шотландии.
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  • Countess Judith (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died after 1086), was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens. In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three daughters, the eldest of whom, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland. In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William.
  • Judith von Lens (* 1054 in der Normandie; † nach 1086) war eine Nichte von Wilhelm dem Eroberer. Sie war die Tochter seiner Schwester Adelheid, Gräfin von Aumale, und Graf Lambert von Lens aus dem Haus Boulogne. Im Jahr 1070 heiratete Judith den Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. 1075 trat Waltheof dem Aufstand der Grafen gegen König Wilhelm bei. Nach dem Zusammenbruch der Rebellion wurde Waltheof 1076 enthauptet.
  • Юдита Лансская — племянница Вильгельма Завоевателя, супруга Вальтеофа, графа Нортумбрии, и мать Матильды Хантингдонской, королевы Шотландии.
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  • Judith of Lens
  • Judith von Lens
  • Юдита Лансская
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