Maud of Northumberland
Abt 1074 - 1130 (~ 56 years)-
Name Maud of Northumberland [1, 2] Born Abt 1074 Scone, Perthshire, Scotland [3] Gender Female Died Between 23 Apr 1130 and 22 Apr 1131 [3] Notes - She married, firstly, Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton circa 1090. She married, secondly, David I 'the Saint', King of Scotland, son of Malcolm III 'Caennmor', King of Scotland and Saint Margaret 'the Exile', circa 1113. She was also known as Matilda.
Maud of Northumbria (1074-1130), Countess of the Honour of Huntingdon and Northampton, was the daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria and Judith of Lens, the last of the major Anglo-Saxon earls to remain powerful after the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Biography
Maud was married to Simon of Senlis [St Lyz] in about 1090. Before the end of the year 1090, he received the earldom of Huntingdon (Northampton included) from William Rufus, probably in right of his wife.
She had three known children with him:
Matilda of St Liz (Maud), married Robert FitzRichard of Tonbridge.
Simon II de St Liz, 4th Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton.
Saint Walteof de St Liz (1100 - bt 1159-1160).
Her first husband died in 1109 and Maud next married King David I of Scotland in 1113. From this marriage she had:
Malcolm of Scotland (born c. 1113, date of death unknown)
Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Claricia of Scotland (c. 1115 - c. 1130)
Hodierna of Scotland (c. 1117 - c. 1140)
The Scottish House of Dunkeld produced the remaining Earls of Huntingdon of the first creation of the title. She was succeeded to the Earldom of Huntingdon by her son Henry.
Person ID I390 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and Huntingdon, b. 1050, d. 31 May 1076, St Giles's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 26 years) Relationship Natural Mother Judith of Lens, b. Between 1054 and 1055, d. Aft 1086 (Age ~ 33 years) Relationship Natural Married Abt 1070 [4] Family ID F513 Group Sheet
Family 1 Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, d. Aft 1111 Married Abt 1090 [3] Children 1. Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, b. Between 1103 and 1111, d. 1153 (Age ~ 50 years) 2. Saint Walteof de St. Liz, b. Abt 1100, d. Between 1159 and 1160 (Age ~ 59 years) 3. Matilda de St. Liz, d. 1140 Family ID F514 Group Sheet
Family 2 David I 'the Saint', King of Scotland, b. Between 1080 and 1085, d. 24 May 1153 (Age ~ 73 years) Married Abt 1113 [5] Children 1. Hodierna of Scotland 2. Malcolm of Scotland, b. Aft 1113, d. Abt 1114 3. Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon, b. 1114, d. 12 Jun 1152 (Age 38 years) 4. Claricia of Scotland Family ID F556 Group Sheet
- She married, firstly, Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton circa 1090. She married, secondly, David I 'the Saint', King of Scotland, son of Malcolm III 'Caennmor', King of Scotland and Saint Margaret 'the Exile', circa 1113. She was also known as Matilda.
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