Matilda, Countess of Northampton

This article is about the suo jure Countesses of Northampton and the wife of King David I of Scotland. For the wife of David of Scotland, Earl of Northampton, named Maud or Matilda, see Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon.
Matilda
Countess of Northampton
Queen consort of Alba (Scotland)
Tenure1124–c.1130
CoronationApril or May 1124
Born1072
Belford, Northumberland
DiedApril 23, 1130 (aged 58)
Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
Burial
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
SpouseSimon de Senlis
m. c.1090; dec. c.1111
David I of Scotland
m. 1113
IssueMatilda of St Liz
Simon of St Liz
Waltheof of Melrose
Malcolm of Scotland
Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Claricia
Hodierna
FatherWaltheof, Earl of Northumbria
MotherJudith of Lens

Matilda, Countess of Northampton (c. 1074–1130) or Maud, was Queen of Alba as the wife of King David I. She was the great-niece of William the Conqueror and the granddaughter of Earl Siward.

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