Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

"Waltheof of Northumbria" redirects here. For the earlier earl of that name, see Waltheof of Bamburgh.

Saint

Waltheof
Earl of Northumbria
Reign1072–1076
PredecessorGospatrick of Northumbria
SuccessorWalcher
Died(1076-05-31)31 May 1076
St. Giles's Hill, Winchester
BuriedCrowland Abbey
SpouseJudith of Lens
IssueMaud, Countess of Huntingdon
Adelise
FatherSiward, Earl of Northumbria
MotherÆlfflaed

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (Middle English: Wallef, Old Norse: Valþjóf) (died 31 May 1076) was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I.

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