Waltheof of Northumberland
Waltheof's father was
Siward Digera, Earl of Northumberland
and his mother was
Elfleda
. His maternal grandfather was
Ealdred of Bamburgh
. He was an only child. He died on May 31st, 1076.
General Notes
Waltheof was the Earl of Northumbria and last of the Anglo-Saxon earls. He was the only English aristocrat to be formally executed during the reign of William I. He was reputed for his physical strength but was weak and unreliable in character.
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
Siward Digera, Earl of Northumberland
Waltheof of Northumberland
- d.31 May 1076
Osulf of Bamburgh
Waltheof of Bamburgh I
Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria
- d.1016
Ealdred of Bamburgh
- d.1038
Aldhun
- b.~ 0959 d.1018
Ecgfrida
Elfleda
Individual Additional Information
Associated external link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltheof,_Earl_of_Northumbria
Details of Waltheof's family with Judith of Lens