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NORTHUMBRIA (GOSPATRIC) EARLDOM

32.  [DUNB351] Gospatric (born c.1040-48, son of [DUNB341] Lord Maldred of Allerdale) became Earl of Northumbria (c.1068), but lost the Earldom (1072) for having assisted in the massacre at Durham, after which he fled to Dunbar. He then became 1st Earl of Dunbar (1072), and died (c.1075) at Ubbanford [Norham]. See DUNBAR EARLDOM for full details.

NORTHUMBRIA (SIWARD) EARLDOM

[NTHM311] Bjorn Bearsson m. ---

. [NTHM322] Sybilla of Northumbria m. [CANM371] King Duncan I of Scots

. [NTHM321] Earl Siward of Northumbria m1. [BERN352] Aelflaeda of Northumbria

. . [NTHM331] Earl Waltheof of Northumberland m. [LENS362] Judith de Lens

. . . [NTHM343] Maud of Northumbria m2. [DUNK431] King David I of Scotland

. . . [NTHM342] Maud of Northumbria m1. [SLIZ361] Earl Simon of Huntingdon

. . . [NTHM343] Alice of Northumberland m. [TONY432] Ralph IV de Toeni

33.  [NTHM311] Bjorn Bearsson.

32.  [NTHM321] Siward (a Danish soldier, son of Bjorn Bearsson) was said to be "almost a giant in stature, very strong mentally and physically". He married 1. Godiva (a widow); then 2 [BERN352] Aelflaeda (daughter of Earl Aldred, see BERNICIA). Siward was Earl of Jorvik (c.1035-55) and 1st Earl of Northumbria (1041-55). He died at York (26th March 1055), having been stricken with dysentery, and was buried there at Galmanho Monastery [York, St. Mary's].

 

 

York St. Mary's Abbey ruins
(11 June 2008)

31.  [NTHM331] Waltheof (son of Siward & Aelflaed & Aelfflaeda) married [LENS342] Judith (daughter of Count Lambert, see LENS COUNTY). He was 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1065), 1st Earl of Northampton (1065) and 1st Earl of Northumberland (1072). He was beheaded for treason on St. Giles Hill, Winchester, (31st May 1076), hastily buried, and later reburied at Crowland Abbey.