Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

Waltheof
Earl of Northumbria
Reign1072–1076
PredecessorGospatrick of Northumbria
SuccessorWalcher
Died31 May 1076
St. Giles's Hill, Winchester
BuriedCrowland Abbey
Spouse(s)Judith 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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