HUNTINGDON Maud

Abt 1074 - Aft 1147  (> 74 years)

• Name	HUNTINGDON Maud
  Birth	Abt 1074	England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1147	Scotland
  Notes	Family and Early Life Maud was a daughter and co-heiress of Waltheof, earl of Northumbria, and Judith of Lens, a niece of William the Conqueror.[1][2] She was born around 1072 (aged 18 in 1090),[1] although her father owned properties in eight counties[2] and the exact location of her birth is unknown. She had one sister, Alice (or Judith).[2][3] Her father was implicated in an unsuccessful plot against King William I (he was thought to have known of the scheme but did not report it to the king), and may have received absolution from William had his own wife (Maud's mother) not accused him of having more than mere knowledge of the plot.[3][4] Waltheof was imprisoned at Winchester for nearly a year and then "hurriedly executed," almost in secret, on St Giles's Hill outside Winchester 31 May 1076.[2][4] Maud was only about four years of age at that time. Sometime later, her mother was granted the manor of Elstow, Bedfordshire by William I and this may have been where Maud grew up,[3] although not much is known of her childhood. Marriage to Simon de Senlis Maud married (first) Simon de Senlis in or before 1090.[1][5] By right of his wife Maud, de Senlis was granted the earldoms of Northampton and Huntingdon.[1][5] De Senlis went on crusade in 1095.[1] In 1098 he was captured in the Vexin campaign of King William Rufus and was soon after ransomed.[1][5] Sometime between 1093-1100, he and Maud jointly founded the priory of St Andrew's in Northampton, and later gave the tithe of Tottenham, Middlesex to the monks of St Andrew's.[1] De Senlis was also known to have built the first castle at Northampton,[1][5] which likely became the family's primary residence. There were at least three children from this marriage: Simon de Senlis, earl of Northhampton;[6] born c.1103;[7] married before 1138 Isabel of Leicester;[7] died August 1153[7] Waltheof de Senlis, prior of Kirkham and abbot of Melrose;[8] died 3 August 1159[8][9][10] Maud de Senlis; married 1112 (1) Robert FitzRichard of Little Dunmow, Essex;[11][12] married before 1140 (2) Saher de Quincy of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire;[11][12] died before 1165[12] Simon de Senlis died at La Charité-sur Loire[1] sometime after 8 August 1111, when he witnessed a grant to Bath Abbey from Henry I, and before midsummer 1113, when his widow Maud remarried.[5] He was initially buried there in the new priory church, although it is possible that his body was later moved to the priory of St Neots of which he was a patron.[1][5] Marriage to David Dunkeld Maud married (second) before midsummer 1113 David (the future king of Scots), the youngest son of Malcolm III, King of Scots, by his (second) wife, Margaret, daughter of Edward the Ætheling and Agatha, kinswoman of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.[13][14][15][16] At the time of her second marriage, Maud was about 41 years of age (and 13 years older than her new husband).[1] By right of his wife, David was recognized as the new earl of Huntingdon rather than Maud's son Simon.[13] From their marriage, David acquired lands extending from south Yorkshire to Middlesex, but mostly concentrated in the shires of Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and Bedford.[17] Although he was a younger son, these vast holdings immediately made him a person of importance and great influence at court.[17] The earldom of Northampton reverted to the crown, and was eventually given to Maud's son Simon.[13] There were four children from this marriage: Malcolm Dunkeld; eldest son and heir born c.1113, strangled (possibly at two years of age)[18] [see research notes] Henry Dunkeld, earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland; born c.1114;[19][20]married 1139 Ada de Warenne;[19][21] died 12 Jun 1152[22][23] Clarice Dunkeld; died unmarried[24][25][26] Hodierna Dunkeld; died unmarried[24][26][27] On 25 April 1124, David succeeded his brother, Alexander I, as king of Scotland.[13] Death Maud of Northumberland, queen consort of Scotland, died sometime after 1147, when her name last appeared in a charter.[28][29] Richardson, apparently relying on Fordun, mistakenly gives the year of her death as 1130 or 1131.[13] Queen Maud is thought to have been buried at Scone.[13] Her husband, King David I, died at Carlisle 24 May 1153, and was buried at Dunfermline, Fife.[13] Research Notes Eldest Son (of her second marriage) Malcolm: Several sources attribute Malcolm's murder to Donald III, (ex)King of Scots,[24][28] but this is not possible as Malcolm could have been born no earlier than 1113 and Donald III died in 1099.[30] Note. Scone Abbey (or Scone Priory) was a house of Augustinian canons based at Scone, Perthshire (Gowie), Scotland. It was founded between 1114 and 1122. In 1163 or 1164 King Malcolm IV increased Scone's status to that of abbey from priory and in his words was, "in the principal seat of our kingdom," and as such was one of the chief residences of Scottish kings and where they professed their vows to the people of Scotland. The abbey at Scone continued to function well into the 17th century but now no longer exists, its precise location a mystery until found in 2007 using modern electronic technology. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scone_Abbey) Sources ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 1, pp. 278-280 BEAUCHAMP 3. Maud of Northumberland. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lewis, C.P. Waltheof, earl of Northumbria (c.1050-1076). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sep 2004), available here by subscription ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 1, pp. 277-278 BEAUCHAMP 2. Judith of Lens. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hunt, William. Waltheof (d. 1076). Dictionary of National Biography archive edition, available here. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Strickland, Matthew. Senlis, Simon de, earl of Northampton and earl of Huntingdon. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sep 2004), available here by subscription. ↑ Dugdale, Sir William. Monasticon Anglicanum. London: James Bohn (1846), vol. 5, p. 213, charter of Simon, earl of Northampton, names his parents Earl Simon and Countess Maud, and his grandparents, Earl Waltheof and Countess Judith. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 1, pp. 280-282 BEAUCHAMP 4. Simon de Senlis. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 1, p. 280 BEAUCHAMP 3ii. [Saint] Waltheof. ↑ Chronica de Mailros. Edinburgh: Typis Societatis Edinburgensis (1835), p. 73: "Anno M.c.xlviij. Ricardus primus abbas de Melro3 difceflit, et Walteuus f frater Henrici comitis Northimbrorum, et Simonis comitis Norhamtune, factus eft abbas de Malros." ↑ Wade, James A. History of St Mary's Abby, Melrose. Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack (1861), p. 2-3 ↑ 11.0 11.1 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 1, p. 280 BEAUCHAMP 3iii. Maud de Senlis. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 2, pp. 644-645 FitzWalter 4. Maud de Senlis. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: by the author (2013), vol. 4, pp. 578-580 SCOTLAND 2. David I. ↑ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 58. ↑ Hodges, Rev. John. History of Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: E. Walker (1820), vol, 3, pt 2, p. 7. ↑ Bower, Walter. Scotichronicon. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press (1995), vol. 3, bk 5, p. 127. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Barrow, G.W.S. David I (c.1085-1153). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (5 Jan 2006), available here by subscription. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, p. 580 SCOTLAND 2.i. Malcolm of Scotland. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, pp. 580-583 SCOTLAND 3. Henry of Scotland. ↑ Hearne, Thomas. Remarks and Collections. Oxford: Oxford Historical Society (1889), vol 3, p. 104. ↑ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 65 . ↑ Wharton, Henry. Anglia Sacra. London: Richard Chiswel (1691), Chronicon Sanctae Crucis Edinburgensis, sub A.D. 1152: "Obiit Henricus Comes Northanhumborum filius David Regis Scotiae secundo Idus Junii [12 June]." p. 161. ↑ Chron. S. Crucis Edinb., p.31, Bannatyne Club, cited in Norgate, Kate. Dictionary of National Biography Online, vol. 26, Henry of Scotland. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 64. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, p. 580 SCOTLAND 2.iii. Clarice of Scotland. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 4. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, p. 580 SCOTLAND 2.iv. Hodierne of Scotland. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 3 ↑ Acts of the Parliament of Scotland. (1844), vol. 1, p. 64, charter from King David to Dunfermline "...auctoritate regia ac potestate, Henrici filii mei assensu et Matildis Regine uxoria mee..." ↑ Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 192. See Also: Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge. Senlis, Simon de. Dictionary of National Biography archive edition, available here. Mackay, Aeneas James George. David I. Dictionary of National Biography archive edition, available here Wikipedia: Maud, Countess of Huntingdon.
  Person ID	I59181	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	HUNTINGTON Waltheof,   b. 1046, Northumberland, England d. Abt 31 May 1076, St. Giles Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	LENS Judith,   b. Abt May 1054, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. Abt 1090, Fotheringay, Northamptonshire, England (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aft Jan 1070
  Family ID	F26317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DUNKELD David,   b. Bef 1085, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 24 May 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, England (Age > 68 years)
  Marriage	1113
  Children	1. DUNKELD Henry,   b. Abt 1114, Scotland d. 12 Jun 1152, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026