OF LENS, Judith
1054 - Aft 1086 (> 33 years)
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Name OF LENS, Judith [1, 2] Birth 1054 Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 
[1] Gender Female Books About The Winter Mantle by Elizabeth Chadwick 
Elizabeth Chadwick Novel Differentiator Niece of William the Conqueror Relation to Me 27 GGM Royalty & Nobility Countess of Huntingdon Death Aft 1086 Person ID I7433 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father LENS, Lambert II of, b. 992, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 19 Jun 1054 (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Mother OF NORMANDY, Adelaide, b. Normandy, France d. 1065, Marcigny, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Relationship natural Marriage 1053 Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Family ID F1871 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family NORTHUMBERLAND, Waltheof, b. 1050, Northumberland, England d. 31 May 1076 (Age 26 years) Children + 1. DE HUNTINGDON, Adelisa, b. 1085, Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d. Aft 1126 (Age > 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. MAUDE, Countess of Huntingdon Queen, b. 1074 d. 1130, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1872 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - 1054 - Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 
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Judith of Lens - Wikipedia
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Notes - Judith founded Elstow Abbey in Bedfordshire around 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin. She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at:
Earls Barton, Northamptonshire
Great Doddington, Northamptonshire
Grendon, Northamptonshire
Ashby Folville, Leicestershire
Lowesby, Leicestershire
Merton, Oxfordshire
Piddington, Oxfordshire
Potton, Bedfordshire
Sawtry, Huntingdonshire
The parish of Sawtry Judith in Huntingdonshire is named after the Countess.
In 1075, Judith's husband Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Judith betrayed Waltheof to her uncle, who had Waltheof beheaded on 31 May 1076.
- Judith founded Elstow Abbey in Bedfordshire around 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin. She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at:
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Sources - [S1416] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
- [S1748] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (Location: Salt Lake City, UT; Date: 2013;), Volume 1, Pages 441-442.
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- [S1416] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).