Judith of Lens, Countess of Northumbria, Domesday-era landholder and overlord, Countess of Huntingdon, wife of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, Anglo-Norman landholder
Dates: c. 1054–1086
Biography
Judith of Lens was a niece of William the Conqueror and a major landholder in England after the Norman Conquest. She is identified in the supplied Hougham record as Countess Judith and overlord in 1086.
Notes / Sources
The exact form of her title varies in historical usage; the manor record calls her Countess Judith and overlord of Hougham.
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