Maud, Countess of Huntingdon
| Maud | |
|---|---|
| Queen Consort of Scotland | |
| Tenure | 1124-c.1130 |
| Born | c.1074 |
| Died | 1130 x 1131 Scotland |
| Burial | Scone Abbey, Scotland |
| Spouse |
Simon de Senlis m. c.1112; dec. c.1130 |
| Issue | Matilda of St Liz Simon of St Liz Waltheof of Melrose Malcolm of Scotland Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon Claricia Hodierna |
| Father | Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria |
| Mother | Judith of Lens |
Simon de Senlis
m. c.1090; dec. c.1111
Maud or Matilda (c.1074—1130/31) was the queen consort of King David I of Scotland. She was the great-niece of William the Conqueror and the granddaughter of Earl Siward.
Maud was the daughter of Waltheof, the Anglo-Saxon Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, and his Norman wife Judith of Lens. Her father was the last of the major Anglo-Saxon earls to remain powerful after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and the son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Her mother was the niece of William the Conqueror.
She was married to Simon de Senlis (or St Liz) in about 1090. Earlier, William had tried to get Maud's mother, Judith, to marry Simon. He received the honour of Huntingdon (whose lands stretched across much of eastern England) probably in right of his wife from William Rufus before the end of the year 1090.
She had three known children by him:
Her first husband died some time after 1111 and Maud next married David, the brother-in-law of Henry I of England, in 1113. Through the marriage, David gained control over his wife's vast estates in England, in addition to his own lands in Cumbria and Strathclyde. They had four children (two sons and two daughters):
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