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Waltheof | |
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Earl of Northumbria | |
Reign | 1072–1076 |
Predecessor | Gospatrick of Northumbria |
Successor | Walcher |
Died | 31 May 1076 St. Giles's Hill, Winchester |
Buried | Crowland Abbey |
Spouse(s) | Judith of Lens |
Issue | Maud, Countess of Huntingdon Adelise |
Father | Siward, Earl of Northumbria |
Mother | Ælfflaed |
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.