Maud, Countess of Huntingdon

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Anglo-Norman noble countess heiress noblewoman

Maud, Countess of Huntingdon was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and heiress whose marriage to David I of Scotland helped strengthen his claim to the Scottish throne and linked the Scottish crown to powerful English aristocratic lineages.

Aliases (2)

Countess of Huntingdon ×2
Matilda, Countess of Huntingdon ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Norman noble → countess → heiress → noblewoman →
alsoKnownAs	Matilda of Huntingdon → Matilda, Countess of Huntingdon →
associatedWith	David I’s accession to the Scottish throne → earldom of Huntingdon → earldom of Northampton →
burialPlace	Scone Abbey →
child	Claricia of Scotland → Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria → Hodierna of Scotland →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
dateOfBirth	circa 1074 →
dateOfDeath	1130 →
era	High Middle Ages →
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Norman →
family	House of Huntingdon →
father	Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria →
givenName	Maud →
influenced	succession politics in 12th-century Scotland →
languageSpoken	Norman French → Old English →
lordOf	Huntingdon → Northampton →
marriage	marriage to David I of Scotland circa 1113 → marriage to Simon de Senlis before marriage to David I of Scotland →
maternalAncestry	Norman nobility →
mother	Judith of Lens →
nobleFamily	Anglo-Norman aristocracy →
nobleTitle	Countess of Huntingdon →
notableFor	linking Scottish crown to powerful English aristocratic lineages → marriage alliance with David I of Scotland → strengthening David I’s claim to the Scottish throne →
paternalAncestry	Northumbrian nobility →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of England →
placeOfDeath	Kingdom of Scotland →
politicalRole	dynastic link between English and Scottish nobility →
positionHeld	Countess of Huntingdon → Countess of Northampton →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
socialStatus	high nobility →
spouse	David I of Scotland NERFINISHED → Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton →
stepChild	Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton → Waltheof de Senlis →
titleInheritedFrom	Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ("Matilda, Countess of Huntingdon") →	alsoKnownAs
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria →	mother
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ("Countess of Huntingdon") →	nobleTitle
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ("Countess of Huntingdon") →	positionHeld
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria →	predecessorAsEarlOfHuntingdon
David I of Scotland →	spouse