Biography of Maud Senlis -1140

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Maud Senlis was born to [her father] Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland.

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On 31st May 1076 [her grandfather] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon was beheaded at St Gile's Hill, Winchester. His daughter [her mother] Maud (age 2) succeeded 2nd Countess Huntingdon, 2nd Countess of Northampton.

In or before 1086 William Brito de Albini and Maud Senlis were married. She the daughter of Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland (age 11).

Around 1090 [her father] Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and [her grandmother] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon.

On 9th September 1107 Roger Bigod died. Cecily Bigod (age 17) and her husband [her husband] William Brito de Albini inherited Belvoir Castle [Map].

In 1111 [her father] Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon died.

After 1111 King David I of Scotland (age 27) and [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland (age 37) were married. He by marriage Earl Huntingdon. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon and [her grandmother] Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon. He the son of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland.

Around 1114 Robert de Clare (age 50) and Maud Senlis were married. She the daughter of Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland (age 40). They were half third cousin twice removed.

Around 1124 [her son] Walter de Clare was born to [her husband] Robert de Clare (age 60) and Maud Senlis. He married (1) his fourth cousin Maud Lucy and had issue (2) Rohese Boulogne.

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On 23rd April 1124 King Alexander I of Scotland (age 46) died. His brother David (age 40) succeeded I King Scotland. [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland (age 50) by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.

Around 1130 [her son] William Meschines Brito de Albini was born to [her husband] William Brito de Albini and Maud Senlis. He married in or before 1171 Maud de Clare and had issue.

In 1131 [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland (age 57) died. Her son [her half-brother] Henry (age 17) succeeded 3rd Earl Huntingdon, 3rd Earl of Northampton. [her future sister-in-law] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria (age 11) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.

Around 1132 [her future daughter-in-law] Maud de Clare was born to [her husband] Robert de Clare (age 68) and Maud Senlis. She married in or before 1171 William Meschines Brito de Albini and had issue.

In 1136 [her husband] Robert de Clare (age 72) died.

In or before 1138 [her brother] Simon Senlis 4th Earl Huntingdon 4th Earl of Northampton (age 39) and [her sister-in-law] Isabel Beaumont Countess Huntingdon and Northampton were married. She by marriage Countess Huntingdon, Countess of Northampton. She the daughter of Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 33) and Amice Gael Countess Leicester. He the son of [her father] Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Before 1139 [her half-brother] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria (age 24) and [her sister-in-law] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria (age 18) were married. She the daughter of William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey. He the son of King David I of Scotland (age 54) and [her mother] Maud Queen Consort Scotland. They were half sixth cousins.

In 1139 [her half-brother] Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria (age 25) was created 1st Earl of Northumbria. [her sister-in-law] Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria (age 19) by marriage Countess of Northumbria.

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In 1140 Maud Senlis died.

Around 1140 [her son] Robert Quincy was born to Saer Quincy (age 50) and Maud Senlis. He married his sixth cousin Basilia de Clare, daughter of Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke, and had issue.

Around 1155 [her former husband] William Brito de Albini died at Belvoir Castle [Map]. He was buried at Belvoir Priory [Map]. His son [her son] William Meschines Brito de Albini (age 25) inherited Belvoir Castle [Map].

[her son] Ralph de Albini was born to William Brito de Albini and Maud Senlis.

The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy. Robert¹, son of Richard, was succeeded by his eldest son [Walter], born of one of the daughters of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon.

Roberto autem filio Richardi successit filius suus primogenitus, natus ex quadam filiarum Waldevi, comitis Huntedoniæ.

Note 1. Robert de Clare, 1064-1136. He was the son of Richard de Clare, died 1090, and Rohese Giffard. Robert married Maud, died 1140, daughter of [her father] Simon of Senlis, died 1111, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon, and [her mother] Maud, daughter of [her grandfather] Waltheof of Northumbria, Earl of Huntingdon. Following Simon's death Maud married David of Dunkeld who subsequently became King of Scotland in 1124.

Saer Quincy and Maud Senlis were married. She the daughter of Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Queen Consort Scotland.

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