Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Judith of Flanders, Countess of Northumbria (1.Elena1) was born about 1033 in Bruges, Flanders, Belguim; died on 5 Mar 1094; was buried in Weingarten Abbey, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was the owner of many books and illuminated manuscripts, which she bequeathed to Weingarten Abbey (two of which are now held at the Pierpont Morgan Library).
- Travel: Sep 1051; In September 1051, Tostig and Judith were forced to flee England for Bruges, along with her in-laws after Tostig joined his father's armed rebellion against King Edward the Confessor; however, they returned home the following year.
- Title(s): 1055; When her husband was created the Earl of Northumbia in 1055, she became the Countess of Northumbria.
- Travel: Nov 1065; Tostig was outlawed by King Edward in November 1065, and Judith, along with Tostig and her children, was compelled to seek refuge with her half-brother in Flanders the following month.
- Last Full Review: 11 Aug 2020
Notes:
Birth: Judith was 38 years old when she married Welf.
Judith married Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia before Sep 1051. Tostig (son of Godwine, Ealdorman of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir) was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Judith married Welf I, Duke of Bavaria about 1071. Welf (son of Alberto Azzo II, Marchese d'Este and of the Lombards and Kunigunde of Altdorf) was born in 1037; died on 9 Nov 1101 in Paphos, Cyprus; was buried in Weingarten Abbey, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
3. | Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre (2.Judith2, 1.Elena1) was born in 1052. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: By tradition, his descendants included a great-great-granddaughter, Helena Guttormsdotter, was the mistress of Valdemar II of Denmark and mother of Valdemar's son Canute, Duke of Reval. He was the great-great-grandfather of King Inge II of Norway and Duke Skule Bårdsson, and the matrilineal great-great-grandfather of Estrid Bjørnsdotter.
- Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020
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6. | Henry IX "the Black", Duke of Bavaria (2.Judith2, 1.Elena1) was born in 1074; died on 13 Dec 1126 in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was buried in Weingarten Abbey, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: say 1120, Weingarten Abbey, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; He was a lay brother of the foundation at Weingarten.
Henry married Wulfhilda of Saxony between 1095 and 1100. Wulfhilda (daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and Sophia, Princess of Hungary) was born about 1071 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany; died on 29 Dec 1126 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
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