Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon

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• AFN: GS4V-19
• UID: 4A724623864E4F408EBB119BDF4AE17D0474

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KINSHIP: Said to be a son of Ranulph the Rich, a Norman.
KINSHIP: Younger brother of Warner.

MILITARY: Crusader.
CHURCH: Property> Founded or refounded the Priory of St. Andrew, Northampton before 1108. CHURCH: Property> Probably built St. Sepulchre's, Northampton about 1108.

TITLES: Became Earl of Huntingdon in 1090 ? presumably in consequence of his marriage; and Earl of Northampton after 1086.

PROPERTY: Built Castle of Northampton.

PUNISHMENT: Imprisoned> by Louis, son of the French King 1098.

DEATH: Date> Presumably in 1111 or shortly afterwards.

BURIAL> Body appears to have been removed to St. Neots and buried in the Priory Church, see The Complete Peerage vol. 6 p.641 fn. (a).

Simon married Queen of Scotland Maud of Huntingdon about 1090. Maud (daughter of Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon and Judith of Lens) was born in 1072 in , Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1130; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]