Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton
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Simon I de Senlis (or Senliz, St. Liz, etc.), 1st Earl of Northampton and 2nd Earl of Huntingdon ''
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'' (died between 1111 and 1113; most likely 1111 as this is when his castle at Northampton passed to the crown) was a
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nobleman. In 1098 he was captured during the Vexin campaign of King
William Rufus William II ( xno, Williame;  – 2 August 1100) was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales. The third so ...
and was subsequently ransomed. He witnessed King Henry I’s
Charter of Liberties The Charter of Liberties, also called the Coronation Charter, or Statutes of the Realm, was a written proclamation by Henry I of England, issued upon his accession to the throne in 1100. It sought to bind the King to certain laws regarding the ...
issued at his coronation in 1100. He attested royal charters in
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from 1100 to 1103, 1106 to 1107, and 1109 to 1111. Sometime in the period 1093–1100, he and his wife, Maud, founded the Priory of St Andrew's,
Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...
. He witnessed a grant of King Henry I to
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on 8 August 1111 at
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, as the king was crossing to Normandy. Simon de Senlis subsequently went abroad and died at
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, where he was buried in the new priory church. The date of his death is uncertain. He built
Northampton Castle Northampton Castle at Northampton, was one of the most famous Norman castles in England. The castle site was outside the western city gate, and defended on three sides by deep trenches. A branch of the River Nene provided a natural barrier on t ...
, the town walls and one of the four remaining
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es in England,
The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton The Holy Sepulchre is a Norman round church in Sheep Street, Northampton, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Dating from circa 1100, it was possibly built by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton. There are four medieval round churches st ...
.


Family

Simon was the third son of Laudri de Senlis, sire of
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and
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(in
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), and his spouse, Ermengarde. He married in or before 1090
Maud of Huntingdon Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ( 1074 – 1130/1131), or Matilda, was Queen of Scotland as the wife of King David I. She was the great-niece of William the Conqueror and the granddaughter of Earl Siward. Biography Maud was the daughter of Walt ...
, daughter of
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, Northampton and Huntingdon and
Judith of Lens Judith of Lens (born in Normandy between 1054 and 1055, died c1090) was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens. Life In 1070, Judith married Ea ...
, niece of
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who had earlier refused to wed Simon and fled abroad to avoid her uncle's wrath. They had three children: *
Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton Simon II de Senlis (or Senliz, St. Liz, etc.), 4th Earl of the Honour of Huntingdon and Northampton ( 1098 – 1153) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. He was the son of Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton and Maud, Countess of Huntin ...
, *
Waltheof of Melrose Waltheof ( – 1159) was a 12th-century English abbot and saint. He was the son of Simon I of St Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton and Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, thus stepson to David I of Scotland, and the grandson of Waltheof, Earl of N ...
, and *Maud de Senlis, who married (1st)
Robert Fitz Richard __NOTOC__ Robert Fitz Richard (1064–1136) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron of Little Dunmow, Essex and constable of Baynard's Castle in the City of London. His feudal barony, the caput of which was at Little Dunmow in Essex, was granted to hi ...
(of the
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family), of Little Dunmow, Essex, had issue, then following his death married (2nd) Saer de Quincy, Lord of Long Buckby in Northamptonshire, and had issue: **Alice de Senlis (St. Liz) (the mother of Sir
William of Huntingfield William of Huntingfield (d. 1225) was a medieval English baron, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the ''Magna Carta'' sureties. He held Dover Castle for King John from September 1203 (as a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports) and in exchang ...
,
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surety), and **Robert de Quincy (d. ca. 1198), father of: ***
Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester (c. 11553 November 1219) was one of the leaders of the baronial rebellion against John, King of England, and a major figure in both the kingdoms of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of England, Engla ...
, and Magna Carta surety (d. 1219). Following Simon's death, his widow, Maud, married (2nd) around Christmas 1113,
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nicknamed the Saint, who became
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in 1124. David was recognized as
Earl of Huntingdon Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The medieval title (1065 creation) was associated with the ruling house of Scotland (David I of Scotland, David of Scotland). The seventh and most rec ...
to the exclusion of his step-son, Simon; the earldom of Northampton reverted to the crown.
Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ( 1074 – 1130/1131), or Matilda, was Queen of Scotland as the wife of King David I. She was the great-niece of William the Conqueror and the granddaughter of Earl Siward. Biography Maud was the daughter of Wa ...
, the
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, died in 1130/31.


In popular culture

He was featured in
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's book '' Voice of the Fire'' as the main character of the chapter "Limping to Jerusalem "''Voice of the Fire'' and appears in
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's novel The Winter Mantle (2003),


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huntingdon-Northampton, Simon I de Senlis, Earl of 11th-century births 1110s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain 11th-century English nobility 12th-century English nobility Anglo-Normans People from Northampton Norman warriors Earls of Northampton Earls of Huntingdon (1065 creation) William II of England