of Lens · ◉ direct ancestor
♂Lambert of Lens
Died 1054.
Lambert of LensW (died 1054) was a count of Lens in Artois. He was the twenty-seventh great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his daughter Judith of LensW.
Lambert is said to have been the second husband of Adelaide of Normandy, a sister of William the Conqueror, and the couple had a daughter, Judith, who married Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton. Lambert is said to have been slain in battle at Lille in 1054, and he left no son.
Notes
Sources
Lambert’s title, his death at Lille in 1054 and his marriage to Adelaide are given in the Complete Peerage (2nd ed., vol. 1, 1910, pp. 351–352, under Aumale, with its pedigree), which names him Count of Lens in Artois, records that he died without a surviving son, and lists Judith as the daughter of Lambert and Adelaide. The work is a compilation, so the facts are worded as reports. His own parentage is not given there.
Judith
Judith’s own page treats her marriage to Waltheof and her descent. The Complete Peerage cites a medieval life of St. Waltheof, which calls the countess a niece of the king and the daughter of Count Lambert of Lens.
Family time line
Parents not yet found. This line is still being traced.
Recorded events
| Event | When | Where | Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death slain in battle at Lille (CP2 i p.351 pedigree) |
1054 | from a compiled source | |
| Title (Nobility) Count of Lens in Artois (Complete Peerage, AUMALE pp.351-352 and pedigree - Judith, da. of Lambert of Lens) |
from a compiled source |
Sources
- Cokayne, G. E., The Complete Peerage, new ed., ed. Vicary Gibbs, vol. 1, Ab-Adam to Basing (London: St Catherine Press, 1910) — Death, Title (Nobility), about this person, family with Adelaide of Normandy