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Brother of Dolfin of Carlisle and Gospatric of Dunbar, Waltheof son of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria.
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Waltheof Allerdale
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Alan (fl 1139), succeeded to Allerdale. The other son was named Gopspatric. William fitz Duncan appears to have inherited Waltheof"s Allerdale territory from his mother.
A definite daughter, Ethelreda, married Ranulf de Lindsay and then William de Esseville.
Another, Gunnilda, married Uhtred of Galloway. Waltheof"s partner appears to have been a woman named Sigrid or Sigarith.
He seems to have become abbot of Crowland late in his life, but this Waltheof may be someone else. The abbot of Crowland in question was a monk of Crowland Abbey before becoming abbot in 1125.
Abbot Waltheof was deposed by Papal legate Alberic of Ostia at the Council of Westminster.
