Lambert II, Count of Lens

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox noble Lambert II, Count of Lens (died 1054) was a French nobleman. He was born about 1030 making him about 24 years old at his death in 1054.

He was the son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne and of Maud of Louvain (daughter of Lambert I of Louvain).<ref name="ESIII4-621">Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1989), Tafel 621</ref> In Template:C. 1053 he married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and sister of William the Conqueror.<ref>George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1910), pp. 351–2</ref> Adelaide was the widow of Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu who died in 1053.<ref>Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1989), Tafel 653</ref> In Template:C. 1054 Lambert and Adelaide had a daughter, Judith of Lens, although Lambert would scarcely have seen her, as he was killed at the battle of Lille in 1054.<ref>John Carl Andressohn, The ancestry and life of Godfrey of Bouillon (1947), p. 20</ref> Lambert was at the battle supporting Baldwin V, Count of Flanders against Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.<ref>James Robinson Planché, The Conqueror and his companions, Vol. 1 (London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874), p. 122</ref> His widow, Adelaide, married, thirdly, Odo, Count of Champagne.<ref>George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant Extinct or Dormant, Vol. I, ed. Vicary Gibbs (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1910), pp. 352</ref>

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