ABSTRACT
One of the primary duties of an aristocratic wife was to provide legitimate heirs, but it is not entirely clear whether Judith fulfilled this duty in her first marriage. Any children Judith had with Tostig appear only briefly, if at all, in the historical record. Sources are clear that Tostig fathered at least two sons who grew to adulthood, but Judith was probably not their mother. It is most likely that she bore girls, or sons who did not live to adulthood, sometime in the second half of the 15-year marriage.
