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May 14, 2024 · For England, the ”modern” monarchy started with William the Conqueror and his wife, Matilda of Flanders. Matilda was born in 1031 into the House of Flanders. She was the only daughter of...
May 30, 2024 · Countess of Flanders 877–929 Second Daughter of King Alfred the Great and Queen Ealhswith: Baldwin II Second Margrave of Flanders c. 865 –918: Ælfwynn 'Second Lady of the Mercians' b. c. 888: King Æthelstan c. 893/895 –939 King of the Anglo-Saxons r. 924–927 King of the English r. 927–939: Ælfweard of Wessex c. 902 –924
May 23, 2024 · Ermentrude von Lothringen de Verdun. Birthdate: estimated between 959 and 987. Birthplace: Verdun, Meuse, Grand Est, France. Death: 1042. Immediate Family: Daughter of Godefroi I the Captive, count of Ardennes and Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders.
6 days ago · He organised an alliance against Philip, including Baldwin IX of Flanders, Renaud, Count of Boulogne, and his father-in-law, King Sancho VI of Navarre, who raided Philip's lands from the south. Most importantly, he managed to secure the Welf inheritance in Saxony for his nephew, Henry the Lion's son, who was elected Otto IV of Germany in 1198.
May 28, 2024 · Genealogy for Matilda of Flanders fletcher (1032 - 1083) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. People Projects Discussions Surnames
May 10, 2024 · Eleanor was the daughter and heiress of William X, duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers, who possessed one of the largest domains in France—larger, in fact, than those held by the French king. Upon William’s death in 1137 she inherited the duchy of Aquitaine and in July 1137 married the heir to the French throne, who succeeded his father ...
6 days ago · Matilda of Flanders is little remembered alongside her more famous husband, William the Conqueror. But she was a formidable woman in her own right, whose regal ancestry aided her husband and ...
