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2 days ago · Matilda, born in 1102, was married to the powerful Holy Roman Emperor Henry V in 1114. William Adelin, born in 1103, was Henry‘s only legitimate son and heir apparent. Grooming William to succeed him, Henry arranged a marriage between his son and Matilda of Anjou, daughter of Count Fulk V, in 1119.
14 hours ago · Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy , she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future Holy Roman Emperor ...
4 days ago · Nowadays, we would expect Matilda to have been proclaimed ‘Queen of England’ as Elizabeth II was when she acceded to the throne. In the 12th century, however, a queen was the wife of a king. It had never been used as the title of a female ruler in England. In Poland, in the fourteenth century when a woman, Jadwiga, came to the throne, she ...
3 days ago · As wife of the Earl of Chester, Catherine is also the Countess of Chester. Upon King Charles' ascension, she was named the Princess of Wales. 6 of 17 Attribution: Getty
4 days ago · Plan. I. That a General Association be formed, entitled 'The Countess Dowager of Huntingdon's General Association.'. II. That the whole connection be divided into proper Districts. III. That the Districts be as follows, viz. 1. London District: Spa Fields Chapel, Mulberry Gardens, Sion Chapel, Holywell Mount Chapel.
3 days ago · The Countess of Huntingdon sent the Revd Mr Wills a letter dismissing him from his services at the chapel. The ground of this dismission was Mr Wills's refusal to accede to the plan of a society lately formed for perpetuating her Ladyship's college in Wales after her decease.
4 days ago · For a full account of the origins of the chapel see E. Welch, 'Lady Huntingdon and Spa Fields Chapel', Guildhall Miscellany, iv (1972), 175-83. 60. Greater London Record Office, DL/C/281. 61. This account of the Countess's difficulties, based on her later correspondence preserved at Cheshunt College, is confirmed by the Spa Fields minute book. 62.
