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May 14, 2024 · Features. The story of England’s first queen consort: Matilda of Flanders. By Sydney Zatz. 14th May 2024. Every monarchy has to start somewhere. For England, the ”modern” monarchy started...
5 days ago · Matilda of England Duchess of Saxony 1156–1189: Henry III & XII The Lion 1129–1195 Duke of Saxony & Duke of Bavaria: Geoffrey II 1158–1186 Duke of Brittany: Constance 1161–1201 Duchess of Brittany: Eleanor of England 1162–1214 Queen of Castile: Alfonso VIII 1155–1214 King of Castile: William II 1155–1189 King of Sicily: Joan of ...
1 day ago · Matilda, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189) – married Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria. The eldest amongst the couple's children, Richenza, is probably the daughter English chroniclers call Matilda, who was left in Normandy with her grandparents in 1185 and married firstly to Geoffrey, count of Perche, and secondly to Enguerrand de Coucy.
May 24, 2024 · It was at this council that Bishop Henry first proclaimed Matilda domina Anglorum, ‘lady of the English’. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. In naming Empress Matilda ‘Lady of the English’ the bishop of Winchester was harking back to the only other time a woman had been acknowledge as a ruler in her own right in England.
May 10, 2024 · The House of Windsor formed in 1917 after swapping names from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The royal house has produced five monarchs including the late Queen and our current King, Charles III.
3 days ago · Empress Matilda. Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, [2] was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine ), an area that altogether was ...
5 days ago · Born about 1080, David was the sixth and youngest son of Malcolm III and St Margaret. He spent his youth at the Court of his brother-in-law Henry I of England and in about 1113-14 married Matilda, daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and widow of Simon de Senlis.
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