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Father. Henry II of England. Mother. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Matilda of England (June 1156 — June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet [a] and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.
Sep 1, 2023 · Daughter of Henry II "Curtmantle", King of England and Eleanor d'Aquitaine, Queen Consort of England. Wife of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony & Bavaria. Mother of Richenza; Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine; Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor; Eleanor of Bavaria; Infant son of Bavaria and 3 others.
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Name variations: Matilda, duchess of Saxony. Born in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, in June 1156; died in Brunswick, Germany, on June 28, 1189 (one source cites 1198); buried in Brunswick Cathedral, Lower Saxony, Germany; daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1202) and Henry II, king of England (r. 1154–1189); married Henry ...
Matilda of England Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189) • FamilySearch. When Matilda of England Duchess of Saxony was born on 6 January 1156, in Windsor, Berkshire, England, her father, Henry II King of England, was 22 and her mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was 34. She married Heinrich XII. der Löwe Herzog von Bayern und Sachsen on 1 February 1168 ...
When Matilda of England Duchess of Saxony was born in June 1153, in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, her father, Henry II King of England, was 20 and her mother, Aliénor d'Aquitaine Reine consort de France et d’Angleterre, was 30. She married Herzog Heinrich von Sachsen der Löwe on 1 February 1168, in Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, North ...
"Matilda of England (German: Mathilde von England, also called Maud; 6 January 1156 – 28 June 1189) was the eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Through her marriage with the Welf duke Henry the Lion, she was Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband´s deposition in 1180.
Share. Cite. Summary. In 1168, Matilda, the eldest daughter of Henry II of England, married Henry the Lion of Saxony and Bavaria, and it is clear that Saxony in particular became a centre of Becket devotion noticeably quickly after Becket's death and canonisation.
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