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Matilda of Saxony (c. 892–968)Holy Roman empress, queen of Germany, and saint . Name variations: Maud; Matilda of Germany; Matilda of Ringelheim; St. Matilda. Born around 892 (some sources cite 895) in Saxony; died on March (some sources cite May) 14, 968, in Quedlinburg, Germany; daughter of Dietrich, count of Ringelheim, and Reinhild of Denmark ; became second wife of Henry I the Fowler (c ...
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William, Lord of Lüneburg. House. House of Plantagenet. 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.
Matilda of England was born in 1156, the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II, king of England. She married Henry V the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria, in 1168. In 1180, when her husband refused to submit to forfeiture of his lands to the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, the town of Brunswick in Lower Saxony was besieged.
Matilda of Ringelheim ( c. 892 – 14 March 968 [1] ), also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman. Due to her marriage to Henry I in 909, she became the first Ottonian queen. [2] Her eldest son, Otto I, restored the Holy Roman Empire in 962. [3] Matilda founded several spiritual institutions and women's convents.
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Matilda of Saxony (978–1025)Countess Palatine . Born in 978 in Saxony, Germany; died on November 4, 1025; daughter of Theophano of Byzantium (c. 955–991) and Otto II (955–983), Holy Roman emperor (r. 983–983) and king of Germany (r. Source for information on Matilda of Saxony (978–1025): Women in World History: A Biographical ...
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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