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Apr 10, 2024 · Rouen. Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Matilda of England or Maude, was the daughter and heir of King Henry I of England. Matilda and her younger brother, William Adelin, were the only legitimate children of King Henry to survive to adulthood.
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Geoffroy V Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou et Maine, or Geoffrey...
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The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother, and Lady...
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Life. Matilda was born in or around June 1156 in London or, less likely, at Windsor Castle, [1] as third child and eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; [1] [2] [3] named after her paternal grandmother, Empress Matilda, she was baptized shortly after birth in Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate by Theobald of Bec ...
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She was married first to Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire, and then when he died in 1125, her father Henry married her off again, this time to Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. Empress Matilda, from “History of England” by St. Albans monks, 15th century.
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome, the Fair ( French: le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Normandy by his marriage claim, and conquest, from 1144. Geoffrey's marriage to Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and Duke of ...
Jul 19, 2021 · We can think of Empress Matilda as the fierce nearly Norman queen, who battled her cousin Stephen and the sexism of medieval England for 19 long years, during a period described as ‘The Anarchy’. Basing her campaign in Oxford, Matilda battled, sieged, and even made an elaborate escape during her enduring efforts to claim the English throne.
Matilda of England, also known as Empress Matilda, was the daughter of King Henry I and his chosen heir to the English throne. Her marriage was a matter of great political importance, as it would cement alliances and secure her father’s legacy.
The royal line descended from the union between Geoffrey, count of Anjou (died 1151), and the empress Matilda, daughter of the English king Henry I. Although well established, the surname Plantagenet has little historical justification.
