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Matilda of England (June 1156 — June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet 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.
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.
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, in Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
On February 1, 1168, at Minden Cathedral in the Duchy of Saxony, now in Saxony, Germany, 11-year-old Matilda married 38-year-old Heinrich. Despite the age difference, the marriage was a happy one and led to an increase in trade between England and the Holy Roman Empire.
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.
Matilda, Duchess of Saxony primary name: Matilda other name: (Duchess of) Saxony other name: Maud other name: Plantagenet, Matilda
Matilda of England, born in June 1156, was the eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Named after her grandmother Empress Matilda, she was baptized by Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Matilda of England (June 1156 — June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.
Matilda of England (June 1156 — June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.
