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Marriage. Matilda lived a different life from her two sisters; she was to marry Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia. [1] According to the historian Thietmar of Merseburg, Matilda's brother, Emperor Otto III, did not like the idea of Matilda marrying at first. The family gave the couple large gifts to secure an adequate standard of living.
Jan 5, 2023 · Matilda received them out of Ottonian possessions and gave them to her husband. Ezzo and Matilda had married for love and their marriage was very happy. In any case, it was extremely fruitful, with ten children: Liudolf (c. 1000–10 April 1031), Count of Zütphen. Otto I (died 1047), Count Palatine of Lotharingia and later Duke of Swabia as ...
- Saxony
- Saxony, Germany
- circa June 979
Brief Life History of Mathilde. When Mathilde von Sachsen was born in 0979, in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, her father, Otto II. 'der Rote' römisch-deutscher Kaiser, was 25 and her mother, Theophanu Kaiserin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, was 23. She married Ehrenfried gen Ezzo III von Lothringen before 15 June 0991.
- Female
- Ezzo Count Palatine of Lotharingia
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When Mathilde von Deutschland was born in 0979, in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, her father, Otto II Kaiser des hl. römischen Reiches, was 24 and her mother, Theophanu, was 23. She married Count Palatine Ezzo of Lotharingia before 15 June 0991. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
- Female
- Count Palatine Ezzo of Lotharingia
It was intended that Matilda would stay in the Abbey and become an abbess like her cousin and older sisters Adelheid I, Abbess of Quedlinburg, and Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim, but she was ultimately married to Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia around 1000. This was despite strenuous objections by the Abbess Mathilde, such that Ezzo had to ...
- Ida of Swabia
- 973 - 5 November 1011
Matilda of Germany can refer to: Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia (979 – 1025), Countess Palatine of Lotharingia. Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), Queen of the Franks as the first wife of Henry I of France. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
Also known as. English. Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia. German noblewoman. Matilda of Germany. Mathilde von Sachsen.
