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- MATILDA or Maud, m. William I, surnamed the Conqueror of England.
Their children were:
1. Robert, surnamed Courthouse, successor to the Duchy of Normandy, d. at Cardiff Castle, Feb. 10,1134.
2. Richard, killed by a stag in the New Forest, and d. a youth.
3. William Rufus, successor to the crown of England, known as William II, d. Aug. 2, 1100.
4. Henry, successor to the crown of England, after his brother, known as Henry I. He d. from eating too freely of lampreys Dec. 2, 1135.
5. Cicelie, who took the veil at the monastery of Fescamp, and was afterward abbess to the Holy Trinity at Caen, where she d. in 1126.
6. Constantia. m. Alan Fergant, Earl of Brittany, and d. Sept. in 1126.
7. Alice, contracted to Harold.
8. Adela, m. Stephen, Earl of Blois, and had 5 ch.
9. Agatha, d. unm., but betrothed to Alphonzo, King of Galicia.
10. Gundred, m. William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, and d. May 27, 1085.
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• Father: Baldwin V of Flanders
• Mother: Adele (Alix) of France, a daughter of Robert II of France, formerly married to Richard III of Normandy, brother of Hugh Capet, King of France
• Brothers: Baldwin, Robert
Matilda and William separated, and she spent her last years in Normandy at l'Abbaye aux Dames in Caen -- the same abbey she had built as penance for the marriage, and her tomb is at that abbey. When Matilda died, William gave up hunting to express his grief.
https://www.thoughtco.com/matilda-of-flanders-3529626
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Matilda was reportedly 4’2” tall.
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Old Dead Relatives
1024 - 1083 (59 years)
