Holy Roman Empress Matilda Maude MNU

Abt 1102 - 1167  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Matilda Maude MNU
  Prefix	Holy Roman Empress
  Born	Abt 7 Feb 1102
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Queen of Italy
  Died	10 Sep 1167	Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
  Person ID	I43656	Main
  Last Modified	10 May 2018

  
  

  Father	King Henry BEAUCLERC, I,   b. Abt 1068, prob Selby, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1 Dec 1135, England  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Queen Empress Matilda Edith MNU,   b. Abt 1080, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 May 1118, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F30727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Count Geoffrey PLANTAGENET, V,   b. 24 Aug 1113, Le Mans, Maine, Normandy [France] ,   d. 7 Sep 1151, Chateau-du-Loir, Pays de la Loire, Normandy [France]  (Age 38 years)
  Children	+ 1. King Henry PLANTAGENET, II,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Maine, Normandy [France] ,   d. 6 Jul 1189, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F30726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Geoffrey and Matilda's marriage took place in 1128. The marriage was meant to seal a peace between England/Normandy and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, and very proud of her status as empress dowager (as opposed to being a mere countess). Their marriage was a stormy one with frequent long separations, but she bore him three sons and survived him. —— m1 Henry V, King of the Romans in Jan of 1114. Matilda was 8 and Henry was 24. Matilda and Henry had no children, and when Henry died in 1125, the crown was claimed by Lothair II, one of his political enemies. —— Her younger brother, William Adelin, died in the White Ship disaster of 1120, leaving no male heir to the throne. So her father married her to Geoffrey of Anjou and gave her the throne, leading to the Civil War (The Anarchy). This was challenged, and she never was formally declared Queen of England. Her eldest son eventually succeeded to the throne, and she settled in Normandy. [1, 2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Plantagenet,_Count_of_Anjou. [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Matilda.