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Matilda , Countess of Flanders
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| Name |
Matilda , Countess of Flanders |
| Alt Name |
Mathilde |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth? |
1032 |
Vlaanderen, Belgium(Flanders, Belgium) |
| Marriage |
abt 1053 |
Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, FranceCathedral Of Notre Dame to William I "the Conqueror" Beauclerc , King of England, Duke of Normandy |
| Other |
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Refuted child?: Gundred, Countess of Surrey (1) with William I "the Conqueror" Beauclerc , King of England, Duke of Normandy |
| Death? |
2 Nov 1083 |
Caen, France |
| Ancestral File Number |
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8XHZ-T2 |
| Physical Description? |
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4 ft. 1 in. |
| Physical Description? |
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"just over four feet tall, almost a dwarf" |
| Other? |
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House of Flanders |
| Alt Death[4] |
2 Nov 1083 |
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| Burial? |
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Caen, Calvados, FranceHoly Trinity Abbey |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was the wife of William the Conqueror and, as such, Queen consort of the Kingdom of England. She bore William nine children, including two kings, William II and Henry I.
References
- Matilda of Flanders, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
- Matilda de Flandre, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
- MATHILDE de Flandre ([1032]-Caen 2 Nov 1083, bur Caen, Abbey of Holy Trinity), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
- ↑ Matilda (Mathilde) of Flanders, in Baldwin, Stewart, and Todd Farmerie. The Henry Project (King Henry II ): Ancestors of King Henry II.
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