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Her mother Matilda was the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret of Wessex, a member of the West Saxon royal family, and a descendant of Alfred the Great. [8] For Henry I, marrying Matilda of Scotland had given his reign increased legitimacy, and for her it had been an opportunity for high status and power in England. [9]
In 1108, Henry betrothed his six-year-old daughter, Matilda, to Henry V, the future Holy Roman Emperor. [215] For King Henry, this was a prestigious match; for Henry V, it was an opportunity to restore his financial situation and fund an expedition to Italy, as he received a dowry of £6,666 from England and Normandy.
Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, [a] 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I. She acted as regent of England on several occasions during Henry's absences: in 1104, 1107, 1108, and 1111.
[1] [2] She is not to be confused with Isabel, another illegitimate daughter of Henry I by his mistress Isabel de Beaumont [1] [2] (c. 1102 – c. 1172), herself a sister of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. Maud (or Mathilda) was a half-sister of the Empress Matilda, who agreed to work with her. [2] She may have valued her company and ...
Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Empress Matilda, widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir. However, her cousin, Stephen of Blois (the third son of Adela of Normandy ) gained the support of the barons and usurped the throne, claiming that Henry had changed his ...
Matilda, or Maud, was an illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England by a mistress identified only as Edith. [a] [1] Nothing is known of her mother's family.Her father was the youngest son of William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda of Flanders.
The anniversary of Heath's death is just days away, as the actor died on Jan. 22, 2008, when Matilda was only a toddler. Michelle and Heath had ended their three-year relationship months before ...
Unlike Henry's first wife Matilda, Adeliza appears to have played a very passive role in the administration of the kingdom. While Matilda issued some thirty-one charters and writs during her queenship, during Adeliza's fifteen-year marriage to Henry I she issued one, and she only attested 13 of Henry's many charters, even though they were ...