Mathilda of Flanders 
Mathilda of was born in 1031 in Flanders, France. Mathilda of's father was Baldwin V the Pious de Lille of Flanders and her mother was Adela (Alix) Capet of France. Her paternal grandparents were Baldwin IV Fair Beard Barbatus of Flanders and Ogive (Otgiva) of Luxemburg; her maternal grandparents were Robert II Capet the Pious of France and Constance of Arles and Toulouse. She had two brothers named Baldwin I (VI of Flanders) of and Robert I the Frisian of. She had a half-brother named Nicholas de. She died at the age of 52 on November 2nd, 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France. She was buried in 1083 in Holy Trinity Abbey (Abbate-aux-Dames La Trinite's choir),Caen, Normandy.General Notes
According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: "During William's absences in
England, the duchy of Normandy was under her regency, with the aid of
their son, Robert Curthose (see Robert II Normandy), except when he was
in rebellion against his father. the embroidery of the Bayeux tapestry
was once wrongly attributed to her."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0889 in Flanders, Belgium d.27 Mar 964
- b.0933 in Flanders, Nord, France d.1 Nov 962
- b.Bet 910 and 915 in Vermandois, Neustria d.10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine, France
- b.< 0940 d.30 Mar 987
- b.~ 0925 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France d.Bet 10 and 19 Oct 993 in Ragensburg, Germany
- b.Bet 955 and 993 in Burgundy, France d.0972
- b.0943 d.26 Jan 981/82
- b.Bet 968 and 980 in Flanders, Nord, France d.30 May 1035 in Flanders, Nord, France
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- b.~ 1012 in Flanders, Nord, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
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- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.0866 in Bourgogne, France d.15 Jun 923 in Killed in battle at Soissons, France
- b.Bet 895 and 900 in Paris, Seine, France d.16 Jun 956 in Deurdan, Dourdan, France
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- b.0939 in France d.24 Aug 996 in Les Juifs, near Chartres, Paris, France
- b.Bet 869 and 871 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, Farrington, Berkshire, England
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- b.~ 0878 in Wiltshire, England d.0920
- b.27 Mar 972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Aquitaine, France
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- b.Bet 854 and 870 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag,Norway d.Bet 931 and 932 in Rennes or Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy, France
- b.Bet 909 and 917 in Normandy, France d.14 Oct 962 in France
- b.~ 0872 in Bayeaux, Calvados, Evreux or Devalois, Normandy, France
- b.1009 in France d.8 Jan 1078/79 in Messinesmonastre, W. Flanders Province, Belgium/France
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- b.0943 in Toulouse, France d.Sep 1037
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Mathilda of and Gherbod the Fleming of were married in a religious ceremony before 1047. They had two sons and a daughter, named Gherbod the, Richard and Gundrada de.
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Children
Gundrada de St. Omer
Gundrada de was born in Normandy, France. She died on May 27th, 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England. She was buried in Chapter-house of Lewes, Sussex, England.
Mathilda of and William I the Conqueror of were married in a religious ceremony in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France. They had four sons and six daughters, named Richard of, Robert III Curthose of, William II Rufus of, Henry I Beauclerc of, Adeliza of, Cecilia of Holy, Adela, Agatha of, Constance of and Matilda of.
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Children
Richard of Bernay
Richard of was born about 1053 in Normandy, France. He died in 1081 in New Forest, Hampshire, England.
Robert III Curthose of Normandy
Robert III Curthose of was born in 1054 in Normandy, France. He died in Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Adeliza of England
Adeliza of was born in 1055 in Normandy, France. She died at the age of 11 in 1066.
Cecilia of Holy Trinity
Cecilia of Holy was born in 1056 in France. She died at the age of 69 on July 30th, 1125 in England.
William II Rufus of England
William II Rufus of was born in 1060 in France. He died at the age of 40 on August 2nd, 1100 in New Forest, England. He was buried in Winchester Cathedral, England.
Adela de Normandy
Adela was born in 1062 in Normandy, France. She died in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France. She was buried in Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen, Normandy, France.
Agatha of England
Agatha of was born about 1064 in France. She died before 1080 in Died on journey to Spain in Calvados, France.
Constance of England
Constance of was born in 1066 in Normandy, France. She died at the age of 24 on August 13th, 1090 in Brittany, France.
Henry I Beauclerc of England
Henry I Beauclerc of was born in September 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England. He died at the age of 67 on December 1st, 1135 in Hunting lodge of Lyons-La-Foret near Rouen or St. Denis-le-Fermont, Seine-St Denis near Gisors, France. He was buried in 1135 in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England.
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