Matilda Bearderc

• General Notes
  • , Matilda the Empress, Queen of England
    
    Born: ABT 1103/04, Winchester, England
    Acceded: APR 1141
    Died: 10 SEP 1167, Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen
    Interred: Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, France
    Notes:
    
    She was designated Henry's heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen siezed the
    throne and Matilda invaded England (1139) inuagurating a period of
    inconclusive civil war. She and he second husband (Geoffrey) captured normandy
    and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognised Henry as Stephen's heir.
    Burke says she was betrothed in her eight year (1119) to Henry.
    
    Father: , Henry I Beauclerc, King of England, b. ABT SEP 1068
    
    Mother: , Matilda (Edith) of Scotland, b. 1079/80
    
    Married 7 JAN 1114, Mainz, Germany to , Henry V of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor
    
    Married 22 MAY 1128, Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou to Plantagenet, Geoffrey V the Fair, Count of Anjou and Maine
    
    Child 1: FitzEmpress, Henry II Curtmantle, King of England, b. 25 MAR 1133
    Child 2: , Geoffrey VI of Anjou, Count of Nantes & Anjou, b. 1 JUN 1134
    Child 3: , William, Count of Poitou, b. 1136