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Female Princess Matilda of Saxony Click to view Princess Matilda of Saxony in the family tree

Matilda was born about 0978 in Saxony, Germany.  Matilda's father was Emperor Otto Rufus II of Saxony and her mother was Princess Theophanu Skleros of the Byzantine Empire.  Her paternal grandparents were Emperor Otto ("the Great") I of Germany and Empress Adelaide of Italy; her maternal grandfather was Constantine Skleros of Byzantium and her maternal grandmother is Sophia Phokaina of Cappadocia. She had a sister named Otelhild.  She was the older of the two children.  She died on May 25th, 1008.


Matilda's first family with Baldwin III of Flanders

They had a son named Arnolph.


Matilda's second family with Count Palatine Ezzo of Lorraine

They had two sons and a daughter, named Otto, Otto and Richeza.

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