Empress Of Germany Matilda 
Empress Of Germany was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Empress Of Germany's father was Henry I "Beauclerc and her mother was Matilda Of Scotland. Her paternal grandparents were William I "The Conqueror and Maud Of Flanders; her maternal grandparents were Malcolm III "Canmore" King Of Scotland and Margaret "Atheling". She had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Robert, Henry, Constance and Mathilda Of. She died on September 10th, 1167. She was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, France.General Notes
MATILDA (1102-1167), empress, was the daughter of Henry I of England by his first marriage. She was betrothed in 1109 and married in 1114 to the German emperor Henry V. When her husband died (1125) leaving her childless, her father, whose only surviving legitimate child she then was, persuaded his reluctant barons to accept her, on oath, as his successor (Jan. 1, 1127). The novel prospect of a female ruler was itself unwelcome; Matilda's 17-year absence in Germany (where she was not unpopular) and her apparent arrogrance estranged her from her father's subjects. Difficulties also might result from her remarriage to provide for the succession. Her marriage in 1128 to Geoffrey Plantagenet, heir to Anjou and Maine (designed by Henry I, like her first marriage, for political ends), whose father, CountFulk, departed immediately after the ceremony to become the consort of Melisende of Jerusalem, flouted the barons' stipulation that she should not marry outside England without their consent, and was unpopular in Normandy and England. On Henry I's death, his nephew Stephen by prompt action secured England and was recognized by Pope Innocent II. Matilda and Geoffrey, however, made some headway in Normandy. Matilda's subsequent challenge to Stephen's position in England mainly depended on the support of her half-brother Earl Robert of Gloucester. After the defeat and capture of Stephen at Lincoln (Feb. 1141), Matilda was elected "lady of the English" and would have been queen could she have proceeded to coronation, but active support for her cause still came mainly from the western counties. Her chance of consolidating her precarious victory was swiftly destroyed by a reaction initated by her tactless handling of London. After her defeat at Winchester in Sept. 1141, her supporters, slowly reduced by death and defection, maintained a stubborn defense until Earl Robert died (1147) and Matilda retired (1148) to Normandy, of which her husband had gained possession. She continued to interest herself in the government of the territories of her eldest son, the future Henry II of England. Her career was not entirely unsuccessful: all the subsequent monarchs of England have been her descendants, not Stephen's. She died in Normandy on Sept. 10, 1167.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 966 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0962 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1027 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0936
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 0930 in France d.27 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Bretagne, France
- b.~ 0952 d.~ 0960
- b.Bet 1027 and 1028 d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France
- b.~ 0973 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.< 0936 d.18 Sep 1000
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1335 in Angers, Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.Dec 0961 d.30 Mar 987
- b.~ 0980 in Flanders
- b.~ 0955 d.26 Jan 1001-1002
- b.~ 1013 in Flanders d.01 Sep 1067 in Flanders
- b.Bet 984 and 995
- b.1032 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0941 d.24 Oct 966 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.0968 d.1031
- b.~ 0950 d.1004
- d.8 Jan 1077-1078 in Messines Monastre, , France
- b.~ 0955 d.0994 in Avignon, , Fra
- d.25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-Et-Marne, France
- b.~ 0942 in Anjou, France d.1026
- b.7 Feb 1100-1101 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.10 Sep 1167
- b.~ 0950 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.0975 in Atholl, Perth, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perth, Scotland Killed By Macbeth
- b.~ 0951 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1001 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland
- b.0954 d.25 Nov 1034 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland And Was Buried In Isle Of Iona, Scotland
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Scotland
- b.~ 1033 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England And Was Buried In Holy Trinity Church, Dumferline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.0978 in Scotland d.1055
- b.1014 in Northumberland, England d.~ 1040
- b.0994 in Bernicia, Northumberland d.1039
- b.1031 in Bernicia, Northumberland, England
- b.1079 in Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex , England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0988 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex , England
- b.1016 in Wessex, England d.1057 in London, England
- b.~ 0960
- b.~ 0986 in Wessex, England d.1016
- b.~ 0960
- b.1042 in Wessex England d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- d.~ 1003
- d.23 Apr 1038
- b.11 Nov 985 d.14 Feb 1041-1042
- b.~ 1018 in Bavaria, Geermany d.> 1066
- d.1049
- d.21 Jul 1077
- d.1046
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They had a son named Henry II.
Family Notes
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Children
Henry II Plantagenet
Henry II was born in Le Mans, Sarthe, Anjou, France. He died on July 6th, 1189 in Chinon, Indre-Et-Loire, France. He was buried in Abbey Of Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France.
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