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Nickname:<NICK> Countess Of Flanders
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Queen Of EnglandName Suffix:<NSFX> Of FlandersCountess of Flanders.  Matilda was know for her formidable temper. 
William is said to have courted Matilda for seven years, from the ti
met her whenshe was 14, to their wedding when she was 21.  Matilda was
the founder of the Holy Trinity Abbey, where she was buried.
Matilda of Flanders (1031-1083)
Matilda of Flanders, born in 1031. She was the daughter of Baudouin V
Count of Flanders and Adele de France, wife of William the Conqueror. 
She was 4 ft.2 in. and had 12 children. Matilda fell in love with
Brittric of Avening Lord  of Gloucester, He rejected her and she takes
revenge when she marries William. She has Brittricthrown into prison
where he dies.  Although the Papacy disapproved their marriage, because
they were to closely related; he marries her any way. At first Matilda
rejects his proposal, she said "she would ratherbe a veiled nun than
marry a bastard".  William beat her until she changed her mind.  They
were married in 1051. William invades England on october 14, 1066. He is
crowned King William I of England on Christmas day, 1066.  Matildawasn't
crowned until 1068.  The English didn't accept him as king and rebelled
against him.  William would reward his followers by giving them the lan
of defeated Saxon Nobles in return for their military services. 
In 1070 William and Matida had the Windsor Castle built.  Which later
after being addedon to, to the needs of later kings and queens, became
the largest castle in England.  In 1083 William was at Matilda's bedside
to pay his respects to hiswife who would soon die.  Matilda was very
sick, and although she was a verystrong women she was not able to old on
any longer.  Matilda died November 21, 1083, she was buried at caen.  In
1085 two years before William himself would die, he ordered a survey of
England to find out how much he should tax. It was all written down into
a book called the Domesday Book. In 1086 he started to tax the
landowners. Before he died William instructed his son Robert tosucceed
him in Normandy, and his son william II to take over England. William
reigned 21 years before he died.  Some people say he started the
political and economical success of
England. William died on September 9, 1087 at sixty years old, from a
fatal riding accident.  He was buried at St. Stephen's Church.




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Alt. Born 1031