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Empress Matilda 1102–1167 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1102

Birth Location: Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)

Death Date: 1167

Death Location: Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie, France

Father: Henry I

Mother: Matilda Eadgyth

Spouse(s): Geoffroy V

Children(s): Henry II

The story of Empress Matilda began in 1102 in Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom). Empress Matilda married Geoffroy Count Of Anjou Maine And Mortain V, and had children including Henry King Of England Curtmantle Ii. Empress Matilda passed away in 1167 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • The story of Empress Matilda began in 1102 in Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom).
  • Empress Matilda married Geoffroy Count Of Anjou Maine And Mortain V, and had children including Henry King Of England Curtmantle Ii.
  • Empress Matilda passed away in 1167 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry I
1068–1135
Birth Location: Selby, North Yorkshire, England
HI
Matilda Eadgyth
1079–1118
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Geoffroy V
1113–1151
Birth Location: Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
GV

Children(s)

Henry II
1133–1189
Birth Location: Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
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Empress Matilda's Ancestors

Self
Empress Matilda
1102–1167
Birth Place: Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
Parents
Henry King of England "Beauclerc" I
1068–1135
Selby, North Yorkshire, England
Matilda (of Scotland) Eadgyth
1079–1118
Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
William (King of England "the Conqueror" FitzRobert, Duke of) Normandy
1024–1087
Château de Base-, Falaise, Calvados, Normandie, France
Matilda (of) Flanders
1031–1083
Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Great-Grandparents
Robert Normandy
1000–1035
Herleva Falaise
1003–1050
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Judith Brittany
–1017

Empress Matilda's Descendants

1.
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Empress Matilda (1102–1167) m. Geoffroy (Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain) V (bef. 1113–1151)
  1. 1. Henry (King of England "Curtmantle") II 1133–1189 m. Eleanor (d'Aquitaine, Queen Consort of) England 1122–1204
    1. 1. Eleanor (of England, Queen consort of) Castile 1162–1214 m. Alfonso (the Noble Sanchez, king of Castile) VIII 1155–1214
      1. 1. Blanche (de Castille, reine consort de France, Queen of) France 1188–1252 m. Louis (VIII King of the Franks and Count of) Artois 1187–1226
        1. 1. Louis (the Saint, King of France) IX 1214–1270 m. Marguerite (de Provence, reine consort de France (Queen Consort of) France) 1221–1295

Empress Matilda's Timeline

2 Records

1102
1102
Birth of Empress Matilda in Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
1167
1167
Age 65
Death of Empress Matilda in Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie, France
Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1102
    Event Place: Sutton Courtnay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1167
    Event Place: Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie, France
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