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Empress Matilda 1102–1167 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1102

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, , England

Death Date: 1167

Death Location: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Father: Henry England

Mother: Matilda Scotland

Spouse(s): Geoffrey Anjou

Children(s): Henry Plantagenet, Bertha Brittany, Nantes Geoffrey, Guillaume Plantagenet, Christina Germany, Constance DeBretagne

The story of Empress Matilda began in 1102 in London, Middlesex, , England. Empress Matilda married Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Of Anjou, and had children including Bertha Brittany, Christina Germany, Constance Debretagne, Guillaume Plantagenet, Henry Ii King Of England Plantagenet, Nantes Geoffrey. Empress Matilda passed away in 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • The story of Empress Matilda began in 1102 in London, Middlesex, , England.
  • Empress Matilda married Geoffrey Plantagenet Count Of Anjou, and had children including Bertha Brittany, Christina Germany, Constance Debretagne, Guillaume Plantagenet, Henry Ii King Of England Plantagenet, Nantes Geoffrey.
  • Empress Matilda passed away in 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry England
1068–1135
Birth Location: See, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
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Matilda Scotland
1080–1118
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Geoffrey Anjou
1113–1151
Birth Location: Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
GA

Children(s)

Henry Plantagenet
1133–1189
Birth Location: Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
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Bertha Brittany
1122–
Birth Location: Loire Atlantique, Anjou, Pays De La Loire, France
BB
Nantes Geoffrey
1134–1158
Birth Location: Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France
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Guillaume Plantagenet
1136–1163
Birth Location: Argentan, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
GP
Christina Germany
1118–1159
Birth Location: –
CG
Constance DeBretagne
1110–
Birth Location: Bretagne, Indre, Centre, France
CD

Empress Matilda's Ancestors

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Empress Matilda
1102–1167
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, , England
Parents
Henry I Beauclerc England
1068–1135
See, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Matilda (Atheling England) Scotland
1080–1118
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Empress Matilda's Descendants

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Empress Matilda (1102–1167) m. Geoffrey (Plantagenet Count of) Anjou (24 Aug 1113–07 Sep 1151)
  1. 1. Henry (II King of England) Plantagenet 1133–1189 m. Eleanor (Duchess Princess of) Aquitaine 1122–1204
    1. 1. John (I Lackland Plantagenet King of) England 1167–1216 m. Isabel (Countess Gloucester Fitz) Robert 1158–1217 m. CONSTANCE (Duchess) Brittany 1162–1201 m. Isabella (d'Angouleme) Taillefer 1188–1246 m. Isabella (De Taillefer Countess of Angouleme Queen Consort of) England 1187–1246 m. Isabella (of) Gloucester 1170–1217
      1. 1. Isabella (Plantagent of England Holy Roman Empress German Queen and Queen consort of) Sicily 1214–1228 m. Frederick (II Stupor Mundi) Hohenstaufen 1194–1250
        1. 1. Henry (Otto) Hohenstaufen 1238–1253
        2. 2. Agnes Hohenstaufen 1237–1237
        3. 3. Jordan Hohenstaufen 1236–1236
      2. 2. Richard (Plantagenet England de) Cornwall 1208–1272 m. Joan DeValletort 1213–1254
        1. 1. Lawrence DeCornwall 1235–1255 m. Joan (De) Owen 1240–1347
      3. 3. Henry (III King of England) Plantagenet 1206–1272 m. Eleanor (Queen Consort of England Countess Provence") Berenger 1223–1291
        1. 1. Katherine ("Princess of England") PLANTAGENET 1253–1257
        2. 2. Beatrice ("Princess of England") PLANTAGENET 1242–1275
        3. 3. John (Prince of) England 1250–1256
        4. 4. Margaret (Plantagenet, Princess of England and Queen of) Scotland 1240–1274
        5. 5. Edward (I 'Longshanks' 'The Lawyer' 'Hammer of the Scots' King of England) Plantagenet 1239–1307
        6. 6. Prince (Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, 1st Earl) Lancaster 1245–1296
        7. 7. Edward (Longshanks Plantagenet King of England) I 1239–1307 m. Eleanor (of Castile Countess Ponthieu Queen of) England 1244–1290 m. Marguerite CAPET 1279–1317
      4. 4. Joan (Plantagenet, Queen of) Scotland 1210–1238
      5. 5. Eleanor Plantagenet 1215–1275
    2. 2. Henry Plantagenet 1155–1183
    3. 3. Richard Plantagenet 1157–1199
    4. 4. Geoffrey (Count of Brittany) Plantagenet 1158–1186
  2. 2. Bertha Brittany 1122–
  3. 3. Nantes Geoffrey 1134–1158
  4. 4. Guillaume Plantagenet 1136–1163
  5. 5. Christina Germany 1118–1159
  6. 6. Constance DeBretagne 1110–

Empress Matilda's Timeline

2 Records

1102
1102
Birth of Empress Matilda in London, Middlesex, , England
London, Middlesex, , England
1167
1167
Age 65
Death of Empress Matilda in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1102
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Public Member Trees, Database online.
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1167
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Public Member Trees, Database online.
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
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