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Matilda Princess Of England 1156 – 1189 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 1156

Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Death Date: 28 Jun 1189

Death Location: Brunswick, Germany

Father: Henry Plantagenet

Mother: Eleanor England

Spouse(s): Henry Lion

Children(s): Henry Brunswick, Wilhelm Lüneburg

The story of Matilda Princess Of England began in 1156 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. Matilda Princess Of England married Henry The Lion, and had children including Henry of Brunswick, Wilhelm von Lüneburg. Matilda Princess Of England passed away in 1189 in Brunswick, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Matilda Princess Of England began in 1156 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
  • Matilda Princess Of England married Henry The Lion, and had children including Henry of Brunswick, Wilhelm von Lüneburg.
  • Matilda Princess Of England passed away in 1189 in Brunswick, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Plantagenet
1133 – 1189
Birth Location: Le Mans, Sarthe, France
HP
Eleanor England
1124 – 1204
Birth Location: Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
EE

Spouses(s)

Henry Lion
1129 – 1195
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Henry Brunswick
1173 – 1227
Birth Location: Braunschweig, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
HB
Wilhelm Lüneburg
1184 – 1213
Birth Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England
WL

Matilda England's Ancestors

Self
Matilda England
1156 – 1189
Birth Place: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Parents
Henry King of England (29) Plantagenet
1133 – 1189
Le Mans, Sarthe, France
Eleanor (Duchess (26) Aquitaine, Countess of Poitiers, Queen of) England
1124 – 1204
Nieul-sur-l'Autise, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Grandparents
Geoffrey ((27 &30) (CP IV 670)) Plantagenet
1113 – 1151
Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes or Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Hauteo-Normandie, France
Matilda (Alice (27) Beauclerc of) England
1104 – 1167
London, Middlesex, England
William (Count of Poitou(27) Guillaume of) Aquitaine
1099 – 1137
Toulouse, Jura, Franche-Comte, France
Aenor ((Eleanor) (27) de) CHATELLERAULT
1103 – 1129
Chatellerault, Aquitaine, France
Great-Grandparents
Fulk Anjou
1092 – 1143
Ermengarde Maine
1073 – 1126
Henry (28)
1068 – 1135
Matilda (28)
1080 – 1116
William Aquitaine
1071 – 1126
Phillipa Toulouse
1073 – 1118
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Fulk Anjou
1043 – 1109
Bertrade DeMontfort
1059 – 1117
William Normandie
1024 – 1087
Matilda Flanders
1031 – 1083
Malcolm (28,29)
1031 – 1093
Margaret GG)
1042 – 1093
William Aquitaine
1024 – 1086
Hildegarde Bourgogne
1050 – 1120
Guillaume Toulouse
1040 – 1093
Emma Demortaigne
1058 – 1080

Matilda England's Descendants

1.
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Matilda (Princess Of) England (Jun 1156 – 28 Jun 1189) m. Henry (The) Lion (1129 – 06 Aug 1195)
  1. 1. Henry (of) Brunswick (1173 – 28 Apr 1227)
  2. 2. Wilhelm (von) Lüneburg (10 Apr 1184 – 12 Dec 1213)

Matilda England's Timeline

2 Records

1156
Jun 1156
Birth of Matilda Princess Of England in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
1189
28 Jun 1189
Age 33
Death of Matilda Princess Of England in Brunswick, Germany
Brunswick, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 1156
    Event Place: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1189
    Event Place: Brunswick, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Braunschweig, Braunschweiger Stadtkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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