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Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony 1156–1189 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Jan 1156

Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Death Date: 28 Jun 1189

Death Location: Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany

Father: Henry FitzEmpress

Mother: Eleanor Aquitaine

Spouse(s): Henry Bavaria

Children(s): Richenza None, Henry Rhine, Otto Emperor, Eleanor Bavaria, Unknown Bavaria, Luther Bavaria, William Luneburg, Ingebirog Bavaria

Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony was born in 1156 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, the child of Henry Ii Curtmantle Plantagenet King Of England Curtmantle Fitzempress And Eleanor Alienor Aquitaine Queen Consrt Of England Duchess Of Aquitaine. Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony married Henry The Lion Duke Of Saxony And Bavaria, and had children including Eleanor Of Bavaria, Henry V The Elder Von Braunschweig Guelph Count Palantine Of The Rhine, Ingebirog Of Bavaria, Luther Of Bavaria, Otto Iv Holy Roman Emperor, Richenza, Unknown Of Bavaria, William Of Winchester Lord Of Luneburg. Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony passed away in 1189 in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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  • Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony was born in 1156 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, the child of Henry Ii Curtmantle Plantagenet King Of England Curtmantle Fitzempress And Eleanor Alienor Aquitaine Queen Consrt Of England Duchess Of Aquitaine.
  • Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony married Henry The Lion Duke Of Saxony And Bavaria, and had children including Eleanor Of Bavaria, Henry V The Elder Von Braunschweig Guelph Count Palantine Of The Rhine, Ingebirog Of Bavaria, Luther Of Bavaria, Otto Iv Holy Roman Emperor, Richenza, Unknown Of Bavaria, William Of Winchester Lord Of Luneburg.
  • Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony passed away in 1189 in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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Matilda Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Matilda Saxony
1156–1189
Birth Place: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Parents
Henry II "Curtmantle" Plantagenet King of England, Curtmantle, FitzEmpress
1133–1189
Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Eleanor ((Aliénor) Aquitaine Queen Consrt of England, Duchess of) Aquitaine
1124–1204
Aquitaine, France
Grandparents
Geoffrey (V "The Fair" Plantagenet d'Blois, Count of Anjou, Maine and Mortain, Duke of) Normandy
1113–1151
Anjou, France
Empress (Adelaide "Matilda" de Angers Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the) Romans
1102–1167
Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Guillaume (d'Aquitaine Guillaume [X] Duke of Aquitaine, Guillaume [VIII] Comte de) Poitou
1099–1137
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Aénor Châtellerault
1103–1130
Châtellerault, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Great-Grandparents
Fulk Jerusalem
1092–1143
Ermengarde Maine
1092–1126
Henry Normandy
1068–1135
Matilda Normandy
1079–1118
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Fulk Anjou
1043–1109
Bertrada France
1059–1117
William England
1024–1087
Matilda England
1031–1083
Malcolm 🧬
1031–1093
Margaret Scotland
1045–1093

Matilda Saxony's Descendants

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Matilda ((Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of) Saxony (6 Jan 1156–28 Jun 1189) m. Henry ("the Lion" Duke of Saxony and) Bavaria (1129–6 Aug 1195)
  1. 1. Richenza 1172–1209
  2. 2. Henry (V "the Elder" Von Braunschweig (Guelph) Count Palantine of the) Rhine 1173–1227
  3. 3. Otto (IV Holy Roman) Emperor 1175–1218
  4. 4. Eleanor (of) Bavaria 1178–
  5. 5. Unknown (of) Bavaria 1182–1182
  6. 6. Luther (of) Bavaria 1181–1190
  7. 7. William (of Winchester, Lord of) Luneburg 1184–1213
  8. 8. Ingebirog (of) Bavaria 1180–

Matilda Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1156
6 Jan 1156
Birth of Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
1189
28 Jun 1189
Age 33
Death of Matilda (Maud) Plantagenet Princess of England, Duchess of Saxony in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Jan 1156
    Event Place: Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1189
    Event Place: Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany

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