Empress Matilda
1102 - 1167 (~ 65 years)-
Name Matilda [1, 2] Prefix Empress Birth Feb 1102 London, England 
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Empress Matilda, impression from the 12th century Gospels of Henry the Lion. Courtesy of Wikipedia.Gender Female Alt-Birth Date (circa __ ___ 1103/4) , Winchester,, England [4] - She was possibly a twin of William
Name Adelaide -- [2, 5] Name Matilda [6] Death 10 Sep 1167 Rouen, Normandy, France [1, 3, 6, 7] Burial Fontrevault Abbey, France [1] Person ID I92325 Ancestral Trails Last Modified 7 Oct 2024
Father Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England, b. Sep 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, St. Denis-le-Fermont; near Rouen, France (Age ~ 67 years) Mother Matilda, of Scotland, b. 1079, Dunfermline Tower, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, 56.0699,-3.467 d. 1 May 1118, Palace of Westminster, Middlesex, England, 51.500241,-0.124267 (Age 39 years) Marriage 11 Nov 1100 Westminster Abbey, England [1, 6, 8, 9] - there were 4 children from this marriage.
Family ID F1461 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Henry V, German Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor d. 23 May 1125, Utrecht, Netherlands Marriage 7 Jan 1114 Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany [6, 10] Family ID F25996 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Apr 2024
Family 2 Geoffrey V PLANTAGENET, Count of Anjou, b. 24 Aug 1113 d. 7 Sep 1151, Château du Loire, France (Age 38 years) Marriage 3 Apr 1128 Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou, France [1, 4] - alternate marriage dates are 22 May and 17 June.
Children 1. Henry II PLANTAGENET, King of England, b. 5 Mar 1133, Le Mans,, France d. 6 Jul 1189, near Tours, France (Age 56 years)Family ID F1460 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Oct 2024
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Event Map 
Birth - Feb 1102 - London, England 
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Photos Empress_Matilda
Empress Matilda, depicted in the 12th century Gospels of Henry the Lion. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
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