Mathilda Av ENGLAND

1102 - 1167  (65 years)

• Name	Mathilda Av ENGLAND
  Birth	1102	England
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	monarch
  Residence	Tyskland
  Death	1167	Frankrike
  Notes	Matilda (1102-1167), wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, and claimant to the English throne, the only daughter of Henry I. In 1114 Matilda (also known as Maud) married Henry V. who died in 1125; and in 1128 wed Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou . After her brother William's death on the White Ship in 1120, her father had compelled the barons to accept her as his heir, but they had stipulated that she should not marry outside England without their consent. Her son Henry was only 2 when th e king died in 1135, and a coup brought Stephen, the son of William the Conqueror's daughter Adela, to the throne, supported by the Church and a majority of barons. Matilda's half-brother Robert of Gloucester persuaded her to fight. In 1141, afte r Stephen was captured at Lincoln, she was elected "Lady of the English" by a clerical council in Winchester, and moved to London. But her actions, and demands for money, caused the citizens to chase her away to Oxford before she could be crowned . Her army was routed at Winchester. In 1142 she escaped from Oxford Castle over the frozen River Thames. Her position was now weak, and in 1148 she fled to Normandy, from where she exercised considerable influence on her son, later Henry II. Sh e died near Rouen on September 10, 1167.1 1"Matilda," Microsoft(r) Encarta(r) 99 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
  Person ID	I18431	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Henry I,   b. 1068, England d. 1135 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F6859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Heinrich V Av TYSKLAND,   b. Abt 1070, Tyskland d. 1125, Tyskland (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	1114
  Family ID	F16070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Geofrey IV Av ANJOU,   b. 1113, Anjou, Frankrike d. 1151 (Age 38 years)
  Children	+ 1. Henrik II,   b. 5 Mar 1133, Le MAN, Frankrike d. 1189 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F6860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007