NameMatilda the_Empress Queen of England
Birth5 Oct 1102, Winchester, England
Death10 Sep 1167, Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, France
BurialRouen Cathedral, Rouen, France
Spouses
Birth1086
Death23 May 1125, Utrecht
Marriage7 Jan 1114, Mainz, Germany
Birth24 Aug 1113, Anjou, France
Death7 Sep 1151, Chateau-du-Loir, Eure-et-Loire, France
FatherFoulques_V Count of Anjou (1092-1143)
MotherErmengarde du_Maine
Marriage22 May 1128, Le Mans, Anjou, France
Geoffrey_VI of_Anjou (1134-1158)
William (1136-1164)
Notes for Matilda the_Empress Queen of England
She claimed the throne when her father died, but the throne was given to her first cousin, Stephen, the son of Henry's sister, Adela.
She was designated Henry's heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen siezed the
throne and Matilda invaded England (1139) inuagurating a period of
inconclusive civil war. She and he second husband (Geoffrey) captured normandy
and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognised Henry as Stephen's heir.
Burke says she was betrothed in her eight year (1119) to Henry.
http://users.LegacyFamilyTree.com/USPresidents/Royalpresidents.htm says she died in 1169.