, Matilda of Flanders 1a

Birth Name Matilda of Flanders
Gender female
Age at Death 51 years, 10 months, 1 day

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Burial   Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France  
 
Birth 1032 Flanders, France  
 
Death 1083-11-02 Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father , Baldwin V10131067-09-01
Mother , Adela of Franceabout 10091079-01-08
         , Matilda of Flanders 1032 1083-11-02

Families

    Family of , William the Conqueror I and , Matilda of Flanders
Unknown Partner , William the Conqueror I ( * 1028-09-00 + 1087-09-09 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Curthose, Robert
, William (Rufus) II
, Adela
Beauclerc, Henry I1068-09-001135-12-01

Narrative

Matilda, queen of William the Conqueror; daughter of Baldwin V of Flanders, descendant of Alfred [q.v]; forbidden to marry Duke William of Normandy b the council of Rheims, 1049; married at Eu, 1053, dispensation being granted by Nocholas II, 1059; built abbey at Caen as a penance; ruled Normandy in William's absence; crowned at Westminster, 1067; resided much in Normandy superintending the affairs of the duchy; sent quantities of valuables to her son Robert, 1079. during his quarrel with his father; founded the abbey of St. Mary de Pre' at Rouen; benefactor of French religious houses.

Pedigree

  1. , Baldwin V
    1. , Adela of France
      1. , Matilda of Flanders
        1. , William the Conqueror I
          1. Curthose, Robert
          2. , William (Rufus) II
          3. Beauclerc, Henry I
          4. , Adela

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
      • Page: Vol. 22; xxxvii, 49