Matilda

1156 -

• Name	Matilda
  Birth	1156	London, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	1 Feb 1168 (12 years)	Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Henry "the Lion", Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, the son of Heinrich, Duke of Barvaria and Gertrude. He was born in 1129. [Henry married second Matilda] In 1180, he was deprived of both Saxony and Bavaria. His remaining years were spent either at Danworderode Castle in Brunswick, or at the court of his father-in-law, King Henry II of England. He died 1 April 1195 or he died on 6 August 1195 in Danwarderode Castle, Brunswick, Germany. He was buried in Church of St. Blaise, now Brunswick Cathedral, Brunswick, Germany. Issue: 1. Henry "the Long", Duke of Saxony (1170-1227) 2. Lothar 3. Otto IV, King of he Romans and Count of Poitou (c1183-1218) 4. Richza 5. Wilhelm, Count of Lüneburg
  	Henry the Lion
  Death	Danwarderode Castle, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Church of St. Blaise (now Brunswick Cathedral), Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany   [2]
  	Tomb Effigies of Henry and Matilda
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. William, Prince of England,   b. 17 Aug 1153, Normandy, France d. Apr 1156, Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England  (Age 2 years)   2. Henry "the Young King", Duke of Normandy,   b. 28 Feb 1155, Bermondsey, Southwark, Greater London, England d. 11 Jun 1183, Château de la Roche-Martel, Roiffé, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Château de la Roche-Martel,  Roiffé, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France  (Age 28 years)   3. Matilda,   b. 1156, London, England d. Danwarderode Castle, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany   4. Richard I, King of England,   b. 8 Sep 1157, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 2 Apr 1199  (Age 41 years) > 5. Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond,   b. 23 Sep 1158   d. 19 Aug 1186, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 27 years) ▻ Constance, Duchess of Brittany,  m. Jul 1181 + 6. Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 25 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain  (Age 52 years) ▻ Alfonso IX, King of Castile,  m. 1170   7. Joan,   b. 1165   d. 1199  (Age 34 years) + 8. John, King of England ,   b. 24 Dec 1167, Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Oct 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England  (Age 48 years) ▻ Isabelle de Clare,  m. 29 Aug 1189 ;   Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England,  m. 24 Aug 1200 ;   Agatha de Ferrers;   daughter de Warenne
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Henry II and Ida Plantagenet)
  + 1. William, Earl of Salisbury,   b. Abt 1170, England d. 7 Mar 1225/26, Salisbury Castle, Wiltshire, England (exact location not found) the coordinates are for Salisbury in general  (Age 56 years) ▻ Ela, Countess of Salisbury,  m. Before Sep 1197
  Half siblings	1 half sister (family of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine )
  + 1. Marie of France, Princess of France,   b. 1145, France d. 11 Mar 1198  (Age 53 years) ▻ Henry I, Count of Champagne and Brie,  m. 1164
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bodilon de Trèves, Count of Tréves,   b. About 600, Louresse-Rochemenier, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France d. About 643, Mas d'Albon, Beaucaire, Gard, Languedoc, France  (Age 43 years)  (18 x Great Grandfather)  Dangerose,   b. Abt 1080  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I21948
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry II, King of England,   b. 5 Mar 1132/33, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France d. 6 Jul 1189, Château Chinon, Normandy, France (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine,   b. 1123, probably Bordeaux, France d. 31 Mar 1204, Palace of Poitiers, Poitiers, Poitou, France (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Matilda(1156 – ) 2Henry II, King of England(5 Mar 1132/33 – 1189) 4Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy(1113 – 1151) 8Fulk V, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou(1092 – 1143) 16Fulk IV, Count of Anjou(1043 – 1109) 17Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury(1060 – 1117) 9Ermenbourg of Maine( – 1126) 18Hélie, Count of Maine 19Matilde, Dame de Château-du-Loir( – 1099) 5The Empress Maud(1102 – 1167) 10Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy(1070 – 1135) 20William I, King of England(1027 – 1087) 21Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England(1032 – 1083) 11Matilda of Scotland(1078 – 1118) 22Malcolm III, King of the Scots(1031 – 1093) 23Saint Margaret of Scotland(1045 – 1093) 3Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine(1123 – 1204) 6William X, Duke of Aquitaine(1099 – 1137) 12William VII, Count of Poitou(1071 – 1127) 24William IV, Count of Poitou(1024 – 1089) 25Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine(Abt 1056 – 1104) 13Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse(1073 – 1117) 26William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse(Abt 1040 – 1093) 27Emma de Mortain(Abt 1058 – ) 7Éléonore de Châtellerault(1105 – 1130) 14Almeric I, Vicscount of Châtellerault(Abt 1076 – 1136) 28Boso II, Vicomte de Châtellerault( – 1092) 29Eleanor de Thouars 15Dangerose(Abt 1080 – ) 30Bartholomew, Seigneur de l'Isle Bouchard 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1156 - London, England Married - 1 Feb 1168 - Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Death - - Danwarderode Castle, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany Burial - - Church of St. Blaise (now Brunswick Cathedral), Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975). [S307] Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).