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    Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil...
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    marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda, whose son, Henry II, succeeded Stephen as the first of the Angevin...
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    disaster of 1120. Henry sought to be succeeded by his daughter, known as Empress Matilda, but was only partially successful in convincing the nobility to support...
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    away, with many surviving charters signed by her. Matilda and Henry had two children: Empress Matilda and William Adelin; through her daughter, she is...
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  • in his struggle for the English throne against their mutual cousin Empress Matilda. She played an unusually active role for a woman of the period when...
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    William's less popular policies. He married Matilda of Scotland and they had two surviving children, Empress Matilda and William Adelin; he also had many illegitimate...
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    Magdeburg (1282/1294) Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1240/41 – 1298) Empress Matilda or Empress Maud (1102–1167), Lady of the English, Queen of Germany, daughter...
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  • Look up Mathilda, Matilda, or matilda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest...
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    born in Maine at Le Mans on 5 March 1133, the eldest child of the Empress Matilda and her second husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. The French...
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    eventually beheaded. Mary was—excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda—the first queen regnant of England. In July 1554, she married Prince...
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  • dowager, Empress Matilda was the Holy Roman Empress from 1114 by her marriage to Emperor Henry V. She continued to be referred to as "Empress" long after...
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  • Matilda of England or Empress Matilda (1102–1167) was the daughter and dispossessed heiress of Henry I. Matilda of England may also refer to: Matilda...
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    no children, and Henry decided to leave the throne to his daughter Empress Matilda. Adeliza was among those who swore to support her stepdaughter and...
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  • Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118, Queen of the English, wife of King Henry I Empress Matilda (c. 1102–1167), Matilda of England, Holy Roman Empress,...
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  • found inspiration for Rhaenyra's story from Empress Matilda of England. Like her fictional counterpart, Matilda, daughter of Henry I, was sworn in as the...
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  • Becket (1964 film) (category Cultural depictions of Empress Matilda)
    Gilbert Foliot, Paolo Stoppa as Pope Alexander III, Martita Hunt as Empress Matilda, Pamela Brown as Queen Eleanor, Siân Phillips, Felix Aylmer, Gino Cervi...
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  • dignity. Patrick of Salisbury was created Earl of Wiltshire by the Empress Matilda, probably after July 1143, but he was usually styled Earl of Salisbury...
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  • half-sister of the Empress Matilda, who agreed to work with her. She may have valued her company and advice.[citation needed] Matilda became the abbess...
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  • Hand of St James the Apostle (category Empress Matilda)
    Hand of Saint James the Apostle is a holy relic brought to England by Empress Matilda in the 12th century. The first recorded mention of the relic is in...
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    The 12th-century ruler Empress Matilda has been depicted in various cultural media. Matilda is a character in Henry I of England, a play by Beth Flintoff...
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    David supported the claims of Henry's daughter and his own niece, Empress Matilda, to the throne of England. In the process, he came into conflict with...
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    the House of Plantagenet was influenced by the Norman dynasty, as Empress Matilda, the mother of Henry II of England was the daughter of the Norman king...
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  • William FitzEmpress (22 July 1136 – 30 January 1164) or William Longespee was the youngest of the three sons of Empress Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenet...
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    Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (category Empress Matilda)
    from 1144. Geoffrey married Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, king of England and duke of Normandy. Geoffrey and Matilda's marriage led, through their...
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    England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; named after her paternal grandmother, Empress Matilda, she was baptized shortly after birth in Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate...
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  • supporters during the Anarchy, the civil war fought with his cousin Empress Matilda for the English throne. In 1138, Stephen created eight new earldoms:...
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  • Geoffrey FitzEmpress. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Empress Matilda. His brothers were Henry II of England and William FitzEmpress. Born in Rouen...
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    illegitimate son of King Henry I of England. He was the half-brother of the Empress Matilda, and her chief military supporter during the civil war known as the...
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    takes its name from Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, husband of Empress Matilda and father of Henry II. The name Plantagenet itself was unknown as...
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    private access. William de Mohun of Dunster (?–c. 1155), a favourite of Empress Matilda and a loyal supporter of her in the war against King Stephen (during...
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