Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as a child when she married the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. Matilda and Henry V had no children, and when he died in 1125, the imperial crown was claimed by Lothair of Supplinburg.

About Empress Matilda in brief

Empress Matilda was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as a child when she married the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. She travelled with her husband into Italy in 1116, was controversially crowned in St Peter’s Basilica, and acted as the imperial regent in Italy. Matilda and Henry V had no children, and when he died in 1125, the imperial crown was claimed by his rival Lothair of Supplinburg. Her younger brother, William Adelin, died in the White Ship disaster of 1120, leaving Matilda’s father and England facing a potential succession crisis. In 1108, Matilda left her brother in the care of the archbishop of Canterbury, while he travelled to Normandy. She settled her court near Rouen and for the rest of her life concerned herself with the administration of Normandy, acting on her son’s behalf when necessary. She worked extensively with the Church, founding Cistercian monasteries, and was known for her piety. She was buried under the high altar at Bec Abbey after her death in 1167, and her status and power had been high and it had been an opportunity for her to rise to the top of the Anglo-Norman elite.

For more information on Matilda, visit: http://www.history.org.uk/matildas/matilda-and-her-children-from-the-beginning-of-the civil-war-known-as the Anarchist-Empire and the-Empresses-of Norman-Ruptures-of the Middle  Ages. For other information on the Empress, see: http:www. History.org/Matilda.uk/. For more about the Empress and her children, visit http: www.History.org/. For other stories about the Emperor and his children, see www.history of the Roman Emperor and his children from the beginning of the Roman Age and the Emirates-Of-Netherlands-Of The Roman Age, and the Empire-Of The Roman-Age of The Roman Era, http:www History.gov.uk /Matildas-And-The-Emperor-and Her-Children-from The-Roman-Era and-The Roman-Age-of The Embraces The Roman Rupture of That Age. For  more information about Matilda and her Children from The Roman Age, see http:// www.historians.org and The Roman-Easterly Age, or the Annals of The Roman Empire, of the Roman Age, of The Age of The Third Generation, 1125-1125.

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