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Mathilde de Flandre Queen of England


Preferred Parents:
Father: Baudouin de Flandre V, b. 19 AUG 1012 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   d. 1 SEP 1067 in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Mother: Adele de France, b. 1004 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France   

Family 1: William I "the Conqueror" King of England,    b. ABT 1028 in Falaise, Normandie, France    d. 9 SEP 1087 in Priory of Saint Gervase, Rouen, Duchy of Normandy
  1. Henry I King of England , b. ABT 1068 in Yorkshire, England     d. 1135 in Normandy, France
  2. Robert de Normandie Duc de Normandie II, b. 1053 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France     d. 10 FEB 1134 in Cardiff Castle, South Glamorgan, Wales
  3. Adela of Normandy , b. 12 MAY 1062 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France     d. 8 MAR 1137 in Marcigny, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
Sources:
  1. Title: William the Conqueror, King of England, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#GuillaumeIIdied1087B [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/124385756;
    Note: William the Conqueror, King of England, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#GuillaumeIIdied1087B [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: William the Conqueror, King of England, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#GuillaumeIIdied1087B [See document in the Memories section]
  2. Title: Counts of Flanders in A History of Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day, Pgs. 60-63 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: A History of Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day, Pgs. 60-63
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/141042841;
    Note: Counts of Flanders in A History of Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day, Pgs. 60-63 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Counts of Flanders in A History of Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day, Pgs. 60-63 [See document in the Memories section]
  3. Title: en.Wikipedia Matilda of Flanders
    Author: Matilda of Flanders Queen consort of England Tenure 25 December 1066 – 2 November 1083 Coronation 11 May 1068 Born c. 1031 Died 2 November 1083 (aged c. 52) Burial l'Abbaye aux Dames Caen, Normandy Spouse William I of England (m. 1051/2) Issue Detail Robert II, Duke of Normandy Richard of Normandy Adeliza Cecilia William II, King of England Constance, Duchess of Brittany Adela, Countess of Blois Henry I, King of England House Flanders Father Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Mother Adela of France
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders;
    Note: Matilda of Flanders (French: Mathilde; Dutch: Machteld) (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy.[1] She was the mother of ten children who survived to adulthood, including two kings, William II and Henry I. In 1031, Matilda was born into the House of Flanders. the second daughter of Count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela of France. Flanders was of strategic importance to England and most of Europe as a "stepping stone between England and the Continent" necessary for strategic trade and for keeping the Scandinavian Intruders from England.[2] In addition, her mother was the daughter of Robert II of France. For these reasons Matilda was of grander birth than William, who was illegitimate, and, according to some suspiciously romantic tales, she initially refused his proposal on this account. Her descent from the Anglo-Saxon royal House of Wessex was also to become a useful card. Like many royal marriages of the period, it breached the rules of consanguinity, then at their most restrictive (to seven generations or degrees of relatedness); Matilda and William were third-cousins, once removed. She was about 20 when they married in 1051/2; William was some four years older, and had been Duke of Normandy since he was about eight (in 1035). The marriage appears to have been successful, and William is not recorded to have had any bastards. Matilda was about 35, and had already borne most of her children, when William embarked on the Norman conquest of England, sailing in his flagship Mora, which Matilda had given him. She governed the Duchy of Normandy in his absence, joining him in England only after more than a year, and subsequently returning to Normandy, where she spent most of the remainder of her life, while William was mostly in his new kingdom. She was about 52 when she died in Normandy in 1083. Apart from governing Normandy and supporting her brother's interests in Flanders, Matilda took a close interest in the education of her children, who were unusually well educated for contemporary royalty. The boys were tutored by the Italian Lanfranc, who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1070, while the girls learned Latin in Sainte-Trinité Abbey in Caen, founded by William and Matilda as part of the papal dispensation allowing their marriage. Please read full text in Memories: en.Wikipedia
    Page: Matilda and William had four sons and at least five daughters.[30] The birth order of the boys is clear, but no source gives the relative order of birth of the daughters.[30] Robert (c.1053 – 10 February 1134),[31][32] Duke of Normandy, married Sybil of Conversano, daughter of Geoffrey of Conversano.[33] Richard, (c.1055 – c.1069-74)[31] Adeliza (or Adelida,[34] Adelaide[35]), (c.1057, – c.1073),[31] reportedly betrothed to Harold II of England, probably a nun of St Léger at Préaux.[34] Cecilia (or Cecily), (c.1058 – 1127).[31] Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen.[36] William Rufus, (c.1060 – 2 August 1100),[31][32] King of England, killed in the New Forest. Matilda (c.1061 – c.1086)[31][35] possibly died much later (according to Trevor Foulds's suggestion that she was identical to Matilda d'Aincourt[37][38]). Constance (c.1062 – 1090),[31] married Alan IV Fergent, Duke of Brittany.[36] Adela, (c.1067 – 1137),[31] married Stephen, Count of Blois.[36] Mother of King Stephen of England. Henry (late 1068 – 1 December 1135)[31][32] King of England, married Edith of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. His second wife was Adeliza of Louvain.[35] Agatha, betrothed to Harold II of England, Alfonso VI of Castile, and possibly Herbert I, Count of Maine, but died unmarried.[b][36]
  4. Title: Henry I, King of England, in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 25, pgs. 436-451 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 25, pgs. 436-451
    Note: Henry I, King of England, in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 25, pgs. 436-451 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Henry I, King of England, in the Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 25, pgs. 436-451 [See document in the Memories section]
  5. Title: Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, x, xi, xii [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, x, xi, xii
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/140282261;
    Note: Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, x, xi, xii [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 1, x, xi, xii [See document in the Memories section]
  6. Title: Matilda of Flanders, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1HX8 : 24 May 2022), Matilda of Flanders, ; Burial, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France, Église de la Trinité de Caen; citing record ID 8375320, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1HX8;
  7. Title: Counts of Flanders from Baldwin V to Baldwin VII in The Story of Bruges, pg. 83 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Story of Bruges, pg. 83
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/141095435;
    Note: Counts of Flanders from Baldwin V to Baldwin VII in The Story of Bruges, pg. 83 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Counts of Flanders from Baldwin V to Baldwin VII in The Story of Bruges, pg. 83 [See document in the Memories section]
  8. Title: English Monarchs: Matilda of Flanders
    Publication: Name: http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/normans_8.html;
    Note: It proved however, to be a highly successful union and produced a large family of ten children. Two sons Robert (b.1051-1054, died 10 February 1134) and Richard (c.1054, died c. 1075) were born within three years of the marriage. These were followed by the couple's first two daughters, Cecilia and Adeliza (d. before 1113), and a third son, the future William II (born between 1056 and 1060, died 2 August 1100), Matilda (born around 1061) and Constance (died 1090), named in honour of Matilda's grandmother, the late Queen of France, she later married Alan IV Fergent, Duke of Brittany. They were followed by a sixth daughter Adela (died 1137) named for Matilda's mother, Adele of France, she was to become the mother of King Stephen. A fourth son, the future Henry I was born between May, 1068 and May, 1069, probably at Selby in Yorkshire. He was named Henry after his mother's maternal uncle, King Henry I of France.
  9. Title: Find A Grave
    Author: Individule who created the Virtial Memorial, Virtial Memorial manager, "Find the graves of ancestors," database and images, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : Downloaded Document 23 April 2021), Matilda of Flanders, burial aft 3 Nov 1083; Find A Grave, ID 8375320.
    Note: Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave, etc.
    Page: update
  10. Title: Pedigree of William the Conqueror in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, pg. 343 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, pg. 343
    Note: Pedigree of William the Conqueror in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, pg. 343 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Pedigree of William the Conqueror in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, pg. 343 [See document in the Memories section]
  11. Title: Counts of Flanders starting with Baldwin I in Weis' Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, pg. 106 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Weis' Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, pg. 106
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/141197108;
    Note: Counts of Flanders starting with Baldwin I in Weis' Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, pg. 106 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Counts of Flanders starting with Baldwin I in Weis' Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, pg. 106 [See document in the Memories section]
  12. Title: Encyclopedia Britannica: Matilda of Flanders- not much substance here
    Publication: Name: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-of-Flanders;
    Note: Matilda Of Flanders, French Mathilde, or Mahault, De Flandre, (died 1083), queen consort of William I the Conqueror, whom she married c. 1053. During William’s absences in England, the duchy of Normandy was under her regency, with the aid of their son, Robert Curthose (see Robert II [Normandy]), except when he was in rebellion against his father. The embroidery of the Bayeux tapestry was once wrongly attributed to her.
  13. Title: Title Burke's "The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales"
    Author: Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. ii, iii, iv [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Dukes of Normandy in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. ii, iii, iv [See document in the Memories section]
  14. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1981&h=97692&indiv=try;
  15. Title: Ancestry of Matilda de Flandre in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. v-vii [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. v-vii
    Note: Ancestry of Matilda de Flandre in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. v-vii [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Ancestry of Matilda de Flandre in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. v-vii [See document in the Memories section]
  16. Title: Counts of Flanders in Matilda, Wife of the Conqueror, Queen of England, pgs. Introduction xvii, 1, 2 and 4 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Matilda, Wife of the Conqueror, Queen of England, pgs. Introduction xvii, 1, 2 and 4
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/141040991;
    Note: Counts of Flanders in Matilda, Wife of the Conqueror, Queen of England, pgs. Introduction xvii, 1, 2 and 4 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Counts of Flanders in Matilda, Wife of the Conqueror, Queen of England, pgs. Introduction xvii, 1, 2 and 4 [See document in the Memories section]
  17. Title: Pedigree of the Counts of Flanders in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/140225801;
    Note: Pedigree of the Counts of Flanders in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Pedigree of the Counts of Flanders in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix [See document in the Memories section]
  18. Title: Pedigree of Kings descending from William the Conqueror in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, Pedigree XV [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, Pedigree XV
    Note: Pedigree of Kings descending from William the Conqueror in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, Pedigree XV [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Pedigree of Kings descending from William the Conqueror in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, Pedigree XV [See document in the Memories section]
  19. Title: Matilda of Flanders, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1HX8 : 24 May 2022), Matilda of Flanders, ; Burial, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France, Église de la Trinité de Caen; citing record ID 8375320, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1HX8;
  20. Title: "Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans"
    Page: Rollo, Poppa of Bayeux and William Long Sword in Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, pg. 181-183 [See document in the Memories section]
  21. Title: Counts of Flanders in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/140224517;
    Note: Counts of Flanders in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Counts of Flanders in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii [See document in the Memories section]
  22. Title: Wikipedia Abbey of Sainte Trinite, Caen, France - Burial location of Matilda of Flandre
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Sainte-Trinit%C3%A9,_Caen;
    Note: Burials Matilda of Flanders Cecilia of Normandy
  23. Title: Counts of Flanders in Flemish Relics; Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, pgs. 19-22 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Flemish Relics; Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, pgs. 19-22
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/141043826;
    Note: Counts of Flanders in Flemish Relics; Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, pgs. 19-22 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Counts of Flanders in Flemish Relics; Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, pgs. 19-22 [See document in the Memories section]
  24. Title: Alain Fergant and Constance in The Bayeux Tapestry, Chart between pages 104 and 105 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Bayeux Tapestry, Chart between pages 104 and 105
    Note: Alain Fergant and Constance in The Bayeux Tapestry, Chart between pages 104 and 105 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Alain Fergant and Constance in The Bayeux Tapestry, Chart between pages 104 and 105 [See document in the Memories section]
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