Queen Matilda DE FLANDERS

  General Notes:

Queen of England

Born: 1031 or 1032, Flanders, Belgium
Marriage: William I the Conqueror of England in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France
Died: 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvedos, France at age 52
Buried: Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen, Normandie, France
Other names for Matilda were Mahault de Flandre and Mathilde de Flandre.
General Notes:
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, except when he was in rebellion against his father. The embroidery of the Bayeux tapestry was once wrongly attributed to her.William, the only (and bastard) son of Robert I the Devil, duke of Normandy, succeeded to the dukedom in 1035 and sometime later, perhaps in 1051, received from his English kinsman, King Edward the Confessor, a promise of the English succession. Two years later he strengthened the claims that he had thus established by marrying Matilda of Flanders, who traced her descent in the female line from King Alfred the Great.
Matilda married William I the Conqueror of England, son of Robert I the Magnificent of Normandy and Harlette of Falaise, in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France. (William I the Conqueror of England was born on 14 Oct 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, died on 9 Sep 1087 in St. Gervais Prior, Rouen, Normandy and was buriedin St Stephen, Caen.)

Matilda married King William I Normandy, son of Robert I the Magnificent of Normandy and Harlette of Falaise, in 1053 in Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy. (King William I Normandy was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Cavados, France, baptized in 1066, died on 9 Sep 1087 in St. Gervais Prior, Rouen, Normandy and was buried in St Stephen, Caen.)