Matilda

1156 -

• Name	Matilda
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1156	London, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	1 Feb 1168 (Age 12)	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	7 Siblings
  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 Martel, Touraine, France (not found)  (Age 28 years)   3. Matilda,   b. 1156, London, England d. Danwarderode Castle, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany   4. Richard I "Coeur de Lion", 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 "the Noble", King of Castile,  m. 1170   7. Joan,   b. 1165   d. 1199  (Age 34 years)   8. John "Lackland", 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
  Person ID	I21948
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry II "Curt Mantel", 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)
  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)
  Marriage	18 May 1153	Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 2 months - She : ~ 30 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F2204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  [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).