Matilda of Louvain

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• General Information: She was also called Maud.

Matilda married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne on Yes, date unknown. Eustace (son of Baldwin III, Count of Boulogne and Aleida) was born about 1004; died in 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Aux Gernons translates to with moustaches.
• Military: 1047; He joined Godfrey II, duke of Lotharingia, in an unsuccessful rebellion against Emperor Henry III in 1047.
• Religion: 1049; As a consequence of his revolt against the Emperor, Pope Leo IX, a close ally of the emperor, excommunicated Eustace at the Council of Rheims in 1049. "Excommunicavit etiam Comites Angelrai et Eustacium propter incestum, et Hugonem de Braina, quia legitimam uxorem dimiserat, et aliam sibi in matrimonio sociaverat”. The reason given for the excommunication was incest. Pope Leo IX had been attempting to reform the papacy by condemning marriages within seven degrees of consanguinity. Although neither wife is mentioned by name both were related to Eustace within the prohibited degree.
• Title(s): 1049; Eustace succeeded his father in 1049 as Count of Boulogne.
• Travel: 1051, England; Eustace visited England in 1051, and was received with honor at the court of Edward the Confessor. Edward and Eustace were former brothers-in-law and remained political allies.
• Title(s): 1054; In 1054 he became the Count of Lens.
• Military: 14 Oct 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England; He fought at the Battle of Hastings and is one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror. Sources vary regarding the details of his conduct during the battle. The contemporary chronicler William of Poitiers wrote concerning him: With a harsh voice he (Duke William) called to Eustace of Boulogne, who with 50 knights was turning in flight and was about to give the signal for retreat. This man came up to the Duke and said in his ear that he ought to retire since he would court death if he went forward. But at the very moment when he uttered the words Eustace was struck between the shoulders with such force that blood gushed out from his mouth and nose and half dead he only made his escape with the aid of his followers. The depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry shows a knight carrying a banner who rides up to Duke William and points excitedly with his finger towards the rear of the Norman advance. William turns his head and lifts up his visor to show his knights following him that he is still alive and determined to fight on. This conforms therefore with Eustace having somewhat lost his nerve and having urged the Duke to retreat while the Battle was at its height with the outcome still uncertain. Other sources suggest that Eustace was present with William at the Malfosse incident in the immediate aftermath of the battle, where a Saxon feigning death leapt up and attacked him, and was presumably cut down before he could reach William.
• Military: 1067; After playing a prominent part in the battle of Hastings, Eustace supported an uprising by the townsfolk of Dover against William’s half-brother, Bishop Odo in 1067. The attack was unsuccessful; Eustace escaped but left his nepos, probably Geoffrey, behind in captivity. Eustace was exiled from England following the disaster in Dover, and his English estates were forfeited. But clearly he was more useful to William I as an ally than as an enemy, and the two were reconciled in the early 1070s. William I, who could have been holding the nepos to ensure Eustace’s compliance as a future ally, may have released him during this time. Eustace received a generous new allocation of estates.
• Last Full Review: 9 Dec 2020

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Eustace married Godgifu, Princess of England after 1035. Godgifu (daughter of Æthelred II "the Unrede", King of England and Emma of Normandy) was born about 1010 in England; died in by 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eustace married Ida of Lorraine in Dec 1057. Ida (daughter of Geoffrey II "the Bearded", Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine, Count of Verdun and Doda) was born about 1040 in Bass, Lower Lorraine, France (not found); died on 13 Aug 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eustace married Dode on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frederick II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Count in the Moselgau, and Lord of Saarbrucken. Frederick (son of Frederick I, Count in the Moselgau and daughter von Gleiberg) was born about 1005; died on 18 May 1065. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
He was killed in the Battle of Lille.

Lambert married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale in 1053/54. Adelaide (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy and Herleva de Falaise) was born in 1029/30 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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As his father was excommunicated, Geoffrey was considered illegitimate.

Family/Spouse: Beatrice de Mandeville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1125;

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Birth: Weis (1976) gives his birth as about 1105.

Death: Weis (1976) states he died in 1157.

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In later life he became a monk.

Military:
He went on the First Crusade.

Eustace married Mary, Princess of Scotland in 1102. Mary (daughter of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) died on 31 May 1116; was buried in Bermondsey Abbey, Southwark, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: Between 1096 and 1099;

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Military:
He was a leader of the first Crusade.

Died:
He died without issue.

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• Military: Between 1096 and 1099;

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He was also the Count of Edessa.

Military:
He was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.

Died:
He died without issue.

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• Religion: say 1090; Ida was always religiously and charitably active, but the death of her husband provided her wealth and the freedom to use it for her projects. She founded several monasteries: Saint-Wulmer in Boulogne-sur-Mer Our Lady of the Chapel, Calais Saint-Bertin Abbey of Cappelle Abbey of Le Wast She maintained a correspondence with Anselm of Canterbury. Some of Anselm's letters to Ida have survived. She became increasingly involved in church life. However, current scholarship feels that she did not actually become a Benedictine Nun, but that she was a "Secular Oblate of the Benedictine Order".

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Traditionally, her burial place has been ascribed to the monastery of Le Wast. Her remains were moved in 1669 to Paris and again in 1808 to Bayeux.

Family/Spouse: Herman von Malsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Conon, Count of Montaigu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the heiress of Limburg-Maas.

Jutta married Waleran II, Count of Arlon and Limburg, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 1060/61. Waleran (son of Waleran I "the Old", Count of Arlon and Adelaide of Upper Lorraine) died on 1070 - 1082. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: After 1086

Judith married Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland in 1070. Waltheof (son of Siward Biornasson "the Great", Earl of Northumbria, Northampton, and Huntingdon and Ælflæd II of Northumberland) was born in 1045; died on 31 May 1076 in St. Giles' Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 1125; In 1125 she became the Countess of Boulogne.
• Crowned: 22 Mar 1136, Westminster Abbey, London, England; On 22 March 1136 she was crowned Queen Consort in Westminster Abbey.
• Military: 1141; After Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, she rallied the king's partisans, and raised an army with the help of William of Ypres. While the Empress Matilda waited in London to prepare her coronation, Matilda and Stephen's brother Henry of Blois had her chased out of the city. The Empress Matilda went on to besiege Henry of Blois at Winchester. Matilda of Boulogne then commanded her army to attack the besiegers. There was a rout in which the Empress's half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, was captured. The two Matildas then agreed to exchange prisoners and Stephen ruled as king again.
• Last Full Review: 17 Jul 2020

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Death: Stuart (2002) gives her death as 3 July 1151 in Faversham, England.

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Buried:
Her tomb was destroyed during the Reformation.

Died:
She died of a fever.

Matilda married Stephen of Blois, King of England in 1125 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Stephen (son of Stephen III, Count of Blois and Adele of Normandy, Princess of England) was born in 1095/96 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 25 Oct 1154 in Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: He sided with Emperor Henry IV in his quarrel with his son.
• Miscellaneous: say 1100; He supported Emperor Henry IV in his quarrel with this son.

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He was also the Duke of Lower Lorraine, and the Pfatzgrave of the Rhine, and the Pfatzgrave of Lorraine.

Family/Spouse: Adelaide von Botenstein. Adelaide (daughter of Boto von Botenstein "the Bold" and Judith von Schweinfurt) died after 13 Aug 1106. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Otto II, Count of Zutphen. Otto (son of Gottschalk von Zutphen, Count of Zutphen and Adelheid of Zutphen) died in 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also Countess of Huntingdon and Northumberland.

Maud married Simon de Saint Liz, Earl of Huntingdom and Northampton in 1089/90. Simon (son of Ranulph "the Rich") died in 1111 in Priory La Charité, La Charité-sur-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married David I "the Saint", King of the Scots in 1113/14. David (son of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) was born about 1080 in Scotland; died on 24 May 1154 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Scotland; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ralph de Toeni. Ralph (son of Ralph III de Toeni and Isabel de Montfort) was born about 1088 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]