Queen consort of the Kingdom of England Matilda de Flanders

1031 - 1083  (52 years)

• Name	Matilda de Flanders  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Queen consort of the Kingdom of England
  Birth	1031	Belgium   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Maud
  Title	Duchess of Normandy
  _MILT	When William was preparing to invade England, Matilda outfitted a ship, the Mora, out of her own money and gave it to him
  Death	2 Nov 1083	Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France   [2, 3]
  Burial	Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  	Abbaye aux Dames Caen
  		Abbaye aux dames caen
  Person ID	I9694	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Count of Flanders Baldwin de Flanders, V,   b. 19 Aug 1012, Belgium d. 1 Sep 1066, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Countess of Flanders and Normandy Saint Adela Capet,   b. 1003, France d. 8 Jan 1079, Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aug 1027	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [4]
  	After the death of Richard III
  Family ID	F3398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy,   b. 1024, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d. 9 Sep 1087, France (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1053	Normandy, France
  	When William sent his representative to ask for Matilda's hand in marriage, she said she was far too high-born to consider marrying a bastard. He found Matilda on her way to church, dragged her off her horse by her long braids and left her in the street
  Children	1. Duke of Normandy and King of England Henry Plantagenet, I,   b. 21 Feb 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 67 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 Nov 1083 - Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Burial - - Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Matilda of Flanders

  
  

  Places		Abbaye aux dames caen
  		Statue-La Reine Mathilde (Luxembourg)

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Matilda DeFlanders [S424] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). Death date: 1083 Death place: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Baldwin DE FLANDERS