Individual Details

Matihilde van Vlaanderen

(Ca 1031 - 2 Nov 1083)

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Matihilde van Vlaanderen1
F, #102023, b. circa 1031, d. 2 November 1083
Last Edited=27 Oct 2013
Consanguinity Index=0.31%
Matihilde van Vlaanderen was born circa 1031 at Flanders, Belgium.1 She was the daughter of Baldwinus V Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d'Artois Markgraaf van Ename and Adèle Capet, Princesse de France.1 She married William I 'the Conqueror', King of England, son of Robert I, 6th Duc de Normandie and Herleva de Falaise, in 1053 at Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France.2 She died on 2 November 1083 at Caen, Normandy, France.3 She was buried at Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen, Normandy, France.3
As a result of her marriage, Matihilde van Vlaanderen was styled as Queen Consort Matilda of England on 11 May 1068.3
Children of Matihilde van Vlaanderen and William I 'the Conqueror', King of England

Matilda de Normandie d. b 1112
Robert III 'Curthose', 8th Duc de Normandie+ b. 1051, d. 10 Feb 1134
Richard of Bernay, Duke of Bernay b. 1054, d. c 1081
Cecilia de Normandie, b. bt 1054 - 1055, d. 3 Jul 1126
Adeliza de Normandie b. c 1055, d. c 1065
William II 'Rufus', King of England b. bt 1056 - 1060, d. 2 Aug 1100
Constance de Normandie b. bt 1057 - 1061, d. 13 Aug 1090
Adela de Normandie+4 b. c 1062, d. 8 Mar 1137
Agatha de Normandie b. c 1064, d. b 1080
Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England+ b. Sep 1068, d. 1 Dec 1135

Citations

[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 41. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 42.
[S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 56. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
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Sources for Maud of Flanders
1 Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Vol. II, London: J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper (1851), Pedigree xv: Frevile Lambton Burne, Esq., Google Books (Digital Library).
2 Fraser, ed. Antonia, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1975), 24.
3 Hemingway, Patricia S., The Hemingways: Past and Present and Allied Families, Rev. Ed., Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. (1988), 4-5, 9.
4 Luther, George A., editor and compiler, The Luther Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Captain John Luther, Who Arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1635, Penobscot Press (2001), 80.
5 Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 481.
6 Wikipedia, "Matilda of Flanders", (accessed 02/21/2010).

Events

BirthCa 1031Flanders, Belgium
Marriage1051William I "the Conqueror" "the Bastard"
Marriage1053Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, France - William I "the Conqueror" "the Bastard"
Title (Nobility)11 May 1068Queen Consort Matilda of England
Death2 Nov 1083Caen, Normandy, France
Alt nameMaud of Flanders
Alt nameMathilda of Flanders

Families

SpouseWilliam I "the Conqueror" "the Bastard" (1028 - 1087)
ChildMatilda de Normandie ( - 1112)
ChildAdela de Normandie (1062 - 1137)
ChildKing Henry I "Beauclerc" (1068 - 1135)
ChildRobert III "Curthose" (1051 - 1134)
ChildRichard of Bernay (1054 - 1081)
ChildKing William II "Rufus" (1056 - 1100)
FatherBaudoin V of Flanders (1012 - 1067)
MotherAdela of France (1009 - 1079)
SiblingBaldwinus VI Graaf van Vlaanderen de Hainaut (1030 - 1070)
SiblingRobrecht I (1035 - 1093)