Person    | Female  Born 7/2/1102  Died 10/9/1167

Empress Matilda / Empress Maud

Categories: Royalty

Countries: France

Maud / Maude / Matilda was the daughter of King Henry I. Married aged 12 to the future Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, she moved to Germany and then Italy. When her husband died, 1125, her father moved her to Normandy to marry Geoffrey of Anjou.

On the death of her only sibling, William Adelin, her father named Matilda his successor but on his death Matilda's cousin, Stephen of Blois, claimed the throne. Battles ensued lasting almost 20 years, with Matilda in the combat headquarters, directing the campaign. She won sufficiently to make arrangements for her coronation at Westminster, in 1141, but a mob of Londoners, who supported Stephen, ran her out of London. She eventually left for Normandy where she stayed and finally died but her eldest son, by Geoffrey, did achieve the crown in 1154 to become Henry II.

Self-titled 'Lady of the English', had she been crowned she would have been England's first ruling queen. All English monarchs since 1154 have been descended from Matilda.

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Empress Matilda / Empress Maud

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Public Record Office - Empress Matilda

Ward-Jackson refers to this statue twice as 'Empress Mathilda' and once as 'E...

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Moated manor house

Moated manor house

See the memorial for all the information.

Building, Property, Royalty

1 memorial
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Grandson of George V, and son of Princess Alice. Patron of the Silver Jubilee Walkway Trust.

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Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens

Royal Parks say: "William III bought what was originally part of Hyde Park in 1689.  An asthma sufferer, the king found the location quiet and the air salubrious and so he commissioned Sir Christop...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Royalty

2 memorials
Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia

Greenwich Palace / Palace of Placentia

The palace was built, as Bella Court, by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, regent to the child king Henry VI.  When the king married Margaret of Anjou Humphrey fell out of favour and died in prison in 1...

Building, Property, Royalty

1 memorial