Matilda the Empress
1102 – 1167 · Generation X · Lady of the English · House of Normandy
Matilda the Empress (1102–1167). Lady of the English. Married Geoffrey Plantagenet in 1128. They had one child. Fought her cousin Stephen through the civil war called the Anarchy; never crowned, but her son took the throne.
One of 7 people of House of Normandy (until 1154) in this archive. The conqueror’s house — William I took the English crown in 1066 and his sons held it after him.
Line of descent: King William I The Conqueror → King Henry I → Matilda the Empress.
Parents
- King Henry I (1068 – 1135)
- Matilda of Scotland (1080 – 1118)
Siblings
- William Adelin (1103 – 1120)
Partners
- Married Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113 – 1151) in 1128 — one child together
Children
- King Henry II (1133 – 1189)
Life
- 1102 — Born
- 1128 — Married Geoffrey Plantagenet
- 1167 — Died