Mathilde, wife of Heinrich I

Also known as Mathilde die Heilige.

Events

Date of Birth: about 895.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Baldwin.

Date of Death: 14 March 968.

Place of Death: Quedlinburg.

The date and place are given by Baldwin and by Althoff (1990).

Place of Burial: Quedlinburg Stiftskirche.

The place is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Dietrich, count in Westfalen.

This relationship is given by Beumann, by Glocker (p. 7), by Althoff (1990), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Reinhild.

This relationship is given by Baldwin, by Glocker (p. 7), and by Althoff (1990).

Spouse: Heinrich I (died 936), king of Germany. Married about 909.

This relationship is given by Beumann, by Glocker (p. 7, p. 9), by Althoff (1990), and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Otto I “the Great” (23 November 912 - 7 May 973), king of Germany, king of Italy, emperor, married (1) in 930 Eadgyth, daughter of Edward “the Elder”, king of England; married (2) Adélaïde, daughter of Rudolf II, king of Burgundy.

Gerberga married (1) Giselbert, duke of Lorraine; married (2) Louis IV, king of France.

Hadwig married Hugues “le Grand”, duke of the Franks.

Heinrich I (died 1 November 955), duke of Bavaria, married Judith, daughter of Arnulf, duke of Bavaria.

Bruno (died 10 or 11 October 965), archbishop of Cologne.

References

Althoff, Gerd. “Mathilde”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 16 (1990), S. 371 f. [Onlinefassung].

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Mathilde” in The Henry Project. (2011)

Beumann, Helmut. “Heinrich I.”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 307-310 [Onlinefassung].

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

MacLean, Simon. Ottonian Queenship. (Oxford University Press, 2017).