Matilda of Flanders

Events

Date of Birth: about 1032.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 344).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 2 November 1083.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by van Houts and by Baldwin. Glocker (p. 344) gives 3 November 1083.

Place of Burial: Ste Trinité at Caen.

Relationships

Father: Baldwin V, count of Flanders (died 1067).

This relationship is given by van Houts and by Baldwin.

Mother: Adèle de France (died 1076).

This relationship is given by van Houts and by Baldwin.

Spouse: William I (the Conqueror). Probably married in 1050 or 1051.

This relationship is given by Bates, by van Houts, by Glocker (p. 344), 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.)

Robert “Curthose” (1051 or 1052 - 10 February 1134) married Sibyl de Conversano. Robert was duke of Normandy.

Richard (died between 1069 and 1074).

Adelaide, a nun.

Cecily (1058 or 1059 - 1127), abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen.

William II “Rufus” (died 2 August 1100), king of England 1087 - 1100.

Matilda.

Constance (died 1090) married Alan IV, count of Brittany.

Adela (died 1137) married Étienne, count of Blois in 1080.

Henry I (1067 or 1068 - 1135) married (1) Matilda of Scotland on 11 November 1100; married (2) Adeliza of Louvain on 29 January 1121. Henry was king of England and duke of Normandy.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Matilda (Mathilde) of Flanders” in The Henry Project.

Bates, David. “William I (1027/8 - 1087)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

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).

van Houts, Elisabeth. “Matilda (d. 1083)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).