Matilde d’Altavilla

Also known as Mahaut, Mathilde di Apulia, and Mata.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1059.

Place of Birth: Salerno.

The date and place are given by Claramunt Rodríguez.

Date of Death: 1112.

Place of Death: Gerona.

The date and place are given by Claramunt Rodríguez. Salazar y Acha (p. 148) gives 19 September 1107.

Relationships

Father: Roberto il Guiscardo, duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:124 ff.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Claramunt Rodríguez.

Mother: Sichelgaita di Salerno.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:124 ff.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Claramunt Rodríguez.

Spouse: Ramón Berenguer II “Cap d’Estopes” de Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:124 ff.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Claramunt Rodríguez.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Ramón Berenguer III “el Grande” (11 November 1082 - 19 July 1131), married (1) María Rodríguez; married (2) Almodis; married (3) Dulce, countess of Provence.

References

Bofarull y Mascaró, Próspero de. Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España Considerados Como Soberanos Independientes de Su Marca 2 Volumes. (Barcelona: 1836).

Claramunt Rodríguez, Salvador. "Mahalta de Apulia" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).