Matilda of Frisia
| Matilda of Frisia | |
|---|---|
 19th Century Engraving of Matilda of Frisia | |
| Queen consort of the Franks | |
| Tenure | 1034–1044 |
| Died | 1044 (aged 19–20) Paris |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Henry I of France[1] |
| House | Brunonids |
| Father | Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia |
| Mother | Gertrude of Egisheim |
Matilda of Frisia (died in 1044) was Queen of the Franks as the first wife[2] of Henry I.[3][4] Her date of birth is unknown.
She was the daughter of Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia,[5] and Gertrude of Egisheim.
Matilda and Henry were married in 1034 after the premature death of his fiancée Matilda of Franconia,[6] who was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Matilda of Frisia was herself Emperor Conrad II's step granddaughter.[7]
Around 1040, Matilda of Frisia gave birth to a daughter via Caesarian section,[citation needed] but four years later in 1044 both she and her daughter died only weeks apart.[8] Matilda was buried in St Denis Abbey, but her tomb is not preserved.
Henry married Anne of Kiev after Matilda of Frisia's death.[4][7]
Proposed ancestry
[edit]| Brun I, Count of Brunswick | Gisela of Swabia | Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gertrude of Egisheim | Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia | Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor | Matilda of Franconia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry I King of the Franks | Matilda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Treffer, Gerd (1996). Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette [The Queens of France. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette] (in German). Regensburg: Pustet. ISBN 3-7917-1530-5.
- ^ Woll, Carsten (2002). Die Königinnen des hochmittelalterlichen Frankreich, 987-1237/38 [The Queens of Highly-medieval France] (in German). Stuttgart: Steiner. ISBN 3-515-08113-5.
- ^ Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum, "Mathildem… de regno eius ex Germanie nobilioribus"
- ^ a b Bogomoletz, Wladimir V. (2005). "Anna of Kiev: An Enigmatic Capetian Queen of the Eleventh Century. A Reassessment of Biographical Sources". French History. 19 (3): 299–323. doi:10.1093/fh/cri032.
- ^ Robert-Henri Bautier, Anne de Kiev, Reine de France, et la Politique Royale au XI E SIÈCLE: Étude Critique De La Documentation. Revue Des études Slaves 57, no. 4 (1985):544.
- ^ Holdorph, Rebecca (6 April 2022). Women in the Medieval Court: Consorts and Concubines. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-3982-7.
- ^ a b Andress, David (22 December 2023). The Routledge Handbook of French History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-82398-8.
- ^ Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 108-109.