Matilda BEAUCLERC

Female Abt 1102 -

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  • Name Matilda BEAUCLERC 
    Birth Abt 1102 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I19859  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father King of England Henry BEAUCLERC, I, of Normandy,   b. 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1135, Rouen, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Princess Matilda or Edith of Scotland   d. 1118 
    Marriage Nov 1100 
    Family ID F07540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 V Henry, Emperor of Germany   d. 1125 
    Family ID F08978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Earl Geoffrey PLANTAGENET of Anjou   d. 1151 
    Marriage 1128 
    • From Wikipedia:
      "Geoffrey and Matilda's marriage took place in 1128. The marriage was meant to seal a lasting peace between England, Normandy (an English possession since William I) and Anjou. She was eleven years older than Geoffrey, and very proud of her status as dowager Empress (as opposed to being a mere countess), and which she kept for the remainder of her life. Their marriage was a stormy but happy one with frequent long separations; she bore him three sons and survived him by over 15 years."
    Children 
     1. Henry PLANTAGENET, II,   b. Mar 1132/33, Le Mans, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1189, Chinon, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F07541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • When Matilda's first husband died, her father gave her in marriage to a 16-year-old teenager, Geoffrey of Anjou.

      Matilda was named as successor to the throne by her father, King Henry I. However, when he died, the Council offered the throne to her cousin, Stephen of Blois, who proved to be a weak king. At one point her father's illegitimate son, Earl Robert, gave his support to Matilda, who installed herself as monarch at Arundel. The nobles took sides and a decade of civil war ensued. Eventually the crown passed to Matilda's son, Henry Plantagenet.