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3 days ago · Matilda claimed the title of Holy Roman Empress through her marriage to Emperor Henry V, but her husband died in 1125, and she was remarried in 1128 to Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, whose lands bordered the Duchy of Normandy.
5 days ago · Matilda was a second cousin of Henry IV through their respective grandmothers, sisters Matilda of Swabia and Empress Gisela. Because of her family ties to the Salian dynasty, she was suitable for a mediator role between the Emperor and the Holy See.
2 days ago · Henry's plans shifted when the Empress Matilda's husband, the Emperor Henry, died in 1125. The King recalled his daughter to England the next year and declared that, should he die without a male heir, she was to be his rightful successor.
Jun 27, 2024 · During the civil wars of King Stephen's reign William supported the Empress Matilda, and presumably held the castle on her behalf until its surrender to Stephen in 1142, following a siege. (fn. 83) 71.
4 days ago · Roger of Berkeley II purposed to give them the manor of Acholt at Kingswood, and obtained the consent of Henry I. In 1139, in fulfilment of his uncle's wish, William of Berkeley made a grant of the manor, which was confirmed by the Empress Matilda.
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1 day ago · During the civil war he supported the cause of the Empress Matilda and her son, and in reward was granted the lordship of Berkeley. (fn. 2) In 1142 he resolved to found a religious house in his manor of Billeswick.
3 days ago · I completed my PhD in 2020, which was a comparative study of the queens of England from Empress Matilda through to Isabella of Angoulême. During that time I fell down an investigative rabbit hole trying to piece together aspects of Berengaria’s life – greatly helped by the comparison between her life and that of other royal women at the time.
