Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMatilda NORMANDY Queen of England 
Birthabt 1103/04, Winchester, England2909, p 1; date only,2965
Birth11042898, p 3; Line 1, #24
AccessionApr 11412965 Age: 38
Death10 Sep 1167, Abbey of Notre Dame des Prés, Rouen, France2832, year only,2898, p 3; Line 1, #24; date only,2965 Age: 64
BurialRouen Cathedral, Rouen, France2965
FatherHenry I NORMANDY Beauclerc, King of England (~1068-1135)
MotherMatilda OF SCOTLAND (1079-1118)
Individual Notes
• She was designated Henry’s heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen seized the throne and Matilda invaded England (1139), inaugurating a period of inconclusive civil war. She and her second husband (Geoffrey) captured Normandy and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognized Henry as Stephen’s heir.
Burke says she was betrothed in her eight year (1119) to Henry.2965
Burke says she was betrothed in her eight year (1119) to Henry.2965
Spouses
Death22 May 11252898, p 3; Line 1, #24
Marriage7 Jan 1114, Mainz, Germany2832, marriage only,2965
Birth24 Aug 11132898, p 107; Line 118; #25,2909, p 1
Death7 Sep 11512911 Age: 38
FatherFULK V Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem (1092-1142)
MotherErembourg OF MAINE (~1096-1126)
Individual Notes
• Duke of Normandy.2898, p 107; Line 118; #25
• Known as Geoffrey Plantagenet [O. fr., = sprig of broom; he usually wore a sprig in his helmet], 1113-51, count of Anjou (1129-51); son of Fulk, count of Anjou and king of Jerusalem. In 1128 he married Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. After Henry I’s death (1135) Geoffrey, hitherto occupied in complex feuds with Angevin barons and rival nobles, undertook to conquer Normandy, to which he laid claim through his wife. After 1139, Matilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin, King Stephen, who had gained the crown after Henry I’s death. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144. In 1147 he undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty. Geoffrey is also known as Geoffrey the fair.2903
• Known as Geoffrey Plantagenet [O. fr., = sprig of broom; he usually wore a sprig in his helmet], 1113-51, count of Anjou (1129-51); son of Fulk, count of Anjou and king of Jerusalem. In 1128 he married Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. After Henry I’s death (1135) Geoffrey, hitherto occupied in complex feuds with Angevin barons and rival nobles, undertook to conquer Normandy, to which he laid claim through his wife. After 1139, Matilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin, King Stephen, who had gained the crown after Henry I’s death. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144. In 1147 he undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty. Geoffrey is also known as Geoffrey the fair.2903
Marriage22 May 1128, Le Mans, Anjou, France2832, marriage only,2965
Marr MemoLe Mans Cathedral