Matilda of Frisia explained

Succession:Queen consort of the Franks
Reign:1034–1044
Reign-Type:Tenure
Spouse:Henry I of France[1]
House:Brunonids
Father:Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia
Mother:Gertrude of Egisheim
Death Place:Paris
Place Of Burial:Basilica of St Denis

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 death of his fiancée Matilda of Franconia.

Around 1040, Matilda of Frisia gave birth to a daughter via Caesarian section,, but four years later in 1044 both she and her daughter died only weeks apart.[6] Matilda was buried in St Denis Abbey, but her tomb is not preserved.

Henry married Anne of Kiev after her death.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Treffer, Gerd . Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette . The Queens of France. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette . German . Pustet . Regensburg . 1996 . 3-7917-1530-5.
  2. Book: Woll, Carsten . Die Königinnen des hochmittelalterlichen Frankreich, 987-1237/38 . The Queens of Highly-medieval France . German . Steiner . Stuttgart . 2002 . 3-515-08113-5.
  3. [Rodulfus Glaber|Rodulfi Glabri]
  4. Wladimir V. . Bogomoletz . Anna of Kiev: An Enigmatic Capetian Queen of the Eleventh Century. A Reassessment of Biographical Sources. French History . 2005 . 19 . 3 . 299–323 . 10.1093/fh/cri032.
  5. 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.
  6. Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 108-109.