Life. Matilda was born in or around June 1156 in London or, less likely, at Windsor Castle, as third child and eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; named after her paternal grandmother, Empress Matilda, she was baptized shortly after birth in the Holy Trinity Church in Aldgate by Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury. ...

Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, or Matilda of Blessed Memory, was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I.She acted as regent of England on several occasions during Henry's absences: in 1104, 1107, 1108, and 1111.. Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and the …

The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of succession precipitated by the accidental death of William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I, who drowned in the sinking of the White Ship in 1120. Henry sought to be succeeded by his daughter, known as …

Eleonora Gonzaga (18 November 1630 – 6 December 1686), was by birth Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel from the Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga and was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand III.. Nicknamed the Younger (de: Jüngere) to distinguish herself from her namesake …

Matilda (englisch auch Maud oder Aaliz oder Adela; deutsch Mathilde; * um den 7. Februar 1102 wahrscheinlich in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England; † 10. September 1167 in Rouen, Normandie, Frankreich) aus dem Haus Normandie war die Tochter des englischen Königs Heinrich I.. Sie war durch ihre Heirat mit Heinrich V. Kaiserin des römisch-deutschen Reiches …

Joséphine Bonaparte (French: [ʒozefin bɔnapaʁt], born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was Empress of the French as the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810. As Napoleon's consort, she was also Queen of Italy from 26 May 1805 until the 1810 annulment.

Biography. Elisabeth Christine was the eldest daughter of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen.. At age 13 Elisabeth Christine became engaged to the future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, through negotiations between her ambitious grandfather, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and …

Matilda (c.1105 – 3 May 1152) was Countess of Boulogne from 1125 and Queen of England from the accession of her husband Stephen in 1136 until her death in 1152. She supported Stephen in his struggle for the English throne against her cousin Empress Matilda.She played an unusually active role for a woman of the period when her husband was captured, and proved herself an …

The Holy Roman Empire (Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium; German: Heiliges Römisches Reich, pronounced [ˈhaɪlɪɡəs ˈʁøːmɪʃəs ˈʁaɪç] ()), since 1512 also the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, was a political entity in Western, Central and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic …

Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB (German: Kunigunde) (c. 975 – 3 March 1033), also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Henry II.She ruled as interim regent after the death of her spouse in 1024. She is a saint and the patroness of …