Matilda Of FLANDERS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Crowned: 11 May 1068, (Whit Sunday), Winchester Cathedral

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Matilda was crowned May 11, 1068 (Whit Sunday), Winchester Cathedral. She is burried at Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen, which she had founded.

Matilda married William I The CONQUEROR in 1053. William (son of Robert I and Arlette DE FALAISE) was born in 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France; died between 09 and 10 Sep 1087 in Priory of St. Gervais, near Rouen; was buried in Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. AdelizaAdelaide Of ENGLAND was born in Normandy, France; died in 1065.
2. Robert II CURTHOSE was born about 1054 in Normandy, France; died between 03 and 10 Feb 1134 in Cardiff Castle; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral.
3. Richard Prince Of ENGLAND was born between 1055 and 1056 in Normandy, France; died between 1075 and 1081 in Killed while hunting in the New Forest; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
4. Cecily Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1055 in Normandy, France; died on 30 Jul 1126 in Caen, Calvados, France; was buried in Abbey of the Holy Trinity, abbess of Holy Tiranity (Benedictine convent), Caen.
5. William II King Of ENGLAND was born between 1056 and 1060 in Normandy, France; died on 02 Aug 1100 in Killed while hunting in the New Forest; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
6. Mathilda Princess Of ENGLAND was born in 1059 in Normandy, France; died before 1080; was buried in Cathedral Church of St. Mary's, Bayeux.
7. Adela Of ENGLAND was born about 1062 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Cluniac Priory of Marcigny-sur-Loire; was buried in Abbey Of the Holy Trinity in Caen.
8. Gundred Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1063 in Normandy, France; died on 26 May 1085 in (in childbed)Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England; was buried in Chapter House,Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.
9. Agatha Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1064 in Normandy, France; died before 1086 in Calvados, France; was buried in Bayeux, Calvados, France.
10. Constance Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1066 in Normandy, France; died on 13 Aug 1090 in St. Melans, Rhedon; was buried in St Edmondsbury, Suffolk, England.
11. Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of ENGLAND was born in Sep 1068 in Selby, England; died on 01 Dec 1135 in (of food poisoning) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France; was buried on 04 Jan 1136 in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1035, Acceded
• Fact: Between 1035 and 1067, Count

Notes:

Excerpt from "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data":
Entered into hostilities with Emporer Otho II and aquired from that monarch Valenciennes and the Isles of Zealand. he subsequently further increased his territories by another rich accession, that of the citadel of Ghent.

Baldwin married Adela Of FRANCE about 1028 in Paris. Adela (daughter of Robert II and Constance Of ARLES) was born in 1009 in France; died on 08 Jan 1079 in Monastaere De L'ordre De St., Benoist, Messines, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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During their long marriage, Baldwin and Adela founded several churches and a Benedictine convent in western Belgium in the village of Mesen (sometimes called Messines). they also rebuilt the monastery of Einham. After Baldwin's death in 1067. Adela became a nun, receiving her veil from the hand of Pope Alexander II. She then retired to her convent at Mesen. She died on 8 January 1079 and was buried in the crypt of the convent's church, which is called the Church of St. Nicholas.