Matilda of Frisia

Matilda of Frisia
19th Century Engraving of Matilda of Frisia
Queen consort of the Franks
Tenure	1034–1044
Died	1044 (aged 19–20) Paris
Burial	Basilica of St Denis
Spouse	Henry I of France [1]
House	Brunonids
Father	Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia
Mother	Gertrude of Egisheim

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 premature death of his fiancée Matilda of Franconia, ^[6] who was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Matilda of Frisia was herself Emperor Conrad II's step granddaughter. ^[7]

Around 1040, Matilda of Frisia gave birth to a daughter via Caesarian section,^{[ citation needed ]} but four years later in 1044 both she and her daughter died only weeks apart. ^[8] Matilda was buried in St Denis Abbey, but her tomb is not preserved.

Henry married Anne of Kiev after Matilda of Frisia's death. ^{[4] [7]}

Proposed ancestry

Brun I, Count of Brunswick

Gisela of Swabia

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

Gertrude of Egisheim

Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia

Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

Matilda of Franconia

Henry I King of the Franks

Matilda

References

1. Treffer, Gerd (1996). Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette[The Queens of France. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette] (in German). Regensburg: Pustet. ISBN   3-7917-1530-5.
2. Woll, Carsten (2002). Die Königinnen des hochmittelalterlichen Frankreich, 987-1237/38[The Queens of Highly-medieval France] (in German). Stuttgart: Steiner. ISBN   3-515-08113-5.
3. Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum, "Mathildem… de regno eius ex Germanie nobilioribus"
4. Bogomoletz, Wladimir V. (2005). "Anna of Kiev: An Enigmatic Capetian Queen of the Eleventh Century. A Reassessment of Biographical Sources" . French History. 19 (3): 299–323. doi: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. Holdorph, Rebecca (6 April 2022). Women in the Medieval Court: Consorts and Concubines. Pen and Sword History. ISBN   978-1-5267-3982-7.
7. Andress, David (22 December 2023). The Routledge Handbook of French History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-003-82398-8.
8. Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 108-109.

French royalty
Preceded by Constance of Arles	Queen consort of France 1034–1044	Succeeded by Anne of Kiev