Matilda of Frisia

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]}

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