Matilda of Guelders

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Matilda of Guelders and Zutphen
Born?
Died28 October 1247 or later
Noble family House of Wassenberg
Spouse(s) Henry II "the Rich" of Nassau
Father Otto I, Count of Guelders and Zutphen
Mother Richardis of Bavaria

Matilda of Guelders and Zutphen (died October 28, 1247, or later), was a countess from the House of Wassenberg and by marriage countess of Nassau. She is a direct ancestor of both the Kings of the Netherlands and the Grand Dukes of Luxembourg.

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Life

Matilda was the youngest daughter of Count Otto I of Guelders and Zutphen and Richardis of Bavaria, [1] [2] daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of Loon.

Matilda is among others mentioned in the following charters:

The necrology of Arnstein Abbey records the death of ‘Mecktildis comitisse de Nassauw sororis nostre’ on 28 October. She is last mentioned in a charter from 1247, therefore she died on 28 October in 1247 or a later year.

Marriage and children

Matilda married before 11 December 1215 to Count Henry II "the Rich" of Nassau (c. 1180 [1] – 26 April 1247/48/49/50, before 25 January 1251).
From this marriage were born: [3]

  1. Rupert (died 19 September before 1247), [1] was granted allod in Diez and Ober-Lahnstein by the Archbishop of Trier, [4] was a knight of the Teutonic Order. [1]
  2. Walram II (c. 1220 – 24 January 1276), succeeded his father as Count of Nassau, is the ancestor of the Walramian Line of the House of Nassau.
  3. Otto I (died between 3 May 1289 and 19 March 1290), succeeded his father as Count of Nassau, is the ancestor of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
  4. Henry (died 28 May after 1247), was a monk in Arnstein Abbey. [1]
  5. Elizabeth (c. 1225 – after 6 January 1295), married Gerhard III, Lord of Eppstein (died 1252).
  6. Gerhard (died between 7 April 1312 and 20 September 1314), [5] was a clergyman.
  7. John (died Deventer, 13 July 1309), was Bishop-Elect of Utrecht 1267–1290. [1]
  8. Catharine (died 27 April 1324), became Abbess of Altenberg Abbey near Wetzlar in 1249. [1]
  9. Jutta (died 1313), married around 1260 to John I, Lord of Cuijk (died 13 July 1308).
  10.  ? Irmgard (died 1 August 1297), was Abbess of Val-Benoît.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dek (1970).
  2. ↑ Van Schilfgaarde (1967).
  3. ↑ The genealogies differ in the number of children and the order in which they were born.
  4. ↑ Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).
  5. ↑ Van der Venne & Stols (1937).
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