Mathilde VON BRAUNSCHWEIG
- Born: 1025-1026
- Married: 1034
- Died: 1044, Paris, Île-de-France, France
 Research Notes:
Rodolfus Glaber records that King Henri married "Mathildem…de regno eius ex Germanie nobilioribus". Her precise origin is not known. A manuscript entitled "Excerptum Historicum" records the marriage of "rex Henricus" and "neptem Henrici Alamannorum Imperatoris", commenting that the couple had a daughter who died young and that King Henri's wife died soon after. She was described as "ex Cæsarum progenie" in the Miracles de Saint-Benoît. The Historia of Monk Aimon records that King Henri married "neptem Henrici Alamaniæ Imperatoris" in 1034. Szabolcs de Vajay suggests that she was the daughter of Liudolf Markgraf von Friesland [Braunschweig] & his wife Gertrud von Egisheim, her supposed father being the uterine half-brother of Emperor Heinrich III.
The Historia Francica records the death in 1044 of "Mahildis Regina". 2
Marriage Information:
Mathilde married Henri I CAPET, King of France, son of Robert II "Le Pieux" CAPET, King of France, and Constance D' ARLES, Queen of France, in 1034. (Henri I CAPET was born on 18 Sep 1008 in Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France, died on 2 Aug 1060 in Vitry-aux-Loges, Loiret, Orleanais/Centre, France and was buried in St Denis Abbey, Seine, Ile-de-France, France.) |
