Mathilde DE FLANDRE, Queen of England
- Born: 1032, Caen, Normandy, France.
- Married: 1050/2, Cathedral of Notre Dame, Eu, Normandy, France
- Died: 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France
- Buried: Eglise de la Sainte Trinité, Caen, Normandie
 Research Notes:
The Genealogica Comitum Flandriæ Bertiniana names (in order) "Balduinum Haanoniensem, et Rodbertum cognomento postea Iherosolimitanum, et Matilde uxorem Guillelmi regis Anglorum" as the children of "Balduinum Insulanum [et] Adelam". Orderic Vitalis records the marriage of “Willermus Normanniæ dux” and “Mathildem Balduini ducis Flandrensium filiam, neptem...ex sorore Henrici regis Francorum”. Florence of Worcester records that "comitissa Mahtilda de Normannia" came to England 23 Mar [1068] and was crowned "die Pentecostes [11 May]" by Aldred Archbishop of York. Orderic Vitalis also records that she was crowned queen of England 11 May 1068, presumably at Westminster Abbey or Winchester Cathedral although this appears to be unrecorded. Queen Matilda acted as regent in Normandy during her husband's absences in England.
The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "IV Non Nov" of "Matildis Anglorum regina". Florence of Worcester records the death "IV Non Nov" in [1083] of "regina Mahtilda" in Normandy and her burial at Caen. 1
Marriage Information:
Mathilde married Guillaume I "Le Conquérant" DE NORMANDIE, King of England, son of Duc Robert II DE NORMANDIE and Herlève DE FALAISE, in 1050/2 in Cathedral of Notre Dame, Eu, Normandy, France. (Guillaume I "Le Conquérant" DE NORMANDIE was born in 1027 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France, died on 9 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France and was buried in Abbey of St Step, Caen, Calvados, France.)
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