Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameMatilda Queen Of England, 26G Grandmother
FatherMalcolm Canmore III King Of Scotland (1031-1093)
MotherSaint Margaret Queen Of Scotland (1045-1093)
Spouses
1Henry I 'Beauclerc' King Of England, 26G Grandfather
FatherWilliam 'the Conqueror' King Of England (1027-1087)
MotherMatilda Of Flanders Queen Of England (~1031-1083)
ChildrenMatilda (~1102-1167)
Web Notes notes for Matilda Queen Of England
Before her marriage, she was called Edith.
Like many youngest sons, Henry became his mother's favorite and on her death in 1083 she left him her English estates, which, however, he was not allowed to hold during his father's lifetime. Henry's 2d act as king was to seek a wife and his choice very expediently fell upon Edith, renamed Matilda in honor of his mother, the elder daughter of Malcom Canmore, King of Scots by St Margaret, the granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside. He thus reinforced the strain of Saxon blood in the royal family.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 50:
Married and Crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey 11 Nov 1100. She was chosen as queen for her descent from the Saxon kings rather than for any other consideration. She was about 20 years old when negotiations for her marriage commenced. She had been expected to take the veil and was living under the protection of her aunt, the Abbess Christina, at Romsey, when Henry demanded her hand in marriage. Her children William and Matilda were born at Winchester, possibly, though not certainly, twins. Matilda, true to her convent upbringing and following the footsteps of her mother, Saint Margaret, was given to good works. She built a leper hospital at St Giles-in-the-Fields, London and founded the Augustinian Priory at Aldgate. All trace of her tomb has disappeared.
Like many youngest sons, Henry became his mother's favorite and on her death in 1083 she left him her English estates, which, however, he was not allowed to hold during his father's lifetime. Henry's 2d act as king was to seek a wife and his choice very expediently fell upon Edith, renamed Matilda in honor of his mother, the elder daughter of Malcom Canmore, King of Scots by St Margaret, the granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside. He thus reinforced the strain of Saxon blood in the royal family.
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 50:
Married and Crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey 11 Nov 1100. She was chosen as queen for her descent from the Saxon kings rather than for any other consideration. She was about 20 years old when negotiations for her marriage commenced. She had been expected to take the veil and was living under the protection of her aunt, the Abbess Christina, at Romsey, when Henry demanded her hand in marriage. Her children William and Matilda were born at Winchester, possibly, though not certainly, twins. Matilda, true to her convent upbringing and following the footsteps of her mother, Saint Margaret, was given to good works. She built a leper hospital at St Giles-in-the-Fields, London and founded the Augustinian Priory at Aldgate. All trace of her tomb has disappeared.