Notes for Matilda Countess of Flanders , QUEEN OF ENGLAND
Queen Matilda was born in 1104 in Middlesex, England and died on 10 Sep 1169 in Abbey of Notre Dame des Pr�s, Rouen and was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France .
Queen Matilda married Count Geoffrey V "le Bon" - "The Handsome" Plantagenet on 22 May 1128 in Le Mans Cathedral, Anjou. Count Geoffrey was born on 24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France. He was the son of Count Fouiques V of Anjou and Ermengarde Du Maine. He died on 7 Sep 1151 in Chateau, France and was buried in Mans, St. Julian's Church .
Queen Matilda - - King Henry I, in 1127, when a new alliance was made at Rouen, betrothed his daughter Maud (or Maltilda) to Goeffrey Plantagenet.
She was the widow of Emperor Henry V., Emperor of the Roman Empire. She was known as "The Empress" of England.
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