Matilda Fitzroy, Abbess of Montvilliers.

Matilda with ' and ', by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Marriage to Matilda, 1100 On 11 November 1100 Henry married Matilda, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland.

From The Fields of Fancy to Matilda .

Family and children Legitimate Henry and his first wife, Matilda, had at least two legitimate children Matilda, born in 1102, died 1167.

For Henry, marrying Matilda gave his reign increased legitimacy, and for Matilda, an ambitious woman, it was an opportunity for high status and power in England.

Stephen promptly moved south, besieging Arundel and trapping Matilda inside the castle.

Both Stephen's wife, Queen Matilda, and his older brother Theobald died in 1152.

Matilda, however, died that year and the Pope's threats were left in suspense.

In September, he spotted an opportunity to seize the Empress Matilda herself in Oxford.

Henry was the son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England.

On 7 January 1114 at Mainz, Henry married Matilda, the daughter of Henry I of England.

Nonetheless, relations between Henry, Matilda, and Geoffrey became increasingly strained towards the end of the king's life.

(Lorina Charlotte), Tillie is Edith (her family nickname is Matilda), and Lacie is an anagram of Alice.

In a bid to diplomatically isolate the French King, Henry betrothed his young son, William Adelin, to Fulk's daughter Matilda, and married his illegitimate daughter Matilda to Conan III, the Duke of Brittany, creating alliances with Anjou and Brittany respectively.

In May, William's wife Matilda was crowned queen at Westminster, an important symbol of William's growing international stature.

Stephen's reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda.

In response to this, Henry declared his daughter, Matilda, as his heir and married her to Geoffrey of Anjou.

Historian Warren Hollister argues that Henry and Matilda were emotionally close, but their union was also certainly politically motivated.

Some of these relationships occurred before Henry was married, but many others took place after his marriage to Matilda.

Death and legacy Death, 1135 Relations between Henry, Matilda, and Geoffrey became increasingly strained during the King's final years.

He is the main subject of Matilda Douglas's fictional 1835 work Blackbeard A page from the colonial history of Philadelphia .

Henry married Matilda of Scotland but continued to have a large number of mistresses, by whom he had many illegitimate children.

Queen Matilda and William of Ypres then encircled the Angevin forces with their own army, reinforced with fresh troops from London.

With William Adelin dead, Henry had only one other legitimate child, Matilda, but as a woman she was at a substantial political disadvantage.

As a result of this retreat, Matilda was never formally declared Queen of England, and was instead titled the Lady of the English.

While Percy composed a series of major poems, Mary wrote the autobiographical novel Matilda , the historical novel Valperga , and the plays Proserpine and Midas .

Following a major rebellion in the south west of England, Matilda invaded in 1139 with the help of her half brother, Robert of Gloucester.

Matilda and Henry had no children, and when he died in 1125, the crown was claimed by Lothair II, one of his political enemies.

The war degenerated into a stalemate, with Matilda controlling much of the south west of England, and Stephen the south east and the Midlands.

Much to the pleasure and relief of Henry, Matilda then gave birth to a sequence of two sons, Henry and Geoffrey, in 1133 and 1134.

Stephen's mother, Adela, was the daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders, famous amongst her contemporaries for her piety, wealth and political talent.

Queen Matilda gathered Stephen's remaining lieutenants around her and the royal family in the south east, advancing into London when the population rejected the Empress.

Henry held another church council, which this time reaffirmed Stephen's legitimacy to rule, and a fresh coronation of Stephen and Matilda occurred at Christmas 1141.

Stephen almost seized Matilda in 1142 during the siege of Oxford, but the Empress escaped from Oxford Castle across the frozen River Thames to safety.

Matilda became trapped in Oxford Castle by Stephen's forces that winter, and was forced to escape across the River Isis at night to avoid capture.

Despite his plans for Matilda, the King was succeeded by his nephew, Stephen of Blois, resulting in a period of civil war known as the Anarchy.

Henry's mother, Matilda of Flanders, was the granddaughter of Robert II of France, and she probably named Henry after her uncle, King Henry I of France.

Henry's wife, Matilda, died in early 1118, but the situation in Normandy was sufficiently pressing that Henry was unable to return to England for her funeral.

His wife Matilda was sent to Kent with ships and resources from Boulogne, with the task of retaking the key port of Dover, under Robert's control.

Henry married Juliana, one of his illegitimate daughters, to Eustace of Breteuil, and another illegitimate daughter, Matilda, to Rotrou, the Count of Perche, on the Normandy border.

The Empress Matilda did not give up her claim to England and Normandy, leading to the prolonged civil war known as the Anarchy between 1135 and 1153.

After the death of his former patron Henry I, David supported the claims of Henry's daughter and his own niece, Empress Matilda, to the throne of England.

Similarly, although Matilda was granted a number of Normandy castles as part of her dowry, it was not specified when the couple would actually take possession of them.

A fresh rebellion broke out amongst the barons in southern Normandy, led by William, the Count of Ponthieu, whereupon Geoffrey and Matilda intervened in support of the rebels.