Matilda of Frisia

Queen of the Franks from 1034 to 1044

Matilda of Frisia

19th Century Engraving of Matilda of Frisia

Queen consort of the Franks
Tenure| 1034–1044

Died| 1044 (aged 19-20)
Paris
Burial|

Basilica of St Denis

Spouse| Henry I of France[1]
House| Brunonids
Father| Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia
Mother| Gertrude of Egisheim

Matilda of Frisia (died in 1044) was Queen of the Franks as the first wife[2] of Henry I.[3][4] Her date of birth is unknown.

She was the daughter of Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia,[5] and Gertrude of Egisheim.

Matilda and Henry were married in 1034 after the premature death of his fiancée Matilda of Franconia,[6] who was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia. Matilda of Frisia was herself Emperor Conrad II's step granddaughter.[7]

Around 1040, Matilda of Frisia gave birth to a daughter via Caesarian section,[citation needed] but four years later in 1044 both she and her daughter died only weeks apart.[8] Matilda was buried in St Denis Abbey, but her tomb is not preserved.

Henry married Anne of Kiev after Matilda of Frisia's death.[4][7]

## Proposed ancestry

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| | | | | | Brun I, Count of Brunswick| | Gisela of Swabia| | Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor| | | | | |
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| | | | Gertrude of Egisheim| | Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia| | Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor| | | Matilda of Franconia| | |

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| | Henry I
King of the Franks| | Matilda| | | |

## References

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1. ^ Treffer, Gerd (1996). Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette [The Queens of France. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette] (in German). Regensburg: Pustet. ISBN 3-7917-1530-5.
2. ^ Woll, Carsten (2002). Die Königinnen des hochmittelalterlichen Frankreich, 987-1237/38 [The Queens of Highly-medieval France] (in German). Stuttgart: Steiner. ISBN 3-515-08113-5.
3. ^ Rodulfi Glabri, Historiarum, "Mathildem… de regno eius ex Germanie nobilioribus"
4. ^ a b Bogomoletz, Wladimir V. (2005). "Anna of Kiev: An Enigmatic Capetian Queen of the Eleventh Century. A Reassessment of Biographical Sources". French History. 19 (3): 299–323\. doi:10.1093/fh/cri032.
5. ^ Robert-Henri Bautier, Anne de Kiev, Reine de France, et la Politique Royale au XI E SIÈCLE: Étude Critique De La Documentation. Revue Des études Slaves 57, no. 4 (1985):544.
6. ^ Holdorph, Rebecca (6 April 2022). Women in the Medieval Court: Consorts and Concubines. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-3982-7.
7. ^ a b Andress, David (22 December 2023). The Routledge Handbook of French History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-82398-8.
8. ^ Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 108-109.

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Constance of Arles

|  Queen consort of France
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Anne of Kiev

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