Matilda by Catherine Hanley

Author:Catherine Hanley [Hanley, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780300227253
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

1. Matilda (bottom) is depicted on a genealogical roll, along with her father, Henry I (right), her mother, Edith-Matilda (top), and her only legitimate brother, William Adelin (left).

2. Mainz Cathedral, where Matilda was crowned queen of Germany at the age of eight in 1110, shortly after her arrival in the Empire.

3. The wedding feast of Matilda and Emperor Henry in 1114, as depicted in Ekkehard of Aura’s chronicle.

4. Henry I is shown in mourning, above a depiction of his son William Adelin perishing in the White Ship disaster of 1120. It was William’s death that gave Matilda the opportunity to claim the English throne in her own right.

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