Afonso's first wife was Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, daughter of Renaud, Count of Dammartin, and Ida, Countess of Boulogne.

Among their children, four lived to maturity: Henry, born in 952 ; Bruno, born 953 ; Matilda, the first Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg, born about 954 ; and Otto II, later Holy Roman Emperor, born 955.

Her elder sister Agnes married King Philip II of France ( annulled in 1200 ) and her sister Gertrude ( killed in 1213 ) King Andrew II of Hungary, while the youngest Matilda ( Mechtild ) became abbess at the Benedictine Abbey of Kitzingen in Franconia, where Hedwig also received her education.

13th-century depiction of Henry II of England | Henry II and John's siblings: ( l to r ) William IX, Count of Poitiers | William, Henry the Young King | Henry, Richard I of England | Richard, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony | Matilda, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Geoffrey, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile | Eleanor, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily | Joan and John

Matilda's mother was Beatrice, a daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and of Matilda, daughter of Herman II of Swabia.

Historical evidence of these efforts is in the Prayer Book sent to Mieszko II by the Duchess Matilda of Swabia around 1027.

** Philip ( July 120014 / 18 January 1234 ), Count of Boulogne by marriage ; married Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne and had issue.

By Elizabeth he had four children: David II, John ( died in childhood ), Matilda ( who married Thomas Isaac and died at Aberdeen 20 July 1353 ), and Margaret ( who married William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland in 1345 ).

Bruce's family also included his brothers, Edward, Alexander, Thomas, and Neil, his sisters Christina, Isabel ( Queen of Norway ), Margaret, Matilda, and Mary, and his nephews Donald II, Earl of Mar and Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray.

* Matilda of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England ( d. 1189 )

* Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal ( d. 1262 )

* July 13 – Matilda, Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England ( b. 1156 )

Louis was born in Munich, the son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Matilda, a daughter of King Rudolph I.

* Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne

* Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal ( b. 1202 )

Her older five siblings were: Adelaide ( later Abbess of Quedlinburg ), Gisela ( who died in infancy before her birth ), Matilda ( later wife of Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Duke of Swabia and Antiking ), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria ( who also died in infancy ).

* Matilda I ( tank ), Infantry Tank Mk I ( A11 )

A Matilda tank advances through Egypt as part of Operation Compass.

The Infantry Tank Mark II ( sometimes referred to as Matilda II, Matilda senior, by General Staff Specification A12, or simply an ' I ' tank ) was a British infantry tank of the Second World War.

With its heavy armour the Matilda II was an excellent infantry support tank, but with somewhat limited speed and armament.

The Matilda Senior weighed around 27 tons ( 27 tonnes or 60, 000 lb ) more than twice as much as its predecessor, and was armed with a QF 2 pounder ( 40 mm ) tank gun in a three-man turret.

Matilda II tanks remained in action until the last day of the war in the Wewak, Bougainville and Borneo campaigns, which made the Matilda the only British tank to remain in service throughout the war.

Captured Matilda tank, summer 1942

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By contrast the Infantry tank Matilda II fielded in lesser numbers was largely invulnerable to German gunfire and its gun was able to punch through the German tanks.

The British ordered the M3 when they were refused permission to have their tank designs ( the Matilda infantry tank and Crusader cruiser tank ) made by American factories.

* Matilda Mk I, a British Army armored tank

Outline drawings were produced based on using the A12 Matilda turret and the engine of the Covenanter tank.

Its armour was weaker than the Infantry Tank Mk II " Matilda " but, due to a lower powered engine, the lighter tank had the same top speed ; however, the new design was easier to produce and much less expensive.

The tank first served in Operation Crusader in the North African desert, when it began to replace the Matilda Tank.

* Matilda II ( tank ), built to General Staff specification A12, a British tank of World War 2

This lone tank stranded itself quickly on a boulder, and faced with the same technical difficulties as the first Matilda, the crew abandoned the vehicle.

His mother was Matilda Beatrice DeMille ( née Samuel ), whose parents were both of German Jewish heritage.

Eric Bogle wrote a popular song, " And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda " ( 1972 ), after watching in Australia a parade of elderly veterans of the Gallipoli campaign.

His conflicts with his cousin The Empress Matilda ( also known as Empress Maud ), led to a civil war from 1139-1153 known as the Anarchy.

He had three children by Matilda ( Edith ), who died on 1 May 1118 at the Palace of Westminster.

He married Matilda ( d. 1154 ), daughter of Fulk V, Count of Anjou.

* Hildegard ( or Matilda ) ( b. c. 802 ), married Gerard, Count of Auvergne, as his second wife

In accordance with this last policy, the marriage of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany with Guelph of Bavaria was promoted ; Prince Conrad of Italy was assisted in his rebellion against his father and crowned King of the Romans at Milan in 1093 ; and Henry IV's wife, the Empress ( Adelaide ), was encouraged in her charges of sexual coercion against her husband.

) The theory supplies Robin Hood with a wife, Matilda, thought to be the origin of Maid Marian, and Hunter also conjectured that the author of the Gest may have been the religious poet Richard Rolle ( 1290 – 1349 ), who lived in the village of Hampole in Barnsdale.

* Matilda ( Maud ), married first to Thomas Isaac, secondly to Richard de Kelso, fifth feudal lord of the Free Barony of Kelsoland.

# Matilda ( died before 1141 ), married Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester

The Matilda McDuck character was dropped in Barks ' 1991 Duck Family Tree sketch ( where Gladstone Gander is the biological grandson of Grandma Duck and not related to Scrooge ), but Don Rosa picked up the name, and used Matilda McDuck as a prominent character in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

In the story " The Old Castle's Other Secret or A Letter From Home " ( 2004 ), Don Rosa used Matilda McDuck in a non-Life and Times story for the first time.

* 1153-The Treaty of Wallingford ( Treaty of Winchester, Treaty of Westminster ), effectively ends the civil war caused by a dispute between Empress Matilda and her cousin King Stephen of England over the English crown, in which Stephen recognises Matilda's son Henry of Anjou as his heir.

* Knight in Anarchy ( 1969 ), in the time of Stephen & Matilda.

From January 17, 1772 to April 30, 1772, Kronborg was the place of imprisonment of Queen Caroline Mathilde ( Princess Caroline Matilda of Wales ), sister of George III.

In revenge for this, while Louis VI was overrunning the Vexin in 1118, he routed Henry's army at Alençon ( November ), and in May 1119 Henry demanded a peace, which was sealed in June by the marriage of his eldest son, William the Aetheling, with Matilda, Fulk's daughter.

From the first Geoffrey Plantagenet tried to profit by his marriage and, after the death of Henry I ( 1 December 1135 ), laid the foundation of the conquest of Normandy by a series of campaigns: about the end of 1135 or the beginning of 1136 he entered that country and rejoined his wife, the countess Matilda, who had received the submission of Argentan, Domfront and Exmes.

He also recognized papal claims to the Matildine lands ( formerly owned by Countess Matilda ), in exchange receiving those lands as fiefs.

Contemporaries of Melisende who did rule, however, included Urraca of Castile ( 1080 – 1129 ), Empress Matilda ( 1102 – 1169 ), and Eleanor of Aquitaine ( 1122 – 1204 ).