He was succeeded by Matilda's son, Henry II, the first of the Angevin kings.

Geoffrey and Matilda's son, the future King Henry II, mounted a small mercenary invasion of England in 1147 but the expedition failed, not least because Henry lacked the funds to pay his men.

* 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.

The treaty grants the throne to Stephen for the duration of his life, but makes Matilda's son, Henry of Anjou, the heir apparent.

Another daughter, Matilda, is found only in the Hayles Abbey chronicle, alongside such other fictitious children as a son named William for King John, and an illegitimate son named John for King Edward I. Matilda's existence is doubtful, at best.

Matilda's first son, Henry, was showing signs of becoming a successful leader.

She stood as godmother for Matilda of Scotland, who would become Queen of England after marrying Matilda's son Henry I.

Geoffrey and Matilda's son, the future King Henry II, mounted a small mercenary invasion of England in 1147 but the expedition failed, not least because Henry lacked the funds to pay his men.

It was agreed that after Stephen died, he would be succeeded by Henry Plantagenet ( later King Henry II ), Matilda's son.

Contemporaries were grudging in their praise, and William's reputation suffered after the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, to the English throne.

Stephen won the political battle, but when his own son and heir, Eustace, died in 1153 he agreed that Matilda's son Henry would succeed him.

Eustace's death provided an opportunity for Matilda's son, Henry FitzEmpress, to land an invasion army in England and press for his mother's claims.

The title was not recognised by Stephen or Henry II ( Matilda's son ), and his descendants did not use the title.

The town of Selby, a sizeable town on the main route north from the Midlands, is the traditional birthplace of King Henry I, fourth son of William the Conqueror, in 1068 / 69 ; the connection is supported by William and his wife Matilda's unique joint charter of Selby Abbey, far to the north of their usual circuit of activities, which was founded for Benedict of Auxerre in 1069 and subsequently supported by the de Lacy family.

The new southern border of David's realm appeared to be permanently secured in 1149, when Matilda's son Henry was knighted by David at Carlisle he having first given an oath that, if he became king of England, he would give to Newcastle and all Northumbria, and would permit him and his heirs to possess in peace without counter-claim for ever the whole land which lies from the river Tweed to the river Tyne.

As part of the settlement Stephen named as his successor Matilda's son Henry II, which was challenged by his own children.

Civil war broke out across England and Normandy, resulting in a long period of warfare later termed the Anarchy ; Matilda's son, Henry, finally agreed a peace settlement at Winchester and succeeded as king in 1154.

The son was named Baldwin, after Matilda's uncle, King Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

She was elected Abbess of Romsey in 1155, the year following her father's death and the subsequent ascension to the English throne of Empress Matilda's son Henry II.

After Stephen's death in 1154 the English crown passed to Henry II, Geoffrey and Matilda's son, under the terms of the Treaty of Winchester.

Matilda's son, the future King Henry II of England, had by his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine added the Duchy of Aquitaine to his other French lands inherited from his father and was now immensely rich.

Stratford Hall passed into the hands of Harry and Matilda's surviving son Major Henry Lee IV " Black Horse " ( 1787-1837 ), but financial troubles forced him to sell the plantation several years later.

There was probably rivalry between the Benedictine Monastery of St Maurice founded at Magdeburg by Otto and Eadgyth in 937, a year after coming to the throne and Matilda's foundation at Quedlinburg Abbey, intended by her as a memorial to her husband, the late King Henry I.

1167 saw the marriage of Eleanor's third daughter, Matilda, to Henry the Lion of Saxony ; Eleanor remained in England with her daughter for the year prior to Matilda's departure to Normandy in September.

Both Matilda's mother and husband died in 1076, leaving her in sole control of her great Italian patrimony as well as lands in Lorraine, while at the same time matters in the conflict between Pope Gregory VII and the German king Henry IV were at a crisis point.

Henry crossed the Alps that winter, appearing early in 1077 as a barefoot penitent in the snow before the gates of Matilda's ancestral castle of Canossa, where the pope was staying.

That done, Henry returned to Germany, leaving it to his allies to attempt Matilda's dispossession.

In 1095, Henry attempted to reverse his fortunes by seizing Matilda's castle of Nogara, but the countess's arrival at the head of an army forced him to retreat.

Emperor Henry V at once laid claim to Matilda's lands as imperial fiefs and forced the Pope to flee from Rome.

Meanwhile, the marriage between Henry and Matilda remained childless, and Matilda's father was at the time unwilling to rest his hopes on his daughter providing an heir, assuming that she may be barren.

Wallingford Castle was built soon afterwards and became a key strategic centre for the Empress Matilda's party during the civil war that began after her father Henry I's death.

The archbishop swore to Henry I that he would support Henry's daughter Matilda's claim to the English throne, but after Henry's death he instead crowned Stephen, on 22 December 1135.

Empress Matilda's unpopular marriage with Geoffrey V of Anjou forced upon her by her father Henry I, reflected the historic rivalry between Brittany, Normandy, and Anjou.

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

After the elevation of Matilda's brother Otto II as co-emperor in 967 and the death of her half-brother Archbishop William of Mainz one year later, the abbess remained the only important member of the Ottonian dynasty in the Saxon lands under regent Hermann Billung ; therefore, Widuking may have begun the writing — or started all over again — to create a kind of mirror for princes.

According to legend, when Duke William II of Normandy ( later known as William the Conqueror ) sent his representative to ask for Matilda's hand in marriage, she told the representative that she was far too high-born to consider marrying a bastard.

After Matilda II, the county of Boulogne passed to Adelaide of Brabant, Matilda's cousin, daughter of another Matilda of Boulogne ( Matilda II's aunt, wife of Henry I, Duke of Brabant ).

Matilda's husband, Guy II de Dampierre, added Montluçon to the possessions of the Lords of Bourbon, which had expanded to the river Cher during the Eleventh and Twelfth-Centuries.

Matilda also appealed to the papacy at the start of the year, putting forward her legal claim to the English throne ; not unsurprisingly, the pope declined to reverse his earlier support for Stephen, but from Matilda's perspective the case usefully established that Stephen's claim was disputed.

* To support his niece Matilda's claim to the English throne against that of King Stephen ( married to another niece )

Then, Henry I married his daughter Matilda to Geoffrey V, however, the Anglo-Normans had to accept Matilda's inheritance to the throne of England.

In November 1135, Henry " Beauclerc " was dying ; Matilda was with her husband in Maine and Anjou while Stephen of Blois, Matilda's cousin and another contender for the throne, was in Boulogne.