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Matilda of Tuscany ( Italian: Matilde, Latin: Matilda, Mathilda ) ( 1046 – 24 July 1115 ) was an Italian noblewoman, the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy.
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Matilda and Tuscany
Beatrice wrote to him seeking a safe-conduct to explain herself ; this granted, she travelled with her young son Frederick, now Margrave of Tuscany, and her mother, Matilda of Swabia, a sister of the emperor's grandmother Gisela.
Some of his allies defeated Matilda at the battle of Volta Mantovana ( near Mantua ) in October 1080, and by December the citizens of Lucca, then the capital of Tuscany, had revolted and driven out her ally Bishop Anselm.
* Women's Biography: Matilda of Tuscany, countess of Tuscany, duchess of Lorraine, contains several letters to and from Matilda.
In 1116, Henry had crossed the Alps to lay claim to the Italian territories of Matilda of Tuscany, which she had supposedly left to the papacy on her death.
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.
He vigorously took up his predecessor's quarrels with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, including the standing dispute about the disposal of the territories of the countess Matilda of Tuscany.
Before May was out he was once more in Rome in answer to a summons for the countess Matilda of Tuscany, whose troops held the Leonine City and Trastevere, but when at the end of June the antipope once more gained possession of St. Peter's, Victor again withdrew at once to his Monte Cassino abbey.
At the investiture of Lothair as Emperor he gained the territories belonging to Matilda of Tuscany in return for an annuity to be paid to the pope, in consequence of which the curial party based the contention that the Emperor was a vassal of the Papal see.
* Matilda of Tuscany, countess
Matilda of Tuscany military leader from Italy
* Matilda of Tuscany, militant Italian noblewoman
* July 24 – Matilda, Countess of Tuscany ( b. 1046 )
The pope's chief military supporter, Matilda of Tuscany, blocked Henry's armies from the western passages over the Apennines, so he had to approach Rome from Ravenna.
* Matilda of Tuscany ( d. 1114 ) ( approximate date )
Matilda of Tuscany was said to have bequeathed all her allodial lands to the Church upon her death in 1115, but the donation was neither publicly acknowledged in Rome nor is any documentary record of the donation preserved.
He disputed with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I over the disposal of the territories of the late Countess Matilda of Tuscany.
After the death of Matilda of Tuscany, the city began to constitute itself an independent commune, with a charter in 1160.
He visited Italy seeking the hand of the great heiress Matilda of Tuscany ( b. 1046 ) but was unsuccessful.
Later the city was part of the possessions of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany, becoming a free commune starting from the 12th century.
Begun under the direction of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany with its first stone laid June 6, 1099 and its crypt ready for the city's patron, Saint Geminianus, and consecrated only six years later, the Duomo of Modena was finished in 1184.
Matilda and Italian
The Desert Force cut a swath through the Italian rear areas, stitching its way between the desert and the coast, capturing strongpoint after strongpoint by cutting off and isolating them, The Italian guns proved to be no match for the heavy British Matilda tanks and their shells bounced off the armour.
Up to early 1942, in the war in North Africa, the Matilda proved highly effective against Italian and German tanks, although vulnerable to the larger calibre and medium calibre anti-tank guns.
Amidst a heavy artillery barrage and supported by British Matilda tanks and Bren carriers of the divisional cavalry, the 6th Division penetrated the defences of the Italian stronghold.
A British Matilda tank displaying a captured Italian flag
The 7th Armoured division had 100 left on 3 January 1941 and 120 tanks on 21 January at which time they were used in flanking far into the rear and gathering up scattered Italian troops, sometimes joining or leaving the main attacks to the Cruiser and Matilda II tanks.
During King Henry IV's Italian campaign of 1090, Welf and Matilda fought against the King.
Saint Anselm of Lucca ( 1036 – March 18, 1086 ), called the Younger or Anselm II to distinguish him from his uncle, was an Italian bishop, a prominent figure in the Investiture Controversy and in the fighting in Central Italy between the forces of Countess Matilda of Tuscany, the papal champion, and those of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Matilda and Matilde
Because of the difficulty of pronouncing her name, she changed it to Matilde ( Matilda or Mahaut ).
Matilda and Latin
Her daughters were educated and taught to read Latin at Sainte-Trinité in Caen founded by Matilda and William in response to the recognition of their marriage.
singing " Waltzing Matilda " in Latin.
In 1067 the chaplain of Matilda of Flanders, Guy, Bishop of Amiens, composed Carmen de Hastingae Proelio, a Latin poem on the battle of Hastings.
Matilda and Mathilda
Saint Mathilda ( or Matilda ) ( 877 – 14 March 968 ) was the wife of King Henry I of Germany, the first ruler of the Saxon Ottonian ( or Liudolfing ) dynasty, thereby Duchess consort of Saxony from 912 and German Queen from 919 until 936.
Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:
* Matilda ( or Mathilda ) Tone, widow of Irish rebel Wolfe Tone
His mother, Matilda ( or Mathilda ) Tone also emigrated to the United States, and she is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
#" Matilda Mother " ( misspelled " Mathilda Mother " on this album ; from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ) – 3: 03
Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second novel of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820.
Matilda and –
* 1859 – Matilda Howell, American archer ( d. 1938 )
Empress Matilda ( 1102 – 1167 ) is the only British monarch commonly referred to as " emperor " or " empress ", but acquired her title through her marriage to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and had little legitimacy as Queen of England.
* 1102 – Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire ( d. 1169 )
** Matilda in The Castle of Otranto – She is determined to give up Theodore, the love of her life, for her cousin ’ s sake.
# Alice FitzRoy, married Matthieu I of Montmorency and had two children Bouchard V de Montmorency ca 1130 – 1189 who married Laurence, daughter of Baldwin IV of Hainault and had issue and Mattheiu who married Matilda of Garlande and had issue.
* 1751 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ( d. 1775 )
Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in Brooklyn, New York after the death of his brother Max, was the second of four children of Matilda Andrades ( July 28, 1934 – November 17, 2008 ) and Gerard Basquiat ( born 1930 ).
* 1826 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American feminist and suffragette ( d. 1898 )
) 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.
( 2009 ) Stephen and Matilda: the Civil War of 1139 – 53.
Papal sanction of the marriage appears to have required the founding of two monasteries in Caen – one by William and one by Matilda.
His marriage to Matilda appears to have been quite affectionate, and there are no signs that he was unfaithful to her – unusual in a medieval monarch.
Usually, this was a member of William's close family – frequently his half-brother Odo or his wife Matilda.
* March 24 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, pioneering feminist ( d. 1898 )
* March 18 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American feminist ( b. 1826 )
* October 25 – King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by Henry Plantagenet, the son of his cousin Matilda.
* February 2 – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the English throne from King Stephen.
* September 14 – Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.
* November 1 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester is exchanged by Empress Matilda for King Stephen, who reassumes the throne of England.
* January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda are arrested, leading to his execution and her banishment from Denmark.
* July 11 – Caroline Matilda of Wales ( d. 1775 )
* May 3 – Matilda of Boulogne, sovereign Countess of Boulogne and queen of Stephen of England ( b. 1105 )
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