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Matilda Maude, Countess of Flanders[1, 2, 3]

Female 1031 - 1083  (51 years)

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  • Name Matilda Maude   [3]
    Suffix Countess of Flanders
    Birth Abt. 1031 
    Birth 24 Nov 1031  Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female
    Death 1083  [2] 
    Burial 1083  Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 2 Nov 1083  Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I12479641745  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father Baldwin V de Flanders
    Mother Adela "the Holy" of France,   b. 1009   d. 8 Jan 1079 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William I, "The Conqueror" of England,   b. 14 Oct 1024, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1087, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Marriage 1050  Castle, Angi, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1053  Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Forbidden to marry Duke William of Normandy by the Council of Rheims, 1049.
      Married him at Eu in 1053. Dispensation being granted by Nicolas II, 1059.
    Children 
     1. Cecilia, of Holy Trinity, Princess of England,   b. 1056, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 July 1126, Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Muriel, of Normandy,   b. 1060, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1102, Skipton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     3. Adela, of Normandy, Princess of England,   b. 12 May 1062, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1137, Rhone Alpes or Marsilly, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Gundred Maud, of Normandy, Lady,   b. 12 Mar 1063, France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1085, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     5. Agatha, de Normandie,   b. 1064   d. 1080 (Age 16 years)
     6. Henry I Beauclerc, Duke of Normandy, King of England,   b. 21 Feb 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1135, La Forêt, Allier, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     7. William II "Rufus", King of England   d. 1100
     8. Robert II "Curthose", Duke of Normandy
     9. Constance, de Bretagne,   b. France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 April 1090, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

    2. [S_2091795081] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 857.

    3. [S_996805482] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


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