Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda (February 1102 – September 10, 1167) is the title by which Matilda, daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England and his wife Matilda of Scotland (herself daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and St. Margaret of Scotland), is known, in order to differentiate her from the many other Matildas of the period. Matilda is a variant form of the French name "Maud" (or "Maude"); it was used commonly in Latin texts of the time.

Sources

• Gervase of Canterbury
• Robert of Torigny
• Roger of Hoveden
• Gesta Stephani
• Walter Map
• Parsons, John Carmi. Medieval Mothering (New Middle Ages), sub. Marjorie Chibnall, "Empress Matilda and Her Sons"