Biography of Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony 1156-1189

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Maternal Family Tree: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault 1079-1151

1137 Marriage of Prince Louis and Eleanor of Aquitaine

1152 Louis and Eleanor's Divorce

1152 Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

1154 Death of King Stephen

Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony was appointed Duke Saxony.

On 09 Apr 1137 [her grandfather] William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine (age 38) died. His daughter [her mother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 15) succeeded XI Duchess Aquitaine.

Marriage of Prince Louis and Eleanor of Aquitaine

On 25 Jul 1137 [her step-father] Louis VII King Franks (age 17) and [her mother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 15) were married. Her father [her grandfather] William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine had died some three months previously leaving Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 15) as a ward of Louis's father Louis "Fat" VI King France (age 55) who quickly married her to his son Louis with a view to the Duchy of Aquitaine becoming joined with the Kingdom of France. A week later Louis "Fat" VI King France (age 55) died and his son Louis and Eleanor became King and Queen of France. She the daughter of William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Louis "Fat" VI King France (age 55) and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1147 [her future husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 18) and Clementia Zähringen Duchess Saxony Duchess Bavaria were married. They divorceddd in 1162. She the daughter of Conrad Zähringen 1st Duke Zähringen. He the son of Henry "Proud" Welf X Duke Bavaria and Gertrude Süpplingenburg Duchess Bavaria.

In 1150 [her father] King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 16) was created Duke Normandy by [her step-father] Louis VII King Franks (age 30).

Louis and Eleanor's Divorce

On 11 Mar 1152 the marriage of [her step-father] Louis VII King Franks (age 32) and [her mother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) was dissolved by Hugh Toucy Archbishop Sens at the Château de Beaugency on the grounds of consanguinity. Both Louis and Eleanor were present as were the Archbishops of Rouen and Bordeaux. Samson Mauvoison Archbishop Reims acted on behalf of Eleanor. In dissolving the marriage Louis lost control of the Duchy of Aquitaine which was to have far reaching consequences for the next three centuries.

Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

On 18 May 1152 Whit Sunday [her father] King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 19) and [her mother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 30) were married at Poitiers Cathedral [Map]. They were more closely related than Eleanor and her previous husband [her step-father] Louis VII King Franks (age 32). The marriage would bring the Kingdom of England, and the Duchies of Normandy and Aquitaine under the control of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 19). She the daughter of William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine and Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy and Empress Matilda (age 50). They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Death of King Stephen

On 06 Jan 1156 Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony was born to King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 22) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 34) at Windsor Castle [Map] (probably) and named after her paternal grandmother Empress Matilda (age 53).

On 29 Dec 1158 [her mother] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 36) travelled from Normandy [Map] on board the Esnecca (Snake) with her children [her brother] Henry the Young King (age 3) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 2) to Southampton, Hampshire [Map]. She then went to Winchester, Hampshire [Map] where she collected funds from the Royal Treasury and returned to Normandy.

On 01 Feb 1168 Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 39) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 12) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria, Duchess Saxony. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England (age 34) and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England (age 46). He the son of Henry "Proud" Welf X Duke Bavaria and Gertrude Süpplingenburg Duchess Bavaria.

In 1172 [her daughter] Matilda Welf Countess Perche was born to [her husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 43) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 15). She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1173 [her son] Henry Welf V Count Palatine of the Rhine was born to [her husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 44) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 16). He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1174 [her son] Lothar Welf was born to [her husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 45) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 17). He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1175 [her son] Otto Welf IV Holy Roman Emperor was born to [her husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 46) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 18). He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 11 Apr 1184 [her son] William of Winchester Welf was born to [her husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 55) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 28) in Winchester, Hampshire [Map] during his father's exile. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1189 [her son-in-law] Geoffrey Chateaudun III Count Perche and [her daughter] Matilda Welf Countess Perche (age 17) were married at Rouen, France [Map]. She by marriage Countess Perche. She the daughter of Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 60) and Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 32). He the son of Routrou Chateaudun IV Count Perche (age 54) and Matilda Blois Countess Perche. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 28 Jun 1189 Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony (age 33) died. She was buried at Brunswick Cathedral.

On 06 Aug 1195 [her former husband] Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria (age 66) died at Ravensburg.

Before 1212 Henry Welf VI Count Palatine of the Rhine (age 15) was raised at the court of his great-uncle [her brother] King John "Lackland" of England (age 45). Henry's paternal grand-mother was John's sister Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony.

Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony 1156-1189 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England 1133-1189

Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 1122-1204

King William "Conqueror" I of England 1028-1087

Malcolm III King Scotland 1031-1093

Duncan "The Sick" I King Scotland 1001-1040

Royal Ancestors of Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony 1156-1189

Kings Wessex: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony 1156-1189

Otto Welf IV Holy Roman Emperor x 1

Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor x 1

Rupert King Germany x 1

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden x 3

Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg x 1

Christian III King Denmark x 1

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 1

Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony x 1

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 5

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 5

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 2

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 3

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 3

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress x 2

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg x 1

Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark x 2

Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg x 2

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 4

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia x 3

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 3

Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine x 2

Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort England x 2

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 3

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 4

Frederick I King Sweden x 5

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 4

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 4

Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia x 4

Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia x 2

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 2

Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain x 2

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 4

Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 2

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 15

William Elector of Hesse x 5

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England x 4

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 15

Louis XVI King France x 2

Louis XVIII King France x 2

King Charles X of France x 2

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 5

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 17

Frederick William II King Prussia x 2

King Louis Philippe I of France x 2

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover x 6

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 29

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway x 4

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain x 2

Frederick VII King Denmark x 44

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 34

King Christian IX of Denmark x 11

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 30

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 24

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 89

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 89

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England x 10

Frederick Charles I King Finland x 34

Constantine I King Greece x 2

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 46

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 95

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 101

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 89

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 103

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain x 4

Constantine II King Hellenes x 4

Carl XVI King Sweden x 193

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 7

Ancestors of Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony 1156-1189

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh de Perche Count Gâtinais

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Ferréol" Anjou 2nd Count Gâtinais

Great x 4 Grandmother: Béatrice de Mâcon Countess Gâtinais

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou

Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 4 Grandfather: Aumary Reginarids

Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Montfort

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertrade Unknown

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Normandy 2nd Count Évreux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide or Godehildis Ramon

GrandFather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Jean de la Flèche La Flèche De Baugency

Great x 2 Grandfather: Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert "Wakedog" Maine I Count Maine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Paula Maine

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervais II Lord Chateau Du Loir

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine

Father: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King William "Conqueror" I of England -2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Herleva Falaise

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin "The Good" V Count Flanders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ogive Luxemburg Countess Flanders

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King France

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adela Capet Duchess Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

GrandMother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duncan "The Sick" I King Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Malcolm III King Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ealdgyth Unknown

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agatha

Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert I Duke Burgundy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou

GrandFather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Rouerge Duke Narbonne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche

Great x 3 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herluin de Conteville Mortain

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall

Great x 4 Grandmother: Herleva Falaise

Great x 2 Grandmother: Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda or Maud Montgomery

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Belleme

Mother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault

GrandMother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew Île Bouchard

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault