The Matildas of England

William the Conqueror’s wife was named Matilda of Flanders, and in the next hundred years there were three more powerful Queens named Matilda. One was her son Henry I’s consort, Matilda of Scotland; one was her granddaughter, Henry’s son the Empress Matilda; and the third was Matilda of Boulogne, wife of the Empress’s rival for the crown, Stephen.

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