Matilda Printables
Empress Matilda ruled England for only a few months in 1141, and even then
she wasn't officially crowned. She was the granddaughter of
William The Conqueror and the
daughter of King Henry I, and was married
very young to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, which is where she got the title
"Empress". When she was widowed she married again and had three sons, one of
whom became the next king, Henry II.
Just to confuse matters, sometimes Empress Matilda is known as Empress Maud!
Matilda should have become queen when her father died, but she was abroad and
her cousin, King Stephen, grabbed the
throne. She fought a long and bitter civil war with him and managed to capture
Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln, after which she ruled for a few months. But
Stephen escaped and she couldn't hold her title, so in the end she made a pact
with Stephen that when he died, her son Henry would become King.
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