matilda, saxony, countess, flanders, this, article, about, duchess, saxony, other, people, called, matilda, saxony, matilda, saxony, matilda, saxony, 1008, saxon, aristocrat, became, countess, flanders, marriage, baldwin, count, flanders, matilda, saxonycounte. This article is about the duchess of Saxony For other people called Matilda of Saxony see Matilda of Saxony Matilda of Saxony c 935 942 25 May 1008 was a Saxon aristocrat who became countess of Flanders by marriage to Baldwin III Count of Flanders Matilda of SaxonyCountess consort of FlandersBornc 935 942Died25 May 1008GhentSpouseBaldwin III Count of FlandersGodfrey I Count of VerdunIssueArnulf II Count of Flanders Frederick Count of Verdun Godfrey II Duke of Lower Lorraine Herman of Ename Gothelo I Duke of LorraineHouseBillungFatherHermann BillungThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Matilda of Saxony countess of Flanders news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Life EditMatilda was the daughter of Hermann Billung She first married Baldwin III count of Flanders with whom she had one son Arnulf II Count of FlandersAfter Baldwin s death Matilda married Godfrey I Count of Verdun with whom she had several children Frederick d 1022 count of Verdun 1 Godfrey d 1023 duke of Lower Lorraine 1012 1023 1 Adalberon d 988 bishop of Verdun 984 988 2 Herman of Ename d 1024 count of Brabant retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt 1022 1 Gothelo d 1044 margrave of Antwerp duke of Lower 1023 1044 and later also Upper 1033 1044 Lorraine Ermengarde d 1042 married Otto of Hammerstein count in the Wettergau Ermentrude married Arnold de Rumigny d 1010 lord of Florennes Adela married Count Godizo of Aspelt Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck son of Lothair I Margrave of the Nordmark Matilda died on 25 May 1008 and was buried in Ghent References Edit a b c Healy 2006 p 36 Healy 2006 p 30 Bibliography EditHealy Patrick 2006 The Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny Reform and the Investiture Contest in the Late Eleventh Century Ashgate Publishing Limited Preceded byAdele of Vermandois nbsp Countess consort of Flanders958 962 Succeeded byRozala of Italy nbsp This biographical article about a member of the Belgian nobility is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matilda of Saxony countess of Flanders amp oldid 1170073337, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
