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Matilda (Summer 979 – November 1025), Countess Palatine of Lotharingia, was a member of the Ottonian dynasty . Early life. Matilda was the third daughter of Emperor Otto II and Empress Theophanu. [1] . Shortly after her birth, Matilda was sent to Essen Abbey, where her paternal aunt Matilda was abbess. Matilda was educated here.
Jul 15, 2024 · However, Matilda lived a different life than her two sisters, she was to marry Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia. According to the Historian Thietmar of Merseburg Matilda's brother Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor did not like the idea of the marriage at first.
The abbess of Essen is not to be confused with her younger cousin Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia (979–1025), daughter of Otto II, who was entrusted to her cousin's care in the abbey at a very young age.
When Gräfin Matilda von Sachsen-Lothringen was born in 0979, in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, her father, Otto II. 'der Rote' römisch-deutscher Kaiser, was 25 and her mother, Theophanu Kaiserin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, was 23. She married Ezzo Count Palatine of Lotharingia before 15 June 0991.
He married Matilda of Germany Countess Palatine of Lotharingia before 15 June 0991. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 21 March 1034, in Holy Roman Empire, at the age of 79, and was buried in Brauweiler, Pulheim, Erftkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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- Mathilde Von Sachsen
Mathilde of Germany was born about June 979 in Saxony, Germany, daughter of Otto II "the Red" of Saxony and Theophano Theophanu Skleraina Skleros. She was married to Ezzo of Lotharingia, they had 2 children. She died on November 4, 1025 in Esch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Matilda of Germany can refer to: Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia (979 – 1025), Countess Palatine of Lotharingia. Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), Queen of the Franks as the first wife of Henry I of France.
