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Matilda of Tuscany (Italian: Matilde di Toscana; Latin: Matilda or Mathilda; c. 1046 – 24 July 1115), or Matilda of Canossa (Italian: Matilde di Canossa [maˈtilde di kaˈnɔssa]), also referred to as la Gran Contessa ("the Great Countess"), was a member of the House of Canossa (also known as the Attonids) in the second half of the eleventh ...
Mar 23, 2021 · Matilda of Canossa (c. 1046-1115), the Countess of Tuscany (r. 1055-1115) and Vice-Queen of Italy (r. 1111-1115), was the final head of the noble House of Canossa following the deaths of her father in 1052 and her elder brother in 1055.
Jul 20, 1998 · Matilda of Canossa was the countess of Tuscany remembered for her role in the conflict between the papacy and the Holy Roman emperor. The climax of this struggle, the confrontation of the emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII in 1077, took place at Matilda’s castle of Canossa.
Mar 25, 2017 · Matilda of Tuscany, who had been the most powerful woman in her world during her lifetime, died on July 24, 1115, in Bondeno, Italy. She caught a cold and then realized she was dying, so she freed her surfs and in her last days, made some final financial decisions.
Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115) Powerful ruler of extensive lands in Tuscany and Lombardy-Emilia (Italy), who was the most loyal and courageous supporter of the papal cause during the lengthy dispute between the popes and the German emperors known as the Investiture Conflict . Name variations: Matilda of Canossa; Matelda, Mathilda, or Mathildis.
Feb 6, 2017 · Matilda of Tuscany was born around 1046 as the daughter of Margrave Boniface III of Tuscany and Beatrice of Lorraine. She knew Latin and was possibly also versed in German and French. Her father was assassinated in 1052, and his heir was Matilda’s brother, Frederick, under the regency of their mother. Matilda was the youngest child, but her ...
May 29, 2018 · Matilda of Tuscany. Matilda of Tuscany (1046-1115) was a strong supporter of the papacy during the Investiture Controversy, who mediated at the famous meeting between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV at her ancestral castle of Canossa in 1077.
Countess Matilda of Tuscany (c. 1046–1115) was a remarkable historical figure who ruled over substantial territory that included present-day Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany. She was embroiled in the religious and political conflicts between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, with the Countess siding with and vigorously ...
Matilda of Canossa (as the Countess Matilda of Tuscany is known in Italy) was born in 1046, and was the last member of the great House of Canossa, margraves of Tuscany. In less than fifty years, she came to rule a domain in Italy of strategic and decisive significance in the struggle for power between the emperor and the pope.
Beatrice of Lorraine, marchioness of Tuscany – and mother of the more famous Matilda of Tuscany – died in Pisa on April 18th 1076. Matilda arranged the details of her mother’s burial and Beatrice was entombed in the same Tuscan city, in an ancient sarcophagus dated by art historians to the second century AD, representing the legend of ...
