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Escape across the frozen Thames
Besieged in Oxford Castle by King Stephen's forces in the winter of 1142, Empress Matilda escaped at night across the frozen River Thames to Abingdon.
Empress Matilda
1102–1167 · Normandy
Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne. Born at Winchester. Died at Notre-Dame des Prés.
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Family
- Father
- Henry I of England
- Mother
- Matilda of Scotland
- Married
- Henry V 1114
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou 1128 - Children (3)
- Henry II of England 1133
Geoffrey, Count of Nantes 1134
William FitzEmpress 1136 - Siblings (5)
- Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester 1090
Sybilla of Normandy 1092
William Adelin 1103
Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall 1110
Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany 1150
Related to
- Empress Matilda was the 10× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
- Empress Matilda was the 17× great-grandmother of Victoria.
- Empress Matilda was the 14× great-grandmother of Louis XIV of France.