Matilda of Carinthia
Matilda of Carinthia | |
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Countess of Chartres appealing to Louis le Gros | |
Spouse(s) | Theobald II, Count of Champagne |
Noble family | House of Sponheim |
Father | Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia |
Mother | Uta of Passau |
Died | 13 December 1160 or 1161 |
Matilda of Carinthia or Mathilde of Sponheim (died 13 December 1160 or 1161) was the daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia[1] and his wife Uta of Passau. She married Theobald II, Count of Champagne[2] in 1123.[3] She was the mother of Adèle of Champagne, Queen of France and thus the maternal grandmother of Philip II of France.
Her ten children with Theobald were:[4]
- Henry I, Count of Champagne
- Theobald V, Count of Blois
- Adèle of Champagne
- Isabella, wife of Roger of Apulia and William Gouet IV
- Mary, wife of Odo II
- William White Hands
- Stephen I of Sancerre
- Agnes, wife of Reginald II, Count of Bar
- Margaret, nun at Fontevrault
- Matilda, wife of Rotrou II
References
- ↑ Chibnall, M. (ed. and trans.) The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis (Oxford Medieval Texts, 1969-80), Vol. VI, Book XI, pp. 42-3.
- ↑ Abbé Laloire (ed.) (1878) Chartes de Montiérender, Collection des principaux cartularies du diocèse de Troyes Tome IV (Paris, Troyes) ("Montiérender") 77, p. 201.
- ↑ Cawley, Charles, Carinthia, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- ↑ Cawley, Charles, Central France, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy