Empress Matilda

✶February 7, 1102

†September 10, 1167

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Empress Matilda, also known as Empress Maud,, or Athelicia, was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from 1110 until his death in 1125, and was subsequently a claimant to the English throne, and Lady of the English, during the civil war known as the Anarchy (1138–1153). Following the death of her father, King Henry I of England, as his only surviving legitimate child and nominated heir, she asserted her right to the English throne. However, her cousin Stephen of Blois usurped the crown.

Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne

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