Matilda of Flanders

Matilda of Flanders
Statue of Matilda of Flanders, one of the twenty Reines de France et Femmes illustres in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, by Carle Elshoecht (1850)
Queen consort of England
Tenure25 December 1066 – 2 November 1083
Coronation11 May 1068
Bornc.1031
Died2 November 1083 (aged c.52)
Burial
SpouseWilliam I of England (m. 1051/2)
Issue
Detail
HouseFlanders
FatherBaldwin V, Count of Flanders
MotherAdela of France

Matilda of Flanders (French: Mathilde; Dutch: Machteld; German: Mechtild) (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy. She was the mother of nine children who survived to adulthood, including two kings, William II and Henry I.