Queen Saint Matilda Westphalia GERMANY
- Born: Abt 878-886, Mensleben, Westphalia, Saxony, Germany
- Married: Abt 909
- Died: 14 May 968
- Buried: Monastery, Quedlinburg, Germany
 Other names for Saint were GERMANY Empress, GERMANY Queen, MATILDA Saint and RINGELHEIM Countess.
Ancestral File Number: 9HMB-6P. User ID: 4840890521.
General Notes:
Countess of RINGLEHEIM, Saint Matilda Feast Day March 14, Queen of GERMANY,
Queen of GERMANS, Empress of GERMANY.
BOOKS
Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p81: "331L Henry `The Fowler', Emperor of Germany, (S of 319, F of 346); defeated Hungarians in Battle of Keuchesberg; defeated Danes under Gorm; married Matilda, daughter of Theiderich, a Saxon Count."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981, Micropaedia, Vol IV, p1023, Henry the Fowler: "...He married Matilda, daughter of Dietrich Count of Westphalia, in 909; their eldest son ruled as the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I the Great (936-973)."
The New Columbia Encylopedia, 1975, p1223, Henry I the Fowler: "...His wife, Matilda, founded many monasteries, including Quedlinburg where she lies buried with her husband. She is a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church; her feast is March 14."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.11 9HMB-6P Maud Born Abt 886, 9GW6-0V Mathilda Queen of GERMANY Born Abt ?1883< 883, FLH2-6J Matilda Countess of RINGLEHEIM [QUEEN OF THE GERMANS], Born Abt 878 Mensleben Saxony Germany Died 14 May 968.
Marriage Information:
Saint married King Henry GERMANY, I, son of Emperor Otto I Saxony HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE and Empress Hedwige HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, about 909. (King Henry GERMANY, I was born about 875-884 in , Saxony, Germany, died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben, Saxony, Germany and was buried in Monastery, Quedlinburg, Germany.)
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