Matilda of Saxony, Countess of Flanders
Countess consort of Flanders
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Matilda of Saxony (c. 935-942 – 25 May 1008) was a Saxon aristocrat who became countess of Flanders by marriage to Baldwin III, Count of Flanders.
Bornc. 935–942
Died25 May 1008
Ghent
Ghent
| Matilda of Saxony | |
|---|---|
| Countess consort of Flanders | |
| Born | c. 935–942 |
| Died | 25 May 1008 Ghent |
| Spouse | Baldwin III, Count of Flanders Godfrey I, Count of Verdun |
| Issue | |
| House | Billung |
| Father | Hermann Billung |
Life
Matilda was the daughter of Hermann Billung. She first married Baldwin III, count of Flanders.[1] They had:
After Baldwin's death, Matilda married Godfrey I, Count of Verdun.[2] They had:
- Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun[3]
- Godfrey (d. 1023), duke of Lower Lorraine (1012–1023)[3]
- Adalberon (d. 988), bishop of Verdun (984–988)[4]
- Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1022)[3]
- Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023–1044) and later also Upper (1033–1044) Lorraine
- Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau
- Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes
- Adela, married Count Godizo of Aspelt. Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck, son of Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark.
Matilda died on 25 May 1008 and was buried in Ghent.
