Wife Of The Conqueror, Queen of England | Matilda of Flanders | PART 1
145K views · May 19, 2024 · Entertainment
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@happinessforeverandalways · 2 years ago
damn, even a thousand years later were still hearing about her rejection 😔
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@daya820 · 2 years ago
I am glad to hear her story, there aren’t many real biographies of noble women of period. Thank you for bringing Matilda to life. Fascinating story.
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@armyveteran101st · 1 year ago
Matilda of Flanders is my 27th great grandmother... Thank you for this interesting video!
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@tatianacalin8697 · 2 years ago
Such a beautiful love story. William has chosen her as his wife himself initially because of her good lineage (he was a bastard in the sense that vikings used to have more than a wife during those times and he was a concubine's son) to gain legitimacy, but ended up by madly falling in love with her. Mathilde was a force to reckon with in her own right, and ruled over Normandy in his name while William was consolidating his power in England. The historians of the time describe William as fierce and cruel and yet there are records saying that he was seen crying for the first and last time in public, at his wife's funeral. After her death he gave up worlds affairs and lived in isolation. He died in a few years after her. A political marriage which turned into a love story. I'd like to see a movie made about them.
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@anweshabiswas25 · 2 years ago
After her death , William was inconsolable, he restrained from his favourite sport hunting and all the women from his court . Very sad <br> 😢😢
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@chrisbanion · 2 years ago
Mothers as a moral compass, what a concept.
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@madelinevanderbunny607 · 2 years ago
Fantastic video about a woman who like most medieval women, even the powerful and influential ones, is too often overlooked by history in favor of her powerful husband. Can't wait for part 2.
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@kathleenmccrory9883 · 2 years ago
Women in her time had tricky lives. She seems to have been lucky in both her spouse and her health. I'm looking forward to part 2. Thank you for sharing.
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@JangianTV · 2 years ago
The Conqueror's wife and consort was quite the character! Look forward to the rest of this series. 😊
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@Laramaria2 · 2 years ago
Imagine if William just went to the church to meet her and screamed at the top of his lungs that he wanted her and no other, then he just pulled her close to him to declare his love again and maybe wanted hug or something, but pulled her with too much strength and she fell on the mud, then he tried to help her up but she got stuck and it turned into this huge gossip that he dragged her and harmed her 😅 <br>Anyway, for how important she was in English history, she's definitely overlooked. She was a great ally to William and deserves more credit.
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@AncestorArchaeologist-ce4mf · 2 years ago
Matilda is my 27th great-grandmother. Her son, Henry I of England, married a Matilda, who was the daughter of Malcolm III, King of Scotland. Henry & Matilda had a daughter named Matilda, who married Henry V, King of Germany & later named Holy Roman Emperor. They had no children, and when he died, she was remarried to Geoffrey Plantagenet, known as 'The Handsome', who was 12 years her junior and said to have strawberry-blond hair. Through their son, Henry II of England, began the Plantagenet dynasty which ruled England for the next 300 years.
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@Weeeewriter · 2 years ago
Wow, she was spectacular!!
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